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You DID though, implying that it's the community that needs to take more concerted better action on its own, to reverse 100 years of endemic sociopolitical dysf
by simplemath 10y ago
You DID though, implying that it's the community that needs to take more concerted better action on its own, to reverse 100 years of endemic sociopolitical dysfunction.
It's basic libertarian boilerplate bullshit.
- pjlegato 10y agoYou are, again, putting words into my mouth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man I said nothing at all about the community needing to do anything whatsoever. I was talking about the article, not the community. I also very explicitly said that all the various outside forces that the author blames for these problems are probably true.
- ythl 10y agoStop attacking the people of ENY. They did nothing wrong. You said they all need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, and that's what I take issue with here. You triggered me.
- mistermann 10y agoYou think a community taking action on its own to better itself is a bad idea?
- marcoperaza 10y agoEvery successful group in history has gotten there by assuming the victim-position and being saved by wealthy activists. /s