It's hypocrisy, and the West has had this kind of hypocrisy always, look at Christianity and the supposed key rules that are supposed to be followed a...
You could call a teapot evil, I wouldn't know how to "defeat" your argument but what I'd do in that or this circumstance, would be to tell you that yo...
Evil doesn't exist as more than a description of things made by humans, who are free to dictate to others what their description means and what prompt...
The citizens cannot hold the government accountable, the government is supposed to be self-regulating. In Australia, where I live, politicians are for...
The reason democracy-building in Germany, Italy, Japan and SK was easier is because the legal and social infrastructure existed prior to the attempt. ...
You could try making a thread about what's required for democracy, I think one can make an argument for culture being important but only way before th...
A lot of my understanding about this topic of historical Islam comes from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60JboffOhaw&ab_channel=CaspianRe...
Islam succeeded mainly because of its geographical location as the centre of the world, between Europe, India and China. Trade brought through combina...
What I see from the radical left is an urgency and importance that creates impatience and frustration and that's where the anger and incivility come f...
Civility is a standard for behaviour that generates a particular type of discourse that can be valued in itself. It prevents situations from breaking ...
Many topics in political discourse for the left are of great moral importance and strong emotional views and expression are natural and justified. The...
Some aspects of Britney's life story are very sad and make me so angry, it's stories like these that should serve to remind us that we're not nearly a...
Your logic is so childish, amounting to "do me wrong I do you wrong" except "you" = civilians who have no hand in military decisions. "Two wrongs make...
Stance-independent definitions are just definitions all the major stances agree with. "Disvalue" can never be a consistent term, it's just that for la...
Free speech, much like anything really, is just a convenient name, which if we weren't being lazy, should actually be broken down into a multitude of ...
Through transparency and oversight, methods of holding those in positions of power accountable, a system of consequence for abuse of power can rein in...
Give a man power and take away consequence and watch the transformation from a good man to a tyrant. We confuse fear and concern of consequence with d...
The question isn't whether one "needs" to be silenced, it's about whether there's sufficient justification and motivation for silencing. It's not abou...
Everyone agrees that free speech should have some limits, the one which is pertinent here is the exception of violence and oppression. Perhaps this is...
The admins just dislike weird grammar and odd styles of articulation and such has been banned here many times. Also, the number of posts there are, sh...
You might be right, I understood you to be arguing in favour of something bizarre but it appears those concerns were invalid. Perhaps if we discussed ...
I seemed to you to think delegation doesn't exist or you are just making nonsense points to distract from criticisms of capitalism? Your "point" is no...
It is about capitalism, this is but a single justification of yours, which isn't a justification at all but a distraction. Authoritarian governments d...
No, true in this contexts refers to ideological interpretation, it's no different than dictating what a "true" patriot does, as though, a patriot's in...
Another nice proverb is "one man's trash is another man's treasure". But, what context are you talking about? Living within society? As family and fri...
I guess for the sake of figuring this out, we can include illegal and legal activities. A Netflix documentary called "dirty money" has quite an intere...
What personal sacrifices should someone be forced to make, when they know their resignation won't have an impact on anything? Are they doing anything ...
Okay, it seems we have the same values but tell give different explanations for why things should be the way we want and why things are the way they a...
Well, my position is focused on the employer-employee relation, and that is where I think most of the problems of capitalism come from. I'm not clear ...
I was discussing this sort of thing with @"Kenosha Kid" in https://thephilosophyforum.com/discussion/11135/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper-immediate-versu...
If your priorities are to retain the exact business structure of capitalism then capitalism is the only thing that can deliver that. How can a single ...
It's not the police that says so, it's the recognition of the transfer of ownership that occurs through the marketplace. If someone buys a rental prop...
Do you mean a "good" capitalist? Why is your adjective "true"? You want the state to ensure businesses abide by certain standards, but these standards...
You and I could discuss alternatives but there's no point to that from my perspective. You missed my meaning in my last comment. What are your priorit...
How do you define voluntary? Can't power dynamics potentially pervert the spirit of any mutual agreement? Also, do you disagree that the employer-empl...
If we were to force workplaces to be democratic then we wouldn't have the same capitalist way of starting a business. Your example of starting a capit...
The ability for an employee to be advanced into a position of authority over other employees doesn't resolve any employee's problem of being powerless...
You might feel it is better or justified that the decision-making power is concentrated in the hands of the owners and their representatives but it is...
Isn't the status quo that the means of production are recognised by all relevant parties to indeed belong to the owner and the employees don't conside...
Yes, there are regulations and laws in place to protect the worker. "Democratic Socialism" retains the employer-employee organisational structure but ...
The "place of production" could be an internet site, a youtube channel, and many other non-physical settings but the principle remains unchanged. The ...
This is a philosophy forum, many here have something they would like to impart upon as many as they could or believe the world would be better if othe...
I think I understand but I also know I can't fully understand because I don't know what it's like to experience Aphantasia. But your problem is not Ap...
I made a factual statement about what people do. This is to say that whatever "quality" a person thinks their beliefs have, they (these beliefs, as th...
I don't think I could restate your criticism back to you in a way that you'd agree with, I'll take the blame for that and if you don't want to engage ...
Isn't bipartisanship something forced upon each party by their circumstances rather than something anyone chose? Each party would prefer to be in comp...
Well, I at least agree that in 99.99% of cases, you should wish to be as accurate as possible. I don't think people should be willy-nilly making thing...
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