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Agreed. Adding on to what you said - I think it also depends on where you start. If you inherit wealth and/or good opportunities then why risk it, but if not
by MikeTheGreat 4y ago
Agreed.
Adding on to what you said - I think it also depends on where you start. If you inherit wealth and/or good opportunities then why risk it, but if not then it would make a lot of sense. After all, lots of people voluntarily enlist in the military, and one factor is not having (m)any other options. (This isn't the only reason, nor is it a factor for everyone)
Plus, dueling / fighting is a skill. If you need people who are good at fighting in order to get legislation passed then the rich will hire skilled fighters to go be legislator-duelists for them.
- germinalphrase 4y agoI will yield my time for rebuttal to my cosponsor on this bill - Khabib Nurmagomedov.
- nwiswell 4y ago> then the rich will hire skilled fighters to go be legislator-duelists for them I'm going to be honest: considering the smorgasbord of possible dystopias, this one sounds pretty rad. Can we do cyberpunk corpocratic gladiatorial parliament? Anyone?
- rafesureshot 4y agoWell how about cyberpunk philosophical gladiatorial debates? I challenge Daniel Dennet (sp?) to a philosophical debate about free will. Wait no. I challenge him to an MMA fight. If he declines, he gets to pick his favorite UFC fighter to fight by proxy (like Game of Thrones, but we'll both survive). But Dennet can't just pay the fighter off. The fighter has to actually think Dennet's a genius. And, I get to have the opportunity to talk the fighter out of the fight before the match. I've actually already issued this challenge via YouTube (3681 seconds into the video; the link jumps to the appropriate spot in the video). https://youtu.be/S7DOb539UeA?t=3681 https://youtu.be/S7DOb539UeA?t=3681
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