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equal opportunity to become a part of. The main point of Painism is a social
system in which the interest of the collective is above all else. This can be
done by having the interest of the collective and the interest of the individual
in the same frame of mind. In other ideologies, the goal is achievable, but
by having an abstract idea as our goal it is able to be guided ever closer to
success, rather than simply having a natural stopping point. This way we
recognise the infallibility of the world, and refuse to accept the fiction that it
may become perfect. The purpose of Painism is the eternal progress toward
reaching our abstract goal of complete power and knowledge, in order to
achieve our collective irrational goals. This goal is the only way to objectively
measure a human societies success, the success of the human species as a
whole.
We are often called idealists. We don't feel this is really a criticism. The
Hegelian tradition is not anti pragmatic, We would even argue that it is not
possible to be pragmatic without an ideal that a society pragmatically works
toward. Is it so wrong to want to create an essential human, an ubermensch
even. This is the true goal of Eugenics and Gene therapy. It's easy to say
that Eugenics has been associated with atrocities in the past, but society
must see the reason why. It is because a inflexible totalitarian social system
that was running it. The goal became not about the advancement of
humankind, but rather bigotry and racial supremacy. This is why Eugenics
and Gene therapy must be placed in the hands of the scientific elite.
However, we do not stop at just eugenicism. We advocate for the
transhumanist modification of the human body. We feel this is necessary to
continue the progress of humankind, and bring us closer to realizing the
desires of the collective, and bring us closer to a singular state of collectivity
and individuality.
These ideals can be said to be rational in the sense they help
humanity, but many people don't care about humanity. Instead they are
guided by their own self interest. As much as we find this directionless, it
cannot be said to be irrational. However, this is why humankind must
organize itself in a way that self interest and social interest become one in
the same. Painism looks ever upwards. This is why we say tradition must be
changed. We don't reject tradition in it's entirety as much as the nihilist left
does. Yet we also don't worship reactionary traditions as the right does. We
wish to modify it to, of course. Further the goal, stated by society.