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A more nuanced version of this argument is, different people in democratic electorates disagree wildly on what constitutes an improvement to society. A practice
by JuniperMesos 3mo ago
A more nuanced version of this argument is, different people in democratic electorates disagree wildly on what constitutes an improvement to society. A practice or institution that is an improvement to one constituency is a detriment to another constituency, and that other constituency will seek to destroy the practice the moment they have the electoral power to do so.
- FrankWilhoit 3mo agoAll while successive technological discoveries raise the minimum standard of thought: vertiginously, incomprehensibly, unattainably. Something's got to give.