And it is also full of things that are. If there's one thing that runs like a red line through history it's the corruption of power structures and the...
Those did not include any real response to my arguments. What am I to make of what you said? That you apparently find it hard to envision governments ...
Are all of you just completely unaware of what an insurgency is and how it works? We can talk about how likely it is for a government to misbehave to ...
As of right now? I would probably agree. But given the events of the last years, it is not obvious that things should stay that way. You speak as thou...
, he yelled from his glass prison. What role are you playing? That of the broken prisoner with Stockholm syndrome, or the king's dog? Neither can stan...
I'd say history and in recent times the track record of the United States military (the world's most advanced military) speak to the contrary. Peasant...
You don't think people would be prompted to resist against government tyranny? As people have throughout history? It's you who is living in a fantasy,...
It is exactly what would stop it. If government goes too far, they'd have to contend with a population that is already armed. Waging a large-scale cou...
Given the actions of governments world-wide over the past few years I would beg to differ. Tyranny is not something we can look back at and marvel ove...
Peasants with guns have been besting professional militaries for decades (throughout all of human history, really), including the US military on sever...
Given the last and the current US presidents, and the recent propensity in the US and the world towards authoritarianism, I'd say keep the second amen...
When mass shootings occur, somehow the debate is always about gun control and never about why kids are massacring kids. It's not normal, obviously. I ...
One's own 'evil' tendencies must first be understood. Before understanding there is only a meaningless moral limbo known as ignorance, where one commi...
The issue with the term 'toxic masculinity' in the way that it is often used is that it implies that there is something inherently toxic about masculi...
Women exhibit all of these behaviors as well, including hyper masculinity (ironically). The suggestion seems to be that only men can exhibit 'toxic ma...
I don't think the idea that killing / mistreating animals is unethical and killing / mistreating plants is perfectly fine holds much philosophical mer...
Good point by the OP. Power doesn't corrupt, but simply liberates individuals to a degree that the corrupt parts of their soul can manifest more stron...
Should individuals live "at war" with each other in pursuit of a goal that they hold no stake in nor any influence over? Doesn't seem very coherent to...
The reasonableness doesn't need to be taken into account at all. Whatever judgement we pass on the reasonableness of a nation's strategic interest, th...
Freedom of expression is a human right. When certain companies grow so large that they have the power to impede human rights you're asking me who is g...
For normal companies I'd say yes. But social media like Twitter hold a special, near monopolistic place in public discourse and should in my opinion b...
Of course you do. You exercise that right by being able to sign contracts with whoever you like, and come to a mutual agreement about the terms of tha...
Such interactions between individuals are usually written down in a contract, and includes what is expected of both parties. Why would your right not ...
If we choose to ignore powerful countries' strategic interests, such as has happened in Ukraine with Russia, we invite war. To me that's not a matter ...
I don't know what such a "natural right" would be based on. Some sort of right not to be offended by someone else? I'd wholeheartedly disagree with th...
Whether they have the right or not is a legal matter and depends entirely on where one lives and what the terms of contract are. Then what are you say...
That doesn't seem to be what you're arguing at all. Lets say you overhear your employee during a private phone conversation and you find out they have...
I'm sure they matter to people, but why? Note that I've already offered you a way out, in suggesting that certain opinions may lead to problematic beh...
You believe opinions matter enough for people to be fired and censored over them. That much is obvious or you wouldn't be espousing these ideas. The q...
The fact that Russia (or indeed any country with a veto) is able to block security resolutions that it feels undermine its strategic interest is a sig...
You're telling me that you wish for people to lose their jobs and their right to free speech because they hold opinions you don't like, but you cannot...
Depending on the terms of contract, you may very well be. But you're beating around the bush. Your example doesn't feature an expression of an opinion...
You're obligated to whatever was agreed upon in the contract. If that contract states one is able to fire an employee at any time, for whatever reason...
What these arguments amount to is that expressing one's privately held beliefs can be sufficient reason for someone to end up unemployed or without a ...
No, I don't think that. I just thought I'd point out that freedom of expression is a human right, thus unalienable and not suspended as the result of ...
Assuming there was a contract involved that would be breached, yes. It is possible that expressing certain opinions constitutes a breach of contract, ...
I disagree. Any opinion should be able to be expressed without legal consequences, assuming they're expressed in a non-disruptive manner, and not a di...
"Fuck off and die" is not an opinion. But you're right. I am trying to nudge you, towards being able to see things in perspective, so you too may one ...
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