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Would you rather be a US homeless person living in the streets or a medieval king?

elisbce 5y ago
Nailed it. I don't understand why smart people on this site can believe in such nonsense. The fallacy of being blinded by ideology is such a strong weakness in human beings regardless of intelligence level.
t-3 5y ago
Homeless. In medieval times, everyone was poor, and one person's life had no value to another. In modern times, I can be relatively safe from violence and predation, recieve shelter from compassionate strangers almost anywhere, get medical care for free with government benefits or through the emergency room, and if I'm really doing bad, go to jail and get three hots and a cot. Sounds vastly preferable to dying by 40 from being a violent thug and living in a dirty tiny cold hall.
- mbrodersen 5y ago
  I would prefer to be a medival king. Easy access to having sex with the most beautiful woman in the world, beheading people I don't like, fixing laws I don't agree with, having people willing to do anything to please me etc. Lots of perks!
  - nickpp 5y ago
    > Easy access to having sex with the most beautiful woman in the world Which can give you any number of incurable dick-rotting diseases (because no antibiotics) or give birth to an unwanted heir (because no birth control). > beheading people I don't like Thus making enemies that will hunt you in your sleep (because no rule-of-law). > fixing laws I don't agree with Then having to keep fixing them to repair unwanted side effects (because no law-making experts). > having people willing to do anything to please me And having no way to know if those people are really on your side or are just biding their time until their turn to do you in and take your place (because no quiet suburban lifestyle). If you thinks these are perks, you are watching too much Fantasy.
    - mbrodersen 5y ago
      And if you think that being homeless in the US, being beaten up by people eager to steal your few belongings, raped by strangers and ignored by the police, freezing to death during the winter etc. is better than being a king then you are watching too many feel-good rags-to-riches Disney movies.
- mbrodersen 5y ago
  I don't think you have any clue on what life is like as a homeless poor person or a person in jail in the US.
  - t-3 5y ago
    I've been both. I don't think you have any idea.
    - mbrodersen 5y ago
      I flat out don't believe you. However you are welcome to enlighten us with some of the details. How long were you homeless? Where? How did you get homeless and how did you escape? Why did you go to jail? For how long? Where? And how amazing was your life doing all of that compared with being a King? A King that has shelter, easy access to food, sex with the most beautiful woman in the country, the power to torture and kill anybody he didn't like, the power to change the laws of the country at will, an army of people doing everything to please them? Please enlighten us all on how being homeless or in jail is better than that?
      - t-3 5y ago
        Kings have people trying to murder them, they also have to murder others. They do not have peace. Power doesn't attract me, neither does rape. I'm sorry you're so broken.
        mbrodersen 5y ago
        t-3 5y ago
        Right. If you want to dox yourself, go ahead.

Nailed it. I don't understand why smart people on this site can believe in such nonsense. The fallacy of being blinded by ideology is such a strong weakness in human beings regardless of intelligence level.

t-3 5y ago

Homeless. In medieval times, everyone was poor, and one person's life had no value to another. In modern times, I can be relatively safe from violence and predation, recieve shelter from compassionate strangers almost anywhere, get medical care for free with government benefits or through the emergency room, and if I'm really doing bad, go to jail and get three hots and a cot. Sounds vastly preferable to dying by 40 from being a violent thug and living in a dirty tiny cold hall.

mbrodersen 5y ago
I would prefer to be a medival king. Easy access to having sex with the most beautiful woman in the world, beheading people I don't like, fixing laws I don't agree with, having people willing to do anything to please me etc. Lots of perks!
- nickpp 5y ago
  > Easy access to having sex with the most beautiful woman in the world Which can give you any number of incurable dick-rotting diseases (because no antibiotics) or give birth to an unwanted heir (because no birth control). > beheading people I don't like Thus making enemies that will hunt you in your sleep (because no rule-of-law). > fixing laws I don't agree with Then having to keep fixing them to repair unwanted side effects (because no law-making experts). > having people willing to do anything to please me And having no way to know if those people are really on your side or are just biding their time until their turn to do you in and take your place (because no quiet suburban lifestyle). If you thinks these are perks, you are watching too much Fantasy.
  - mbrodersen 5y ago
    And if you think that being homeless in the US, being beaten up by people eager to steal your few belongings, raped by strangers and ignored by the police, freezing to death during the winter etc. is better than being a king then you are watching too many feel-good rags-to-riches Disney movies.
mbrodersen 5y ago
I don't think you have any clue on what life is like as a homeless poor person or a person in jail in the US.
- t-3 5y ago
  I've been both. I don't think you have any idea.
  - mbrodersen 5y ago
    I flat out don't believe you. However you are welcome to enlighten us with some of the details. How long were you homeless? Where? How did you get homeless and how did you escape? Why did you go to jail? For how long? Where? And how amazing was your life doing all of that compared with being a King? A King that has shelter, easy access to food, sex with the most beautiful woman in the country, the power to torture and kill anybody he didn't like, the power to change the laws of the country at will, an army of people doing everything to please them? Please enlighten us all on how being homeless or in jail is better than that?
    - t-3 5y ago
      Kings have people trying to murder them, they also have to murder others. They do not have peace. Power doesn't attract me, neither does rape. I'm sorry you're so broken.
      - mbrodersen 5y ago
        t-3 5y ago
        Right. If you want to dox yourself, go ahead.