How worthless is Philosophy?

[Ahriman]

OFC not, but we also dont call welders when our toilets back up.  Whenever our government is backed up that's exactly what we do.  The practical use of philosophy has traditionally been empire or consensus building.

If some dark power hungry individual (or set of individuals) wanted to take over the world, I don't see anything wrong with that. They would hold some kind of philosophy, of course, and would be willing to stick to their guns. And that puts them in an advantageous position to judge others. What do other people have? Nothing but ill-informed opinions.