Message from @DanielKO
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maybe they should have focused on savings instead of smart phones and advacado toast
Whole Foods did nothing wrong
The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffe- ring (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the si- tuation. It will certainly subject human being to greater in- dignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psy- chological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.
By “feelings of inferiority” we mean not only infe- riority feelings in the strict sense but a whole spectrum of related traits; low self-esteem, feelings of powerless- ness, depressive tendencies, defeatism, guilt, self-hatred, etc. We argue that modern leftists tend to have some such feelings (possibly more or less repressed) and that these feelings are decisive in determining the direction of mo- dern leftism.
Words like “self-confidence”, “self-reliance”, “ini- tiative”, “enterprise”, “optimism”, etc., play little role in the liberal and leftist vocabulary. The leftist is anti- individualistic, pro-collectivist. He wants society to solve every one’s problems for them, satisfy everyone’s needs for them, take care of them. He is not the sort of person who has an inner sense of confidence in his ability to solve his own problems and satisfy his own needs. The leftist is antagohistic to the concept of competition because, deep inside, he feels like a loser.
FIRST PRINCIPLE. If a SMALL change is made that affects a long-term historical trend, then the effect of that change will almost always be transitory — the trend will soon revert to its original state. (Example: A reform move- ment designed to clean up political corruption in a society rarely has more than a short-term effect; sooner or later the reformers relax and corruption creeps back in. The level of political corruption in a given society tends to re- main constant, or to change only slowly with the evolution of the society. Normally, a political cleanup will be perma- nent only if accompanied by widespread social changes; a SMALL change in the society won’t be enough.) If a small change in a long-term historical trend appears to be per- manent, it is only because the change acts in the direction in which the trend is already moving, so that the trend is not altered by only pushed a step ahead.
How is copying text in here an argument?
Just posting antidotes <:bleach:382980734035689473>
Whoa
The point of conservative social programs is to ensure the bottom of society isn't bottomless. It causes unrest and revolutions.
Even if you have no compassion, like Dan, there's a practical advantage in reducing the number of desperate people in your society.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSe3vQCRXvI No explanation needed why this man is a fucking moron.
There we go... https://squawker.org/culture-wars/antifa-disrupts-lgbt-parade-claims-gay-people-are-offensive-to-muslims/
They finally imploded
Gay people are offensive in Islam
Comrade
Yep, ANTIFA are the biggest cucks of them all. I actually wouldn't mind if we shot ANTIFA members on sight.
By the way
I present to you the rare and illustrious quality Ted talk. Listenable at 2x speed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGCaI1HzYo
@Thomas the Sowell Train [USA] why 2X speed?
Because nobody got no time for dramatic pauses.
Teh robots!
I'd love to be able to simulate the effects of a 1k US$ monthly UBI on the economy of the USA. Where's my quantum computer and advanced economic modeling tools when I need them.
as awesome as UBI sounds, it'd most likely cause mass inflation
unless people selling shit didn't act greedy
but that'd never happen, greed is what holds society together