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This would not be a good measure of society.
by TheGallopedHigh 7y ago
This would not be a good measure of society.
- austincheney 7y agoThe best measure of society is compromise and social valor. Those who have neither deserve none.
- happytoexplain 7y agoI can't tolerate the concept that people don't "deserve" basic things like health treatment based on their behavior. It's sick to me, and a hallmark of a sick society.
- thrower123 7y agoHealth treatment isn't really a basic thing. I find it really bizarre how people keep trying to write in more and more luxury goods as god-given rights. Whenever I think of rights, it is things that society and other people must not do, rather than something that other people must provide for me.
- kwhitefoot 7y agoThink of it as a duty. Love thy neighbour and all that.
- austincheney 7y agoYou are saying people deserve a certain level of care regardless of their harassing behavior while waiting for such care and that you are utterly intolerant of any disagreement. A sick society is one that cannot handle minor disagreements.
- freeflight 7y agoA sick society is one that lets people suffer out of a desire for revenge.
- austincheney 7y agoA preference to not serve someone who has a malicious intent is not revenge.
- asfarley 7y agoCan you tolerate the concept that nobody "deserves" anything, and that decision-making should be based mostly on outcomes?
- AstralStorm 7y agoAre you willing to compromise your definition of who is deserving? If not, you're a hypocrite. And whatever valor is, nobody agrees exactly. Building a society on such nebulous things is a great way to end up with some kind of extremist -ism.
- austincheney 7y ago> And whatever valor is, nobody agrees exactly. You don’t get to extremism from tolerance and diversity. Acceptance of minor disagreements is a good thing.