Neither are obligations. There's either the desire to give life or not. Those who don't want to are welcome. But not everyone views suffering and excl...
Also anti-joy and anti-life. If you’re in favor of not having kids, don’t have any. If you’re arguing that human beings shouldn’t have kids, then you’...
The reason it isn’t convincing is because the argument is stupid. It’s fundamentally anti-life. That’s more a matter of mood and temperament than soun...
There should be assistance to senior citizens. My advice is for them to stop voting Republican. In any case, inflation is temporary. Climate change is...
Australia about to pass a major climate bill. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/05/world/australia/climate-change-bill.html Sounds familiar. But it’s st...
I have no idea who you’re talking about. I’m talking about anti-social types — specifically, NOS. But feel free to continue playing the contrarian abo...
Not too gloomy. It's going to be a very difficult path indeed. I didn't know Poland accounted for that much coal use. Guess that should be the focus. ...
Yes, I guess it's a giant conspiracy. My advice: stop wasting time on stupidity. The bill probably won't do anything about inflation. It's a silly lab...
I really can’t see how anyone whose read anything I’ve written on here for three years can claim I have trust in the political system— or, for that ma...
Cutting emissions by 40% is better than 27%. That’s reason to be glad. Not nearly enough, but it’s a start. By no means am I advocating complacency be...
After following this all day, your post was the first I heard it passed. :lol: I’m guessing it passes the house now. I’m shocked this happened at all....
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/02/climate/manchin-deal-emissions-cuts.html Currently they’re in “vote-o-rama” — more ridiculousness. But ...
Worth remembering: we need to cut about 30 billion tons of carbon — globally — by 2030. This bill cuts 1 billion. Nevertheless: /uploads/resized/files...
Curious: what, from experience, are some of your favorite trees (that you’ve planted— in your yard or elsewhere)? I’m looking to plant three trees wit...
:roll: It makes perfect sense. Why does one prefer death to pain? Sometimes the pain is excruciating — that’s obvious. That’s also not what I’m talkin...
It’s not a mistake. If someone “longs for death,” that person has a problem. Unless we want to vacate the words of any meaning whatsoever. What’s so a...
It’s hard and unreliable to kill yourself? I really can’t see how that’s true, but OK. As for the survival instinct — yes, true. But supposedly you lo...
Then why are you still around? I don’t mean this to be callous — and I’m not encouraging suicide — but genuinely curious. If you long for nothingness,...
We see this in unionization efforts. But it’s fairly easy to overcome: just listen to people. They’ll be much more in common than not. As for large nu...
Anti-social types love to blather on about markets and free trade — they’re simply merchants who lower everything to the level of transaction, because...
Sinema has just signed on to this bill. Crucial step. Looks like she’s nixing the carrier interest credit in favor of a buyback excise tax of 1%. Not ...
That’s a fantastic question, and a highly important one. It’s also, perhaps frustratingly, a deeply personal one. No general answer can be given — fro...
If only we could go back to the glory years of feudalism and slavery. No big government regulations and taxes - simply "just" transactions between ind...
You do consent, by living in a country with laws. Don't like them? Either leave or try to get them changed. Taxes have a long history. Take it up with...
That has little to do with communism, in my view. So here it really is a matter of meaning. I believe power should be legitimate. More specifically, a...
Niether, really. As a comedian, Bill was and is one of my favorites. I wouldn't say Rogan is "celebrated," he's just a fairly open guy who talks to an...
Yes? No. It’s like arguing people are too stupid to choose between republicans and democrats. That’s really not the point. Choices are simply not give...
Bullseye. The hypocrisy is astonishing. But please, we should all be encouraging the Trump supporters not to vote. It is absolutely moral to force you...
Lol. Food, water, shelter, family, community. I view these as needs, or at least different than a new gadget every 2 years. I guess I’m part of a comm...
Nonsense. In fact the entire advertising industry operates on the complete opposite goal: create desires for things not needed. They can’t? China seem...
No, that would be capitalism. Brutal, inhumane, and reducing everyone and every thing to capital. If we go beyond Fox News talking points about Stalin...
- Ayn Rand Yeah, this “individualist” thinking never really appealed to me. Not in my genes. I just can’t view people as “primitive savages.” I guess ...
Notice the argument is not that one deserves to keep the value of what one produces. That wouldn’t look too good for feudalism or capitalism — so let’...
It does seem to be the ruling ideology. But I think that’s changing as the people become angrier with the state of things. Most are lashing out in sil...
Anti-social personalities generally view doing anything with others as evil, raising “individualism” to the level of fundamentalist dogma, matched onl...
Class war is very real and very damaging to the world. Don’t pay attention to those who pretend it doesn’t exist — they’re unwitting puppets for pure ...
One person I know of, which everyone should check out if they haven't already, is Tom Ferguson. His "investment theory of party competition" is worth ...
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