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> It is "adult" thinking, I guess, to impugn the very idea of trying to steer the world away from obvious disaster through diplomacy and international cooperati
by MichaelCollins 4y ago
> It is "adult" thinking, I guess, to impugn the very idea of trying to steer the world away from obvious disaster through diplomacy and international cooperation.
Unfortunately good intentions don't make bad ideas any better. Otherwise, let me propose that we solve world hunger by mailing everybody a free hotdog. A terribly dumb idea, but motivated by the best of intentions trying to solve the worst sort of problem.
- sitkack 4y ago> let me propose that we solve world hunger by mailing everybody a free hotdog An incredibly dismissive straw-man.