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could you answer those questions I asked you?

monero-xmr 3y ago
On this thread I prefer to debate in the abstract rather than let emotions into it. Emotionally speaking my friend’s kid has muscular dystrophy and it’s extremely sad and heart wrenching to watch what was formerly an active toddler degrade into wheel chair bound pain and suffering, leading to a death around 30 years old. I wish society would put unlimited funds into solving this disease because I personally see how devastating it is to my friend’s family and the child himself. However in an argument about where to allocate scarce resources, putting all of our money into solving that is probably not what most people would choose. Similarly I don’t think unlimited free education to every 18 year old is a good choice, despite emotional pleas.
- em-bee 3y ago
  but that education would allow more people to do research on muscular dystrophy and other problems. if we want to solve the worlds problems we need more people with the capacity to work on them. only education is capable of doing that.
- MarkMarine 3y ago
  That answers the question. You’ve got a college degree, probably for a lot less than kids today are faced with paying, you’re probably quite successful and yet… it’s just not enough right. The most important thing is that you keep as much wealth as you can. The broader concerns of what’s good for society, that shouldn’t come into play. You got yours, how do you stay there if not by keeping the rest down and not contributing
  - monero-xmr 3y ago
    When you don’t like someone’s arguments, attack the source! I like to use rhetoric to debate topics, ideally with facts and statistics. Attacking someone else personally, or making up a lot of stuff about them, is a very weak line of attack (for me at least) when trying to push your point forwards. This is an anonymous Internet forum so I don’t have a degree, I was raised by a single mother and an abusive uncle who beat me with a belt when I asked for more eggs at breakfast. What difference does it make?

On this thread I prefer to debate in the abstract rather than let emotions into it. Emotionally speaking my friend’s kid has muscular dystrophy and it’s extremely sad and heart wrenching to watch what was formerly an active toddler degrade into wheel chair bound pain and suffering, leading to a death around 30 years old. I wish society would put unlimited funds into solving this disease because I personally see how devastating it is to my friend’s family and the child himself. However in an argument about where to allocate scarce resources, putting all of our money into solving that is probably not what most people would choose. Similarly I don’t think unlimited free education to every 18 year old is a good choice, despite emotional pleas.

em-bee 3y ago
but that education would allow more people to do research on muscular dystrophy and other problems. if we want to solve the worlds problems we need more people with the capacity to work on them. only education is capable of doing that.
MarkMarine 3y ago
That answers the question. You’ve got a college degree, probably for a lot less than kids today are faced with paying, you’re probably quite successful and yet… it’s just not enough right. The most important thing is that you keep as much wealth as you can. The broader concerns of what’s good for society, that shouldn’t come into play. You got yours, how do you stay there if not by keeping the rest down and not contributing
- monero-xmr 3y ago
  When you don’t like someone’s arguments, attack the source! I like to use rhetoric to debate topics, ideally with facts and statistics. Attacking someone else personally, or making up a lot of stuff about them, is a very weak line of attack (for me at least) when trying to push your point forwards. This is an anonymous Internet forum so I don’t have a degree, I was raised by a single mother and an abusive uncle who beat me with a belt when I asked for more eggs at breakfast. What difference does it make?