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Let's be careful not to conflate "any aggression" with "psychopathic violence". The values at clash in past conflict are sometimes very human values, rather tha
by patcon 6y ago
Let's be careful not to conflate "any aggression" with "psychopathic violence". The values at clash in past conflict are sometimes very human values, rather than manifestations of psychopathic anti-social mechanisms. (safe example: USA joining war against Germany)
Though I'm sure the complexities of conflict make for a mixed bag of such overlapping actors and rationales...!
I'm prepared to walk this thought back btw.
- sneak 6y agoThe third reich was a government. The CCP is a government, as was the USSR, as is the USA. I'll take Google antispam algorithms going haywire and suspending my electric power or fiber account and providing zero recourse to human support over a Great Leap Forward or a continent-wide Genocide any day of the fuckin' week.
- patcon 6y agoRespectfully, this feels like a bit of misdirection. Government is literally an institution grounded in collective welfare (albeit imperfect instantiations of this goal). Google has NO SUCH directive, and the only reasons we don't see companies doing worse (at least not since East India Company times) is because the very container you criticize has enough power to keep it anchored to ostensibly human values. We can just agree to disagree here, if you are truly deep in the anti-government camp (because I am pretty entrenched in the unfolding repair narratives of government, not disposal narratives) EDIT: Reworded to use less provocative language. Sorry if you read v1
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