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by iammisc 5y ago
My pet theory is that puritanism is an inherited trait (not sure if genetic or cultural). america has a lot of it due to its history. The descendants of the puritans have given up all sense of religion, which actually, for them, was a net b
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by iammisc 5y ago
Not all moral panics are the same. Some are based in reality, some are not. Pretending that just because this is also a moral panic in some sense, there is no truth value to it, is just as thick headed as you accuse others of being.
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by iammisc 5y ago
> That didn't seem like the point you were making, what you wrong seemed to imply some form of the current system has existed forever. My meaning was very plain. I said many people would be unconvinced that anything could be done to
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Can you give an example of the rent-seeking? > When someone wants to do something everyone knows is wrong, we don't let them. Yes. that's called enforcing criminal law, and most people would agree with it. Although, I dunno, ma
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> to simply force people to spend most of their lives doing meaningless activities as a form of social control. This is a human universal. Even uncontacted hunter gatherer tribes spend most of their days doing absolutely nothing useful w
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Except few engage in this sort of work. If left to their own devices, most people would simply consume content produced by the 10-20% of people who would actually do anything useful. This is my observation. People are so weirded out when I
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haha touche.
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I wrote: > that this is just the natural state of the world (for which they have thousands of years of evidence to point to). You write: > And there was a wide range of economic systems prior to that. That is my point. every single on
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by iammisc 5y ago
If you let humans freely exchange goods, and not interfere, you get capitalism. Capitalism is not a creed like marxism. Capitalism is Marx's term used to describe what happens when people can exchange goods freely. If you're argui
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> The world isn't much different now than the one that caused the Buddha to leave his princely lifestyle and dedicate his life to teaching and spirituality. Those material gains over the last 200 years, sorry they just don't se
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by iammisc 5y ago
> still refuse to recognize that the problems are systematic I think you're reading into other's worldviews too much. Most people likely agree it's systemic. Many would not be convinced by the proposed solutions, because t
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by iammisc 5y ago
I have a friend who's still waiting for his 'true love' to fall into his lap. I have lots of other friends who are happily married now with kids who chose to be deliberate.
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Fewer people face food and water insecurity today than ever before.
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Yes. Sponsored to work in this country by his sister. The brother in law owned a few restaurants. My dad was made to work by family pressure. It was reported he was making x amount to the government to keep him here but he never saw the mon
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by iammisc 5y ago
Neoconservatives are not a meaningful cohort in the gop at this point. The nomination of Trump was the end of that chapter. I think most people agree that Afghanistan And Iraq was a terrible idea. At least all the young conservatives do. An
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As a former liberal, I'm not rending anything. I just no longer buy the prevailing liberal narratives. Only extremists describe those they disagree with as immoral people. I would never think that of my liberal friends or family. Misgu
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by iammisc 5y ago
How many times will Malthus be proven wrong before we can stop rehashing the same argument?
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Except it always was. We belong to a very close knit catholic parish, and it takes constant effort to keep it up. I'm a part of the men's club, and we're always doing work -- like actual work -- to make sure the social aspect
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by iammisc 5y ago
In my experience the best way to have a vulnerable conversation is just to put yourself out there. And have a back up. Once in a while, I'll say something and clearly it's not desired, so it's always nice to fall back to &#x2
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Sure, but that's not a family planning drive so much as an education drive.
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This thread is basically chock full of people jumping to conclusions, including myself. It seems to me that jumping to conclusions is part of the human condition, and I find it difficult to blame them for that.
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by iammisc 5y ago
I'm a right winger. I don't know any Q people. It seems to me that mostly left wingers know Q people and know all the details. My leftist father in law will explain in detail to me everything Q said, and I just nod along going lik
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by iammisc 5y ago
It seems to me that there's been an uptick in cutting off family members because it sends a social signal to those you're speaking with that you're the kind of person that only cavorts with rational people. Given how individu
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by iammisc 5y ago
The conspiracy subreddit gets discredited for the random stuff that gets posted on there, which ought to be expected since they do little moderation. On several key points, the conspiracy subreddit has been correct. For example, in March 20
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> The problem with this technique is that it can backfire if people start repeating it as what was actually being asserted. For example, the horse paste meme has backfired when it came to Rogan and the CNN doctor. When this happens, now
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Hunter biden tapes jeopardized the purpose of a free press to report on news, regardless of how it affects the outcome of elections.
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> Figure out how to get to a global population of 4 billion: ie massive family planning drive in Africa/West Asia encouraging 1/0 children. Quick way to start a war, and not one that could be won without committing grave crimes
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> The left believes compassion, ideals, rational argument, and consideration of material self-interest My goodness.. this comment is so full of itself I can't even. Yes, us right wingers believe it's good to be uncompassionate.
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> and their absurd COVID policy has demonstrated what happens when reality doesn't give a crap how you feel. Then why are so many blue staters vacationing in florida and texas right now? Honestly, all my friends from california, man
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You start off with a premise that is not immediately obvious. You claim right-wing news outlets are jeopardizing the 'foundation of US democracy', but most right wingers would counter that democracy is not the foundational value o

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