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Reasoning it through, what don't people politely talk about? Sex, money, politics, and religion. Sex: the impact of the normalization of casual sex work on sust
by motohagiography 4y ago
Reasoning it through, what don't people politely talk about? Sex, money, politics, and religion. Sex: the impact of the normalization of casual sex work on sustainable families, and how specific tech and financial services for managing single motherhood will be huge. Money: financial alternatives to emerging social credit based systems, grey markets, working class capital/savings flight, cyberpunk dystopia. Politics: polarization becomes relative isolation, increasing demand for parallel tribe-based economic and information services. Religion: pendulum swinging back from civic secularism among those disenfranchised by said secularists. Reconciliation of old time religions with current tech and science. The christianization of fringe ideas like "ancient astronaut theorists," conspiracy theories, simulation theory.
True or not, they're big and not talked about in polite company.
- jollyllama 4y agoThe grey markets are intersecting with the parallel economies which are intersecting with the religious fringes. I disagree with you on the sex one though, people are already having less sex. This is also intersecting with what you are saying about religion.
- orangepurple 4y agoI don't understand anything you just wrote
- kuramitropolis 4y agoBlessed.
- Bjartr 4y agoWhere does the less sex statistic come from?
- tomuli38 4y agoHow exactly are secularlists disenfranchising religions? There is a large swathe believing the separation of church and state is religious oppression, and they act like the country is not for those of all faiths.
- seti0Cha 4y agoWhen a court rules that a particular area is outside of elected officials' power to legislate, in a sense they are disenfranchising those who would vote for officials to make such laws. Leaving aside whether it is right or wrong, the underlying issue is that someone's set of values has been elevated outside of the democratic process. This has always been happening since the beginning, but in recent years we've experienced a significant lack of agreement over those values such that one side feels disenfranchised.
- tomuli38 4y agoThere are a million things in this country that don't follow the democratic process such as the electoral college. But is that what you're really arguing?
- seti0Cha 4y agoThe fact that you disagree with that particular democratic process does not mean it is not in fact a democratic process. Not a perfect one, but one nonetheless. As for your second sentence, I don't understand what you are getting at. I am really arguing the argument I put forth, not some other argument. If you disagree with that point, happy to entertain a rebuttal but I have no interest in participating in a culture war so you can put down your dog whistle detector.
- tomuli38 4y agoOnly one group of people complains about secularism in America, and it's Christians. Notice that Hidus and Muslims in the US do not have a problem with the separation of church of state like Christians do.
- nailer 4y agoMuslims complain about secularism in France and Sweden. Give it time.
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