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He tried to explain that opinion further: "The ability to survive as an agricultural slave is a talent." I've no idea whether Spaniards and Englishmen really d
by lhnz 10y ago
He tried to explain that opinion further: "The ability to survive as an agricultural slave is a talent."
I've no idea whether Spaniards and Englishmen really did find Indians unfit for slavery but I guess the argument that is being made is that more of them might have been kept alive if they were able to provide greater economic value to their conquerors. Sick, I know.
Agree that it's not an opinion fit to be voiced in modern society, however, it doesn't seem to be the opinion that people are trying to cast it under.
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- cwyers 10y ago> He tried to explain that opinion further: "The ability to survive as an agricultural slave is a talent." Oh, well, that makes everything better.
- lhnz 10y agoNot sure if you disagree with me or if you're just being sarcastic. Being enslaved is an awful fate but it is a hell of a lot better than being slaughtered because your oppressors can't find a use for you.
- cwyers 10y agoYou may think that such a statement is merely logical, but it becomes rather something else when one, like Moldbug, has a long history of rhetoric where it seems pretty clear his sympathies are with the oppressors.
- lhnz 10y agoNo, it's not merely logical, it's instrumental. Curtis Yarvin had a bone to pick with progressive society. I think it's highly likely that he still thinks it is ignorant, just as it does of him. However, I don't think misconstruing his words is a good attack. The dust eventually settles.