motorcycleman9

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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
People prefer to not need to do that.
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
The way that CPI inflation is calculated accounts for spending pattern changes already, including mortgage/rent. If you don't have a nuanced critique of the CPI calculation method, I'd argue that this point is moot. It's
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
The sociological data regarding being raised by a single parent is out there. It is extremely clear that it correlates with a number of negative outcomes. You being offended by this doesn't change the statistical reality of the situati
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
You continue to state that market forces are bad, while not paying any attention to the counterargument that they are pretty good compared to the alternatives. Making an honest comparison would be a much tedious discussion.
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
Buying drugs online. Sending money to venezuela. Keeping millions of dollars untouched by intermediaries by memorizing a secret phrase and deleting all other records.
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
To me, it seems like man's constant fight against the brutality of mother nature will never end. As long as we need food, need medicine, and entropy destroys what we create, we will need a lot of people working to solve problems. Any
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
You were not incorrect to say they are a minority. Nobody factually disputed you on this detail. However, other folks added relevant details to show the prevalence of fun ownership and to give context to the political influence of gun owner
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
You are explicitly mischaracterizing his arguments. Peterson has spent more time than you or I arguing about the pros and cons of patriarchal hierarchies. The fact that he is willing to admit to their merits and demerits is evidence that he
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
To clarify my point on the slavery example- Slavery was present for hundreds or thousands of years. It was also obviously morally wrong for the entirety of it's existence. It's decline in the western world was relatively quick com
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
I think there are obvious cases where passive moral conformists (which you would argue are at the bottom of PG's rankings) are a net good in the world. PG doesn't spend any time highlighting this because it is not the focus of the
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
Many people intentionally mischaracterize Peterson as intolerant. His position is generally extremely open-minded and comes from the position of a psychologist that has seen the failure modes of many different clients' lifestyles. When
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
I think the exercise of considering which historical atrocities you would passively comply with is a good exercise for understanding the banality of evil. PG did little to argue his moral superiority from this perspective, rather highlighte
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by motorcycleman9 6y ago
Using a slur does does not "require malintent by definition". Slurs can be used as terms of endearment, within jokes, etc.