jordan_curve

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1. 61.▲
   by jordan_curve 6y ago

   Your question seems to be Plenty of Israelis would happily vote to trade some or all of those regions for stable alliances with their neighbors. After the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, that dream was never going to happen though. Israelis
2. 62.▲
   by jordan_curve 6y ago

   How did we get the 13th amendment if not through the democratic process described in the constitution? There’s some semantic argument here about whether there’s a causal relationship between democracy and legislation, but that’s missing the
3. 63.▲
   by jordan_curve 6y ago

   I'd argue it was precisely the "democratic" part that allowed the United States to remove those practices.
4. 64.▲
   by jordan_curve 6y ago

   I don't think it's unreasonable to include more things under "basic necessities" nowadays. Things like security, education, healthcare, internet access are all common candidates.
5. 65.▲
   by jordan_curve 6y ago

   If by catnip, you mean fundamental concepts that are routinely not understood, then yes.
6. 66.▲
   by jordan_curve 6y ago

   I think you're focusing too much on the metaphor. The example the person above gave using LEDs is very good. For the sake of simplicity, I'm just going to stick to the United States. As the previous commenter explained, the introd