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> A nation is not a useful or even approximate proxy for values. I bet you anything that if you polled Saudi Arabians and asked "Would you be willing to be rul
by creddit 7y ago
> A nation is not a useful or even approximate proxy for values.
I bet you anything that if you polled Saudi Arabians and asked "Would you be willing to be ruled by a monarch?" and then do the same for Americans, you'll get wildly different results. If you are willing to make the bet large enough, I will go to relevant polling organizations to pay for one to be conducted.
- sneak 7y ago> I bet you anything that if you polled Saudi Arabians and asked "Would you be willing to be ruled by a monarch?" and then do the same for Americans, you'll get wildly different results. To my point, you'd get the same results in both places: some people in each country would say yes, and some other people in each country would say no. Assuming one's ideology based on their geography is entirely outmoded in the age of global information systems.
- creddit 7y agoIf your point is "a variety of opinion can exist everywhere" then sure but that's not great evidence that nations aren't an "approximate proxy for values". If it's 90-10 in one country and 10-90 in another it's clearly a proxy and not a great argument.