LengAwaits

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[–] LengAwaits 0 points 2 weeks ago

I guess that primarily depends on whether or not you understand the definition of coercion.

What do we call it when companies coerce government into enacting policy that's detrimental to the general welfare of the country?

[–] LengAwaits 1 points 2 weeks ago

Less well known [than other paradoxes] is the paradox of tolerance: Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. In this formulation, I do not imply, for instance, that we should always suppress the utterance of intolerant philosophies; as long as we can counter them by rational argument and keep them in check by public opinion, suppression would certainly be most unwise. But we should claim the right to suppress them if necessary even by force; for it may easily turn out that they are not prepared to meet us on the level of rational argument, but begin by denouncing all argument; they may forbid their followers to listen to rational argument, because it is deceptive, and teach them to answer arguments by the use of their fists or pistols. We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant. We should claim that any movement preaching intolerance places itself outside the law and we should consider incitement to intolerance and persecution as criminal, in the same way as we should consider incitement to murder, or to kidnapping, or to the revival of the slave trade, as criminal.

[–] LengAwaits 11 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
[–] LengAwaits 2 points 3 weeks ago

Ostensibly, the reason for the war on tobacco is a mixture of public health concerns and reducing the economic cost of smoking for the American taxpayer.

[–] LengAwaits 5 points 3 weeks ago

Absolutely this but instead of "Self Esteem" it's "Nitro (Youth Energy)" (from the same album).

[–] LengAwaits 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Here's a source for you. If you're interested in learning more I'd be happy to look around for some more for you.

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2014.14578

And don't mind finitebanjo. They tend to be extremely rude and unpleasant.

[–] LengAwaits 4 points 1 month ago

They must not be too big to dissuade people from investing in real estate even as prices reach record levels.

[–] LengAwaits 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"To understand revolutionary suicide it is first necessary to have an idea of reactionary suicide, for the two are very different. Reactionary suicide: the reaction of a man who takes his own life in response to social conditions that overwhelm him and condemn him to helplessness.”

“I do not think that life will change for the better without an assault on the Establishment, which goes on exploiting the wretched of the earth. This belief lies at the heart of the concept of revolutionary suicide. Thus it is better to oppose the forces that would drive me to self-murder than to endure them. Although I risk the likelihood of death, there is at least the possibility, if not the probability, of changing intolerable conditions.”

“But before we die, how shall we live? I say with hope and dignity; and if premature death is the result, that death has a meaning reactionary suicide can never have. It is the price of self-respect.”

– Dr. Huey P. Newton

[–] LengAwaits 1 points 1 month ago

What do you want, a cookie? What are you getting out of this? Just bored?

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