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WCDT strips 3836-3840 (24 to 28 September 2018)
MrNumbers:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Sep 2018, 04:00 ---Or, to put it another way: Whilst any social collective where authority structures exist necessarily seem to breed corruption, injustice and abuse by those authority structures, areas without authority structures tend to also breed injustice and abuse, often on catastrophically greater scales.
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiapas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala
Two counter examples I can think of, where the lives and economic conditions are strictly better than the surrounding nation.
Chances are, you’ve never heard of Kerala. This tiny Indian state on the Arabian Sea has a population more literate than any American state’s— its main export is PhD’s for energy and computer industries.
Mordhaus:
Now she can become a private dick!
ImVeryAngryItsNotButter:
--- Quote from: Walrus Mustashe on 25 Sep 2018, 02:51 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 25 Sep 2018, 01:22 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 25 Sep 2018, 01:02 ---... DON'T @ ME
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I've started seeing this around...
Not sure I totally understand what it means...?
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It is a way to state a controversial opinion without wanting to receive controversial opinions in return.
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This, exactly. I find it hard to have respect for people who want to change people's minds, yet are completely unwilling to change their own mind in the process.
JimC:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 25 Sep 2018, 04:00 ---
--- Quote from: JimC on 25 Sep 2018, 03:38 ---You can look at history or even round the world today and find plenty of examples of societies with functional central authority or law enforcement. You'll have to try a little harder to find any that are nice places to live.
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On the other hand, it is easy to find places without functional central authority or law enforcement that are not nice places to live.
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Not on the other hand at all - it was a catastrophic typo! It was meant to say without functional central authority!!
Case:
--- Quote from: ImVeryAngryItsNotButter on 25 Sep 2018, 05:41 ---
--- Quote from: Walrus Mustashe on 25 Sep 2018, 02:51 ---
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 25 Sep 2018, 01:22 ---
--- Quote from: Tova on 25 Sep 2018, 01:02 ---... DON'T @ ME
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I've started seeing this around...
Not sure I totally understand what it means...?
--- End quote ---
It is a way to state a controversial opinion without wanting to receive controversial opinions in return.
--- End quote ---
This, exactly. I find it hard to have respect for people who want to change people's minds, yet are completely unwilling to change their own mind in the process.
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I've witnessed Tova's discussion-fu for roughly seven years, and it's pretty much the polar opposite of the ... strawman? caricature? you present here.
One of the reasons he has earned my respect.
--- Quote from: Walrus Mustashe on 25 Sep 2018, 02:51 ---More accurately, it is a way to state a controversial opinion without wanting to receive controversial opinions in return.
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We have multiple threads about systemic problems with US law enforcement in Discuss! (Where we discuss stuff ... rather than e.g. each other, y'know)
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