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That's like saying the wind imposes its will on a sailing ship. It's not entirely false, in the sense that the ship only goes in a direction that's not upwind,
by einpoklum 7y ago
That's like saying the wind imposes its will on a sailing ship. It's not entirely false, in the sense that the ship only goes in a direction that's not upwind, but - the ship uses the sail angle to take angled directions to that of the wind, or just furls up the sails - and eventually goes where the people sailing it want to.
I hope the simile is clear enough...
Specifically - persecution of minorities is not a "natural" social phenomenon, it is very much an acquired tendency on the personal level and encouraged and stoked by social, economical, and political institutions.
- scarface74 7y agoIt doesn’t matter why it happens. The fact is it does happen by the same political institutions that people want to give more power to.
- kerkeslager 7y agoDo you actually want to go back to the days of companies beating workers when they collapse partway through a 13 hour day and paying them in store credit? Or can you agree that giving government the power to make those things illegal was a good idea?
- scarface74 7y agoAssault has always been against the law. But you expect the same government to “protect workers” when they just made people go back to work in the meat industry by invoking a law meant to be used in times of war?
- kerkeslager 7y ago> Assault has always been against the law. But you expect the same government to “protect workers” when they just made people go back to work in the meat industry by invoking a law meant to be used in times of war? Well, obviously I'd prefer the government used their powers for good, i.e. actually protect workers.