What Did President Trump Do Now?

OccultHawk · 04-08-2017, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

I've come to believe meritocracy is one of the most dangerous/harmful ideas in modern society

I agree. Wanting it to exist is bad and believing it does exist is also bad.

OccultHawk · 04-08-2017, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Preferable to forced inequality at the point of a gun

Church.

OccultHawk · 04-08-2017, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

private property itself is a state created institution there's nothing natural about it

church!!!!!!

Mindfulness · 04-08-2017, 04:26 PM

**Goofle** · 04-08-2017, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

private property itself is a state created institution there's nothing natural about it

Private property is a moral principle that can exist without a state. And I never argued it was natural, so I'm not sure why you brought it up.

The Batlord · 04-08-2017, 04:49 PM

All you need for inequality is for one guy to have resources to bargain for the loyalty of at least one other guy.

The Batlord · 04-08-2017, 05:09 PM

I imagine the whole idea of "mine, mine, mine" is so pervasive throughout human history/pre-history that your (possible) ideas of abolishing it are laughable. People want ****. People have a habit of figuring out how to get ****. It's how we figured out how to use sticks to get ants out of anthills for food. Lo and behold we have Wallstreet.

Chula Vista · 04-08-2017, 05:11 PM

**** Wall Street.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destru..._Mongol_Empire

The Batlord · 04-08-2017, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

We already have the answer it's called Democracy

Democracy is perfectly suitable for taking ants from anthills. (Are we talking about direct, communist democracy btw?)

Chula Vista · 04-08-2017, 05:21 PM

Haves keep setting up the world so they keep getting.

Have nots don't really have a say in the matter at the end of the day.

It's very simple, and has been for centuries all over the planet.

Outraged idealism doesn't count for jack ****, never has, and never will.

04-08-2017, 05:11 PM	#3818 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	**** Wall Street. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genghis_Khan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destru..._Mongol_Empire __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-08-2017, 05:21 PM	#3820 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Haves keep setting up the world so they keep getting. Have nots don't really have a say in the matter at the end of the day. It's very simple, and has been for centuries all over the planet. Outraged idealism doesn't count for jack ****, never has, and never will. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

04-08-2017, 04:26 PM	#3814 (permalink)
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