Brett

“When asked if he believes in God, Peterson responded: "I think the proper response to that is No, but I'm afraid He might exist". https://en.wikipedi...

It is a risky business, and in some ways a democracy is the only place to give power figures a bit of free reign because of those checks and balances....

Of course it is. And I don’t get it. What exactly is going on with that?

Does this then mean humans are naturally good?

This OP has got me thinking about power figures and conformity. Power figures are individualists, maybe you could call them rebels, anyway they chose ...

No I could not, but time will tell.

If it’s instinctive then I assume it’s natural. Therefore evil exists without the cause being ignorance. And why would murder be instinctive?

Well how do you theoretically move to some desolate place where government has no say over you?

First of all I would need to know if you know what theoretically means.

Would you regard that, then, as a natural tendency and not one of ignorance?

Would you agree that some primates commit evil acts?

Theoretically you can do anything you want, including living in a vacuum.

As You Came From the Holy Land of western New York State You came from your pilgrimage, where you sort resurrection, the assurance of God. Did you fin...

I’m trying to work out whether you’re looking at this as God having given us free will? Is that right?

So what form of government would you prefer instead? If you reject one form of government than you must presumably have another preference in mind. Yo...

As a matter of interest. Kissinger picks the seven most powerful people in history. “In order to list the seven most powerful people in history, it is...

A example of that might be Churchill during the war years. When the war was over he was voted out. In terms of leadership he was what was no longer ne...

I think it’s interesting that as a species we did live under this idea of power figures. Somewhere along the way things changed. There are obviously r...

I don’t think society wants to keep changing morality. There are people who have a relativist views of morality, but strangely enough it doesn’t seem ...

I must learn to ignore your posts, they serve no purpose at all. This is my original post. “If you’re really open minded you might consider the idea t...

My actual post; “If you’re really open minded you might consider the idea that though traditional tribal societies were collectives and socialist they...

Just out of interest, where does Fidel Castro fit into your position?

Hopefully I’ll never see any grumbling or dissatisfaction from you about the state of things in the world because you’re happy with the results and de...

If you’re really open minded you might consider the idea that though traditional tribal societies were collectives and socialist they still had a chie...

Ahh, I see. You can’t handle exploration of uncomfortable ideas.

The problem is that you live in a society that functions on the level you dismiss. Not everyone expects something in return. In fact I imagine most ne...

Why would it be documented? How do you expect it to be documented? What form would you imagine it taking? And you suggest this is a collective effort.

How so?

The use of the word power immediately sets up problems about what it means. “In social science and politics, power is the capacity of an individual to...

That’s not what I said. This is what I said.

If you’re happy with the state of politics, the quality of life for people, then of course you won’t accept any of my evidence to the contrary. Power ...

Your absolutely right. Consensus is avoidance of responsibility. Those with power, who make decisions, must absolutely have skin in the game.

By consent.

If the people have taken part in an election run along democratic ideas then by voting they’re taking part in a process where they hope to win. But it...

One way of imposing your will on another is to argue with their point of view and convince them that they’re wrong. I don’t see anything wrong with th...

I don’t think it necessarily means it’s morally admirable. But what’s wrong with it? Maybe we need to really parse that sentence.

My question, really, was whether you were coming at this question believing in God.

That doesn’t mean there’s no corruption, does it? See the blindness.

Actually it’s true, it’s all they have left. What you’re witnessing is the self destruction of the Democrats.

There are worse ways of spending your time than on this forum. It’s a strange place though. I put up an OP then wonder why I did it, the responsibilit...

Sometimes I wonder if it is philosophy or just the damned internet; another addiction.

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Believe me, I think nearly everyone might wonder that. We all think we’re the only one.

I’d rather follow a warrior than a poet.

We are quite capable of acting on existing inborn tendencies towards evil. Our tendencies towards goodness are not infallible, after all we’re only hu...

I don’t know if it’s true but anecdotal evidence suggests a lot of poets suffer from mental illness (I don’t know what the covers) and finally suicide...

Of course it is. That’s why they were elected, to enact the policies they were voted in on. To not do so would be a betrayal of the majority. Your pos...

In the situation I’m talking about the party has already formed a government. As time goes by their popularity is polled, usually on the popularity of...

It’s the politicians who are swayed by polling. But I don’t see the connection between this and business anyway.

You might think that for the benefit of your position but there’s more to it than that. “In social science and politics, power is the capacity of an i...