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You should have led with it being Asimovian. And I didn't know we would have parks and surface access. In that case I'm more open to it. But it would ...

Never, and if mandated by PTB, I would resist to the death. Underground cities are a bad omen for humanity.

Yes, and then everything will be perfect with rainbows and bubblegum and little fuzzy bunny wabbits. How naive can you be? There is zero evidence that...

Well, after you put it that way, I suppose not. But I would like to.

You're very welcome my good sir <removes tophat and bows>.

The West is stupid regardless. It goes deeper than kneecapping the economy and reducing the general standard of living for all but the super wealthy. ...

Not really, I just assume the experts have it all figured out and are selflessly working for our best interests.

Who is Paine?

yeah, you dummy. What is your problem: trying to have a reasonable conversation on a philosophy forum. Jeesh...maybe you should find some children if ...

don't ever forget how easiy it is to fake one's dutifulness. It is one of the simplest and most detrimental deceptions.

This makes me wonder who in the west would benifit from the arrangement you have predicted. Is it crazy to look at those who push for the most radical...

The latter seems to be more likely. But he may be going deeper to the absolute nature of dutifulness (which he has articulated rather vurgarly as to b...

The sense of duty, in this case, was impotent. Too small and weak to command any serious commitment from the dutiful types.

How can you say: Then say: Isn't that contradictory? Definitely can appear that way. Like when the duty of loyalty results in bad things for the loyal...

Interesting. Why would China be worried about green policies undercutting their economy? The west doesn’t appear to be worried about it. Could it be t...

That sounds awfully rational.

The incentive would be that we wouldn't need to inevitably fubar the grid and effectively cripple the economy by disintegrating coal plants. . . We ei...

With that in mind...The very fact that he is not spending his time inventing alternatives for coal power plants shows that he doesn't "give a flying f...

if I didn't know any better, I'd be inclined to think China rejects the science of climate change

it's similar in US. But at least we know the people have some say since Trump was elected.

It's hard to agree with that when we can clearly see neomarxist philosophy underlying many of the positions Biden holds or has shown support for (eg c...

Then you would definitely reject hylozoism and pan-psychism.

woman...that is some advanced scientific lexicon

that's democracy for you, don't like it, you are free to oppose it. At least the playing field is levelled in the financial domain where most of the c...

I totally agree.

I think the problems of American democracy can be solve simply through campaign finance reform.

I also am compelled to point out that lennenist democracy is very different than the American version. The former is direct democracy, the latter is c...

That's a lot of stuff. You posted there. To be clear, I am not arguing about communism and its various applications, I am arguing that Biden supports ...

didn't see the addendum, allow me to read and respond

Too many of his positions are touched by neomarxist philosophy for it to be a coincidence. It is hard to think the president of the United States woul...

Interesting. I see no reason why men with transplanted wombs would be exempt from abortion procedures. I wonder, would there be a natural way to impre...

I agree, it is discriminatory against men. Medical science has discriminated against men in multiple ways including its failure to offer any options f...

There are a few reasons Biden might be considered a communist or neomarxist. He supports queer theory, which was heavily developed in the ideas of Jud...

That's the ticket. Its so simple.. We can all be nice to each other and all war will end ... and everyone will be happy. Then we can all grow flowers,...

I tend to agree with Plato...democracy is the best system for a tyrannical state, but the worst system for a just state. Whatever the case, Nietzsche ...

First, remember that my opinion on humanity is quite inconsequential. So, I was speaking off the cuff, let's see what it means... Stupidity can be con...

Humanity is the same in some aspects, and different in others. For instance, its contemptibility is the same as it has always been, however, its techn...

Nothing special. Somewhere in there it involves philosophy, that's probably why I like TPF. I might be able to start a new thread calling for TPF memb...

Do not worry my friend, I carry it very lightly. I have chosen much heavier metaphysical and existential loads for myself which dwarf the notion of "h...

Absolutely, much of life is situational. In fact, merit and character should always trump body shape when judging an individual. How I view humanity i...

Only the disgusting ones, especially when they are naked. On the other hand, some fatbodies are very aesthetically pleasing. But, for the record, I be...

Then we agree, I think. Clothes enable the disgust by creating a taboo around nudity. And, this is counter-effective in desensitizating people to the ...

The question is, what was the taboo effect of clothing once it became normalized? Did it cause people to notice how sexually enticing a human body cou...

I believe the public nudity taboo is in place, not because of the potential of sexualized nudity, but because 99% of people are in disgusting shape an...

Very interesting, I had always heard that all the whites were descendents of slave owners, and ispo facto, all racists. :chin:

Sane society in the present day? Nonexistent. I reside in the insane USA, and here anyone can participate in recreational sports, with both bigoted an...

Well put. I don't think it's crucial to understanding "this proposed inequality", but it can probably shed some light on the issue. I remember reading...

You are right, but, the actual problem he is addressing is one of rapists pretending to be trans. You know, to easily infiltrate safe spaces that harb...

Peers as a selection process for a roster are perfectly fine when sports are non-competitive and pointless. But in competitive sports, all that matter...

I have a radical solution: we designate all restrooms to cis-men, and everyone else has to go out in public.