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The Fall of Man

There is constantly in the tradition of daoism the idea that all moral preaching is confusion. In other words nobody talks about how you ought to behave unless things have gone radically wrong. There wouldn't be any conception of faithful ministers of the state unless there are a lot of lousy politicians around. No one would talk about filial piety unless there were wayward sons and daughters. Your attempt to eliminate self is a positive manifestation of selfishness. The modern equivalent of that would be the police car about to raid a bad night club and coming with its siren full on. Everybody in the club gets out.

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