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In the words of a famous brain-dead meat bag, "We choose truth over facts".
Well, in a world world where saying things like "my truth" have become common place, is the truth of some what we should follow? I saw a so called protester on the news yelling "we have to stop the gynecide of our people" is that truth??
Reality is not subject to interpretation or substantiation; it is an empirical fact, subject only to the laws of science and nature. Extrapolating from this, the natural outcomes of the workings of open markets, including the marketplace of ideas and opinion, will regulate themselves, unless corrupted by misuse of the monopoly on the uses of force (coercion) reserved to the modern nation-state.
Now tell me, with a straight face, which of the two sides of our current polarization is seeking to concentrate that (undeserved) power in their hands.
"Remember, power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (John Dahlberg - Acton)
Reality is not subject to interpretation or substantiation; it is an empirical fact, subject only to the laws of science and nature. Extrapolating from this, the natural outcomes of the workings of open markets, including the marketplace of ideas and opinion, will regulate themselves, unless corrupted by misuse of the monopoly on the uses of force (coercion) reserved to the modern nation-state.
Now tell me, with a straight face, which of the two sides of our current polarization is seeking to concentrate that (undeserved) power in their hands.
"Remember, power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." (John Dahlberg - Acton)
Well professor, I can tell tell you from personal experience as a minority and an immigrant to this country, that I recognize that a certain discipline by a faction of people with common goals and similar (not exact cultures) have brought this nation to the economic prosperity and global social influence it has today. Despite, what error man commits, the triumphant nations in history have a had a common goal and have united as "a people" with a common culture, language, and the law. When another faction of people within that nation starts to feel underprivileged or held down by one of those areas of discipline and try to discredit the history that unifies the nations, I feel they try to artificially generate a social justice crusade out of depressed self worth they have internally or is head by others that want to use them as pawns. IMHO
Human rights, making sure resources are accessible to people in need. Something like that.
And we as a nation, better yet a state, a county, a city, a community don't do that already?
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