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The best measure of society is compromise and social valor. Those who have neither deserve none.
by austincheney 7y ago
The 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.