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@"BitconnectCarlos" Ok. Your talking about a particular level of Intelligence. Although I dont see how an IQ test determines your suitability for most...

@"BitconnectCarlos" I'm asking because I thought you were referring to somebody injured or something. But if you are referring to people who are just ...

@"BitconnectCarlos" What do you class as intellectually disabled? As to talented people to call it privileged seems totally wrong. And talent in one f...

@"Ciceronianus the White" my bad. My comment wasnt that you had said it was a democracy I was addressing another post talking about democracy and agre...

@"thewonder" I hear you! I'm Transpolitical! I'm only interested in Free Speech really. I trust groups like I trust foxes. Revolution! How many lies h...

@"Judaka" but how do you explain the people in high positions who are patently not attractive? Just look at politicians,almost without exception they ...

So there was a time when the US was a "democracy" and wasnt a plutocracy?! Every govt in history has been and is now a plutocracy. Just look at the wo...

@"BitconnectCarlos" I think you reading to much into pure external appearance rather than the skills and abilities of a person. Some taller guys carry...

@"Judaka" It is annoying when people refer to facts but then extrapolate some political point as if the fact and the political interpretation are corr...

Violent protests are a combination of political manipulation and a tiny minority of low intelligence rabble. They expose the mindset of those encourag...

Intelligence and beauty are not unearned privileges! Intelligence and Beauty are Innate essential talents of human beings. You cannot not Express your...

@"thewonder" The problem with all this "revolutionary" thinking is that you need a huge amount of resources and public support to mount it. Ie,it has ...

@"thewonder" It's from thus spake zarathustra. Talking about his fantasy "ubermensch". I agree with most of your psychological analysis of cruelty. I ...

The SJWs will Enforce Freedom...

Anti Authorities in charge! Bravo! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :cool:

@"thewonder" You are only Free when you Dance in the gaps. Herr nietzsche expressed this idea but it wasnt original to him. Society is one of those ne...

@"thewonder" I dont feel any system or group can govern without coercion or violence. All govts have military,police,taxation,judiciary and all govts ...

@"ssu" Do you feel there is or could be any system that is not exploitative not Authoritarian?

@"ssu" My meaning of a real philosopher is like a wise elder. Someone who has observed society and politics and seen how actually power works. Your ex...

@"ssu" Oh I agree with that analysis. In fact I would go further and say philosophers/priests,are the investigators and bulwarks of all govts and ideo...

@"ssu" 100% agree. But surely philosophers cant fall for divide and conquer. :chin:

If you examine the premise of "govt" it is absolutely Authoritarian no matter which wing or type you have. A single elite group with a monopoly on law...

@"ssu" Cheers for the heads up. Its truely bizarre and patronising how people who claim to value truth and "oppose" authoritarian groups are so quick ...

@"ssu" You are spot on! Dog whistles!!! I like it! Ah,so "free speech" will now put me in some kind of "conservative" trope. If only they knew what po...

@"NOS4A2" :cool: I did note the wild language! I shudder to examine it too closely. Who knows what insights one could glean?!

@"ssu" :up: Politics surely does bring out the worst In folks. I really think this kind of ad hominem distracts from Free Speech. But anyways,we coole...

@"ssu" I've said many times that what actually passes for discussion and philosophy is in fact " public therapy" and venting due to low self esteem an...

This division of people into fixed rigid "groups" and narrow "identities" is itself Discrimination and Prejudice. But then that's exactly what politic...

Is Innate Intelligence or Beauty a "privilege"? Is being muscular and athletic a privilege? Sounds like a lot of jealousy on some peoples part. The wi...

To think that words dont refer or point to something or some intention every time is wild. Seems the worship of wittgenstein et al goes beyond common ...

The vast majority of people I have seen peddling this privilege ideology seem to me to pretty well off themselves and are highly patronising to "victi...

This word Privilege is thrown about mainly in a virtue signalling ideological manner for political ends. Its instructive that all sense of rationality...

@"Daniel" By what we normally define as shape it's quite hard to affix shape to a moving phenomenon but I suppose we can say it is a kind of moving fi...

The Mind interacts so it is obviously physical,moves and occupies 'space'. I think a lot of miscommunication occurs when the words 'material' or 'non ...

It's most definitely Interpretations all the way down. Though scientists and platonists have their own Interpretations of my Fact.

@"Mww" Feelings refer to language and vice versa. In fact language is just a different type of feeling. If you were to say you have no doubt about a t...

@"Mww" So all knowledge Is contingent until falsified? How is it that facts and truths differ from verified theory? You expressed your certainty that ...

@"Mww" Is induction a theory? Is there really a difference between verifying empirically and rationally? The common verification method is the intelle...

@"Mww" Any scientific theory or data is verified by the intellect the intuition which Is a feeling. Would a person claim a theory was correct if he di...

I live in the UK and I stumbled across a BLM protest a couple of weeks ago. I have lived in multiethnic poor and lower income communities all my life....

Logic is the foundation of all philosophy,science and knowledge. By logic I mean informal logic and ordinary language logic. Logic is an expression of...