Message from @Notso
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even if some psychopaths disagree
An example "beat ten to encourage one hundred others to rush into a trench line".
War often brings out our most fucked ideas, but if you hire people to get results...you get all the baggage that comes with it.
I'm of the mindset that if you do something that's considered "wrong", get away with it and it doesn't negatively affect the "victim" in such circumstance, then it's totally okay. Some people could live by their own rules and morals and do fine, but their are so many people, and so many (frankly, idiots), that government then becomes needed to dictate what many do.
But really, if the universe is left with just black holes and inanimate objects, did anything really matter? Did the so-called human morals really mean anything?
basically it ultimately depends if you believe in god or not lol, this question if morality is objective and real, then god exists. But if not then it is just a figment of our imagination and we need not worry what we do as long as we can make up a reason to justify it.
I would say morality is objective as evidenced by the similarity between 99% of cultures as to certain rules. Biology does not dictate morality if it did just look to animals to see how they do abhorrent things regularly because instincts.
A world of moral relativism is coming to fruition today in the west, where there is now a battle being fought for pedophilia. As wrong as it is, beyond any concept of harm, it is winning this battle.
There are also many religious scholars that make quite damn good arguments for morality, based in reality, its quite interesting. The line is rathe robjective.
@everyone Daily Question đź”–
- Could UBI (Universal Basic Income) work, if so, how would *you* implement it?
No
an income even if you don't work?
no
No
No.
Not really. It would disincentivize people from working toward higher potentials, and it would inevitably raise prices on goods in long term. I know Milton Friedman advocated something similar in the 1970s and 80s, called the Negative Income Tax. From some observations, it would have most likely had the same issues as the UBI, and is more of a radical, libertarian way of reforming taxation.
There is objective evidence that implementation of UBI, whether by government or nonprofits, affects the targeted groups and regions positively in an economic sense. While there will surely be many more UBI studies over the next few years and even decades, clear empirical evidence currently supports the implementation of UBI as a means of combating poverty. These cases including programs in Namibia, Brazil, Canada and others not described here provide empirical evidence supporting some form of basic or unconditional incomes. Few programs had clear negative effects on a population’s economic growth or personal incentives. However, as of 2016 there still are not enough practical studies and examples of UBI implementation on a large scale to definitively conclude that UBI will succeed in major nations such as the US or EU.
Bro
I love how in the democrat debate they told yang UBI would cost 3 trillion
And he was like, we'll get 800 billion from taxing corporations.
Wait a second Chief, that math don't add up
UBI can work
But only when automation replaces the majority of low skilled jobs and production increases to the point the standard of living could reasonably be comfortable for everyone
Where it would be nearly impossible to get a low skilled job and there are only a small number of high skill jobs, UBI can work
Today, in a society that still has a lot of technological advancement before we get to that point, no.
In most of our lifetimes, yes.
@everyone Daily Question đź”–
- Which candidate would you prefer to become Prime Minister of the UK: Jeremy Hunt or Boris Johnson? Why do you prefer this candidate?
Boris because he is more likely to deliver Brexit
Boris because he'll hopefully make Brexit actually fucking happen
Personally I prefer Hunt, comparing the policies (Other than Brexit) between the two Hunt has a far better spending plan that will help more people, and especially businesses after brexit
And this is billions of pounds worth of spending both are promising
I prefer my mom
Brexit might take the headlines but they're both promising MASSIVE spending
my mom will poop on every competition
fact btw
Jeremy Hunt. Boris wants brexit at all costs. Jeremy wants brexit if it is reasonable.
Boris straight up just wants to help rich people with tax cuts and hide behind brexit
Otherwise you're just killing yourselves in order to make the rest of the kids at school feel bad.
Not a worthwhile tradeoff.
But if we cannot get a better deal than the current one then remain?
If remain is a better deal than hard brexit, why not?
The public voted for Brexit
Democracy takes precedent here