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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Context is important, because the US and co. did the exact same thing when Soviet troops were in Afghanistan.
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"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." -Aesop
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How much do those things cost?
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Certain parts of the government definitely were glad that MLK was promoting non violence, that is until he extended that call for non violence to the war in Vietnam. Though I think you underestimate the mass effect on millions of americans
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
I thought it was obviously implied and also made explicit when I said they "have a valid point about the vile hatred which their enemies are spreading". Hate is obviously the problem we are discussing here, and how to deal with it
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus’ thinking, is this: that hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe. If I hit you and you hit
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>but to ensure that nobody can have total control of the system, it has to be computationally heavy and expensive in terms of energy required per transaction. I don't understand how making it so energy intensive will level the playi
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
What was the stack?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>Having military posts doesn't make that territory part of an Empire if the US doesn't exert much political control over the host country. The political control was solidified over the past 100+ years for the benefit of US corp
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
"I am convinced that if we are to get on to the right side of the world revolution, we as a nation must undergo a radical revolution of values. We must rapidly begin [applause], we must rapidly begin the shift from a thing-oriented soc
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Without technology doctors/medicine would not exist (apart from perhaps foraging for medicinal plants)
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Is an Egalitarian Healthcare workable? (1997)(szasz.com)
1 points by wu-ikkyu 9y ago|0 comments
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Very well then. Seems quite analagous to the supposed difference between "enhanced interrogation" and "torture".
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Where in the dictionary definition of empire does it state this? Anyways, it still seems to meet your criteria: >the United States still maintains nearly 800 military bases in more than 70 countries and territories abroad—from giant “Lit
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What specifically disqualifies it from being defined as an empire?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
Empire: an extensive group of states or countries under a single supreme authority, formerly especially an emperor or empress. >It does however have states that are second-class citizens Colony: a country or area under the full or partia
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>There is suspicion that Wikileaks is one arm of Russian propaganda They also said Snowden and MLK were working for the Russians/Soviets
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>The point is that people do need to be told what to do - with an enforced penalty - in certain situations. What is the criteria for those "certain situations"?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
No one is saying education and legalization will end addiction. Rather, it could make it safer and lead to less overdose deaths.
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Who said it's a "license for magic"? That's a silly strawman. It is however a license for doubt over certainty. >not a human limitation Once again, no one is sure about this.
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>keeping them locked up or otherwise away from the rest of society longer will very effectively reduce crime. The problem with this is it only looks at the problem from a maintenance perspective rather than a preventative root cause anal
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
There are various intellectuals who have recorded debates and lectures on youtube. It just depends on who you're interested in. If you look up any of these names on youtube or elsewhere you'll find some interesting and eloquent di
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
The politician who takes away freedoms is more like the accomplice. It's like when a robber points a gun (fear based propaganda) at your head, and while you stand there paralyzed with fear their friend (the scheming politician) empties
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Is Depression a Disease?(szasz.com)
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Why are you so eager to ignore the effects of technology? You'll notice in history that the biggest wars/massacres were committed with revolutionary technologies.
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Mystics are spiritualists by definition, which is opposed to materialism.
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>>I think there is a dangerous mysticism in this idea of the immeasurable, incomparable, and unfalsifiable value judgement. >In what sense is it dangerous and in what sense is it mysticism? Mysticism is dangerous because it challen
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
>They are definitely measurable (by virtue of being a part of a physical process happening in the real world) Everything is definitely measureable? How did you solve the Measurement Problem? It seems to have all the other quantum physici
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What is the monetary effect of a beautiful sunset and the warmth of a lover's embrace?
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by wu-ikkyu 9y ago
So why train for a hundred million light year race when you're already standing in front of the finish line? Why try to find an objective scientific/monetary measurement of the value of a subjective experience like the warmth of a

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