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"Democracy", to me just seems like a popular buzzword, since none of the governments of 1st world nations were ever intended to be "democracies" to be...
March 14, 2020 at 11:39
I'd argue your statement is not particularly relevant here, in asserting that there's no "Golden Rule", or whatever your point is or was.
March 14, 2020 at 11:35
I said "if". It depends on the society. For example, in a society that practises polygamy, by defintion there is a surplus of incels. If your making t...
March 14, 2020 at 11:29
I fail to understand what your saying, or what this has to do with "Romanticism"; as far as Islam in specific, I haven't studied it in depth.
March 14, 2020 at 11:20
Well of course. Democracy is about discovering truth and basing life decisions on truth. Religion is not. Well, when you say "democracy", none of the ...
March 13, 2020 at 22:03
I'm curious what you mean by "secular" vs "religious" matter; in practice most of those popular dichotomies are false. For example, the Common Law sys...
March 13, 2020 at 22:01
No, I don't understand. What are you saying, society in general has a "surplus" of males? Or that every young man (or woman) has no life goals or prio...
March 13, 2020 at 21:46
Tough to say, I'd argue that "fun" is more mindless, lazy, idyllic, carefree "pleasure" than a more "serious" form of pleasure, hobby pastime, etc, su...
March 12, 2020 at 20:03
I'd argue that nothing outside of pure mathematical theory will ever be "true" in said axiomatic sense; presumably all theories no matter their conten...
March 12, 2020 at 19:59
Regarding your claims about "incels", I'm curious and wondering? How does one prove that they or someone else is an "incel" to begin with? How many gi...
March 12, 2020 at 19:51
Back to the discussion now that alcontali is out: Anecdotal evidence is, in most if not all ways, superior to other forms of evidence, such as inferio...
March 12, 2020 at 19:17
But "government" of some type has been in existence for all of human history, and even in modern hunter-gatherer societies, where presumably no "forma...
March 12, 2020 at 19:02
By "anarchist, "i'm thinking primarily of a nonsensical "anti-government" stance. I don't see how the idea that power has to be justified is "anarchis...
March 11, 2020 at 22:49
The story I heard is that his sister was a Nazi sympathizer and edited his work and concept of the 'overman' to make it something overtly white or rac...
March 11, 2020 at 21:24
I'm also tempted to argue that most of the so-called "red pill" stuff which has a cult following on social media, is kind of a dumbed down, adolescent...
March 11, 2020 at 21:21
If agree, if "we don't matter" then there's nothing wrong with believing that we "do matter", if on the other hand, one is contradicting themselves an...
March 11, 2020 at 21:18
I find Nietzsche views to be somewhat flawed and based more on stereotypical views of human nature or perhaps some overly romanticized views of "the p...
March 11, 2020 at 21:12
Lol, are you suggesting that if he wasn't fat or ugly he wouldn't have been such a prime suspect?
March 11, 2020 at 20:02
People take it for granted, but even to merely exist in a civilized or 1st world country, we are already living in "restraint" of the lower or purely ...
March 11, 2020 at 18:33
Also for what it's worth, the state can't force a person to marry, cohabitat, or start a family at least in a 1st world country anyway; many famous hi...
March 11, 2020 at 18:27
I honestly find it a pointless discussion in practice, since regardless of whether it "exists" or not, people still behave the same way (e.x. whether ...
March 11, 2020 at 17:54
It's hard for me to discern what you are talking about here. However, as far as society being an ideology, my point is that by having more children, p...
March 11, 2020 at 16:37
Well, I'd argue that, if we use biology as an example, such as a unified body composed of different individual parts which function together in some w...
March 11, 2020 at 13:20
The notion of "mattering", whatever that means is something philosophical. Nor is any of the sentiment in the OP particularly insightful or even origi...
March 11, 2020 at 13:10
In: On Fear  — view comment
By fear, if you mean on a biological level, then it isn't necessarily "bad" and serves useful purposes (e.x. if a person didn't experience fear, they ...
March 11, 2020 at 13:03
True, but this wasn't a case of "famine", starvation, or survivalism as one might see in hunter-gatherer societies, or impoverished areas of the world...
March 11, 2020 at 13:00
Although some wars are ideology based (such as the recent wars in Nicaragua, in Viet Nam, in Cuba), most wars are economics-based. Scarce resources or...
March 11, 2020 at 08:48
Non sequitur, likewise the definition of "human" to begin with, based on an irrelevant zoological taxonomy which simply groups organisms on the basis ...
March 10, 2020 at 21:52
In: Bannings  — view comment
Regarding I think he should stop making silly threats of 'violence', such as in the "sexual ethics" thread.
March 08, 2020 at 22:36
Lately I'm not inclined to reply to things like this, because of all the falsehoods, false dichotomies, and so on which come up when people, mostly on...
March 08, 2020 at 22:34
Back to the main topic, I'd argue that holistic depictions of love and sex are superior to reductive or 'atomistic' depictions, which are primarily th...
March 08, 2020 at 22:27
I'm not sure she's a serious or relevant 'activist' to begin with using any more serious or intellectual methodology in relation to the approximations...
March 08, 2020 at 22:17
As I've alluded to previously I certainly understand the psychological damage people have experienced...not to mention all those who've perished from ...
March 08, 2020 at 16:27
Not unless I move to a Muslim country; now go ask your wife's boyfriend.
March 08, 2020 at 10:02
I don't care what "politicians" or idiotic rhetoricians say, most of whom don't even know or care what the Constitutional interpretation process actua...
March 08, 2020 at 00:30
Allowing low-status men to marry has become a complete nightmare. It wasn't a good idea in the first place, but look at what it has degenerated into: ...
March 08, 2020 at 00:15
It is not his wealth that did it. It is his position. I don't believe you've done any of this, you're just repeating various 'stories' you've heard or...
March 08, 2020 at 00:05
It's full of videos on Minecraft and My Little Pony as well. As an "alpha" man, it's... interesting to see that you consider random YouTube videos to ...
March 07, 2020 at 23:47
I'm not aware of any literal Biblical text about "going to heaven", much as how most simplistic, popular depictions of a heaven or a hell seem to have...
March 07, 2020 at 21:50
That sums it up in a nutshell, yes.
March 07, 2020 at 21:47
This definitely seems to be the case with "internet atheists" by a vast majority. If by "atheist" you mean someone historical like... er… Bertram Russ...
March 07, 2020 at 20:23
I can't "prove" this assertion, but from what I've observed, humor usually relates to subjects which we consider "beneath" us (e.x. people making mist...
March 05, 2020 at 19:49
Fair enough.
March 02, 2020 at 21:56
A lot of the statements here seem to be strawmen (e.x. equating "religious" morality with the text of the Bible;, equating "science" as a method or in...
March 02, 2020 at 19:40
Sorry, I'll never be sympathetic with this; a "rich" fellow like Weinstein or others caught in sex scandals obviously had enough money that even if th...
March 02, 2020 at 19:31
That wasn't my assertion, no; that was me replying to Alcontali's post. I don't totally disagree with what you said. I find that the entire thing is j...
March 02, 2020 at 19:03
I'd argue that nothing tangible can be known with the same certainty as something in pure mathematics. However, every view is predicated or based on s...
March 02, 2020 at 11:12
I'd argue it's a phenomenon, not an "ideology", but more or less the many different individuals and groups (e.x. whether individual families, business...
March 02, 2020 at 11:10
Media Bias Fact Check is a decent website; it's upfront about what its methodologies and axioms are in regards to how it labels sites, and has a decen...
March 02, 2020 at 11:07