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Cyph3rp9nk · 5d
As a general rule, everyone who believes in democracy suffers from severe brain damage; this is especially evident among people on the left.
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ok, so let's say, you want a durable favourable outcome of current crisis that "the west" is going through. generally, societies form around shared ideas, like god or democracy or communism or plunder, and, critically, the society already has to have the said ideas to begin with. the grasient is sharp down, you don't have time to seed new ideals. what is the ideal you would choose to rally around?

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Diacone Frost · 5d
Civilization doesn't require agreement on ends. It requires institutions that allow peaceful cooperation despite disagreement on ends. I mean the west already has embeded voluntary exchange and divison of labor. That's what makes a civilization possible. private property, freedom of association a...