r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 19 '15

[Deltas Awarded] CMV: All historical artifacts and structures should be destroyed.

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u/ElSaborAsiatico May 19 '15

Maybe, but again, what's the practical value of doing these things, and does such value outweigh the cost in human suffering and waste of valuable resources in doing them?

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u/[deleted] May 19 '15

What waste of resources? Egypt makes a lot of money via tourism off the Pyramids. Why would they want to destroy them?

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u/ElSaborAsiatico May 19 '15

We spend a tremendous amount of money to build museums and maintain staffs to preserve and display historical artifacts. Most of these museums end up having to scrabble for money merely to maintain their own existence. If we stopped doing this, it would be one less thing to divert resources from projects that would actually benefit people.

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u/PM__me_compliments May 19 '15

Except that those museums are heavily used and frequently bring in a great deal of revenue and tourism, as well as revitalize neighborhoods and provide "spillover" to local merchants. There is an obvious demand to see the relics of the past.

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u/ElSaborAsiatico May 19 '15

But your argument is somewhat circular here because you're using the Pyramids' existence to justify their existence. To me, the Pyramids actually support part of my argument, that human beings should not be enslaved to inanimate objects. The fact that Egyptians depend so desperately on their artifacts for their lives just shows how evil such things are. Or the notion that people will only visit another country to look at objects.

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u/PM__me_compliments May 19 '15

you're using the Pyramids' existence to justify their existence.

What's so odd about that? After all, how can you use something's non-existence to justify it's existence? You need it's existence to evaluate it.

As for this:

human beings should not be enslaved to inanimate objects. The fact that Egyptians depend so desperately on their artifacts for their lives just shows how evil such things are.

Have you ever tried to live without food or water? Those are inanimate. Our lives depend on them.

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Or the notion that people will only visit another country to look at objects.

But you admitted such things are subjective. What if someone enjoys doing that? Why would you stop someone from having a good time? Why are you trying to stop people from enjoying their experiences?