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Yes. Similar to what people like Bill Gates and Jordan Peterson keep repeating while wanting to generally maintain core status quo traits. Stephen Pinker champi
by skinnymuch 4y ago
Yes. Similar to what people like Bill Gates and Jordan Peterson keep repeating while wanting to generally maintain core status quo traits. Stephen Pinker championing this and being buddies with the first two is also of note.
Tho their optimism point is to be happy with what you have and calm down and so on. As if the way we have our current rights was gotten by calming down.
- the_only_law 4y ago> Tho their optimism point is to be happy with what you have and calm down and so on. Sure, that's fair, I'll even agree that the tone of many of these pieces is hyperbolic. But I'm not going to stick my head in the sand and pretend that things can't go bad, because that's a sure fire way to ensure they eventually do go bad.
- skinnymuch 4y agoWell I’m disagreeing with that statement haha. So I think it’s only fair cuz it sounds fair and calm. But it’s said by people who want to preserve their own high status in society and don’t care about serious progress being made any more. As if America doesn’t have so many people paycheck to paycheck, in poverty, etc. and that’s just America