praxis

Or life, in the form of offspring. It could only be arbitrary if there were no system (social, ecological, or whatever), but there is a system, so it'...

What does that have to do with it, no one acquires their power through their work alone.

You speak as though I were 100% serious. :lol:

Missing the sticky community that banished S, Timeline and others. :chin: Anyways, I propose a solution. Temporarily put the shout-box back on the fro...

We only take you about 40% seriously so it all works out nice and tidy.

I know, was surprised they made a movie of it. I don't mind a good monster story as long as it's not too monstery. Didn't recently make it far into To...

Actually it is, from a legal standpoint, although the rights are not identical to an actual person. In any case, the president’s or CEO’s can be indiv...

My wife has had an inner ear infection and suffered vertigo for the last five weeks and only within the last few hours has it completely abated. Her m...

Haven't been able to find a good sci-fi book lately. Thanks for mentioning.

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And if I’m following correctly, the disapproved of antitrust violator will be kicked out of the Individualists club, even though they’ve done nothing ...

This seems to mean that while an individualist may disapprove of antitrust violations they will defend to the death the right to commit antitrust viol...

So individualist are in favor of antitrust laws? I thought y’all was all about FREEDOM!!

That's a lie, I never claimed that individualism seeks to secure power over others. I said there may be the implication that an individualist wants to...

I don't see how that follows. On an equal playing field (equal rights and opportunity) one individual can compete better, or just be luckier, than oth...

We can be faithful or unfaithful to justice. If I grasp the story right, the ultimate destination of highway 61 transcends any notion or feeling of sa...

Actually if there's any implication along this line it's that the Individualist wants to desimate the competition in order to secure their position of...

Surgery is a special case because in addition to requiring medical knowledge, skill, and training, it requires opportunity to practice. For medicine i...

Where some see coincidence others see consequence. Seriously though, they probably helped to simulate interesting and good quality topics.

I felt that I could afford a little indulgence.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Apostolic_Benediction_and_Plenary_Indulgence_Parchment_1948_Oct_26_Pope_Pius_XII_to_Della_Mo...

They are free, and in fact every eligible citizen receives a free sticker just for participating. Why lottery? In attempt to remove the incentive for ...

In my hypothetical society autocrats are appointed by lottery. Kinda rando but eminently egalitarian. If they live in society they really have no choi...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXZQGRcZx5w

Because no one cares for your pity or melodramatic prose.

Rather than try to explain why don't you simply say how the quote doesn't stand alone or how its meaning is distorted in isolation.

So you can't decide if it's fallacious or not? Trust me, it is.

One of the very very few times that we agree. :love:

You can’t say that these conditions are forced on an individual that is at first completely unaware of them and then later at some point may realize t...

I definitely would not want any God dreamt up by men/women to exist. That could only be a horror show.

That doesn’t make sense because an autocrat can be a responsible autocrat that acts cooperatively with society for the benefit of all, or more likely ...

Sure, an individual in a weak socioeconomic position is entirely free to fuck-off and die, for instance. The problem, as stated from the beginning, is...

In general, 'let's redistribute wealth and empower oligarchs' is what rightism boils down to. It is an emotion-based knee-jerk reaction just as in the...

Ohhhhh, I thought the whole point was freedom or personal liberty. Boy did I have it all wrong. :yikes:

I'm not sure what you mean or if anyone has claimed otherwise.

I don't think the impersonality needs to be justified because there's no negative consequence to it in philosophy as there is in other context, such a...

You’re choosing to play the fool, synth, I’m merely indulging you.

He was in a reality TV show, and arguably never ceased that occupation. James strikes me as someone having too much integrity to become POTUS in the s...

Who knows what James could have accomplished if he inherited nearly half a billion dollars.

I think it was Benkei who pointed out that individual rights tend to diminish with government reduction. Dictatorships, for instance, are most secure ...

Having trouble reading the graph I posted? Here’s a tutorial that might be useful to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVLh388Exxo

Asian income inequality in the US has many factors. The bottom line is that the average Asian American is behind the average non-Asian American. If yo...

Probably shouldn't rely on racial stereotypes. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/07/PSDT.07.12_economic_inequa...

Or just grown-ups. https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/1/590x/secondary/Global-climate-strike-2063769.jpg?r=1568967271508 Not the best exampl...

What if a collective has little power and an individual has a lot of power, might not that individual undermine the interests of the collective? If th...

Best I can make out you seem to be saying that Islamic fundamentalism considers itself invalid because it's an idea. I don't think that's what you're ...

Your defense of Trump has been nothing short of heroic. You've demonstrated such devotion that someone accused you of insanity the other day. I'd thin...

Sure, couldn’t be any worse than the Marx quote.