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You're spot on. To me this seems like an inevitable future caste system. Did you grow up anywhere less than pleasant (ie lower income)? You're probably going to

You're spot on. To me this seems like an inevitable future caste system. Did you grow up anywhere less than pleasant (ie lower income)? You're probably going to have more "bad" things to say online when you're younger (or maybe even overall.) Because when you don't grow up with two high earning parents in a nice community odds are you're gong to be exposed to that stuff more and likely even have to adapt some of it to fit in. So then we'll see what we see now - elites raining down on the rest of society saying certain language is unacceptable - and strong arming a moral perspective to make opponents the bad guys. Don't get me wrong - I'm not talking outright racism or threatening speech, im talking general fowl language, bitter truths that the privileged would rather not consider, etc. If you doubt this consider how much backlash trump gets for saying something like - Baltimore is a shit hole - and how the left spins it to say that makes him racist. Imagine that fire power directed at some humble small time politician in the future who could maybe actually solve local poverty issues because they know the reality of it, only to be pulled off the stage for using "bad language". Maybe we'll collectively get over it on the individual basis but when major economies are hedging the behavior, I just see this as yet another tool for the haves to control the have nots and limit their ability to usurp power.

shrimp_emoji 7y ago
>Because when you don't grow up with two high earning parents in a nice community odds are you're gong to be exposed to that stuff more and likely even have to adapt some of it to fit in. Even if you did, racism, sexism, transphobia, Islamophobia, anarcho-capitalism, etc. are very natural or intuitive things to fall into and then advocate. That's why stupid people often advocate them; they're obvious, knee-jerk, simple explanations of reality. Why is every white country wealthy and every black country poor? Oh, simple: the races are inherently unequal. It takes some wisdom or observed context and thought to climb your way out of them. Oh, environment is actually a major determinant of IQ (insofar as that's an impartial standard). Oh, tropical environments are hell to live in (yet they look so pretty). Oh, there's a rich history of colonial exploitation that I never knew about. Education helps, but, initially, you come into reality as a machine that tries to solve complicated problems impatiently and heuristically, not as a nuanced encyclopedia of knowledge. Therefore, you will inevitably enter (and perhaps never leave) a phase of boneheaded and harmful beliefs. Embrace and encourage anonymity/pesudonymity. It's nice to have adults accountable for what they say, but it's misguided to hold kids to the same standard.
- wruza 7y ago
  I like how complex relationships between many people with a rich history and daily awareness of their surroundings are nailed down to simple stupidity in your comment. A guy just tries to tell that a harsh language doesn’t define a person. “nice to have adults accountable for what they say” As an eastern bloc citizen, I don’t even.

shrimp_emoji 7y ago

>Because when you don't grow up with two high earning parents in a nice community odds are you're gong to be exposed to that stuff more and likely even have to adapt some of it to fit in. Even if you did, racism, sexism, transphobia, Islamophobia, anarcho-capitalism, etc. are very natural or intuitive things to fall into and then advocate. That's why stupid people often advocate them; they're obvious, knee-jerk, simple explanations of reality. Why is every white country wealthy and every black country poor? Oh, simple: the races are inherently unequal. It takes some wisdom or observed context and thought to climb your way out of them. Oh, environment is actually a major determinant of IQ (insofar as that's an impartial standard). Oh, tropical environments are hell to live in (yet they look so pretty). Oh, there's a rich history of colonial exploitation that I never knew about. Education helps, but, initially, you come into reality as a machine that tries to solve complicated problems impatiently and heuristically, not as a nuanced encyclopedia of knowledge. Therefore, you will inevitably enter (and perhaps never leave) a phase of boneheaded and harmful beliefs. Embrace and encourage anonymity/pesudonymity. It's nice to have adults accountable for what they say, but it's misguided to hold kids to the same standard.

wruza 7y ago
I like how complex relationships between many people with a rich history and daily awareness of their surroundings are nailed down to simple stupidity in your comment. A guy just tries to tell that a harsh language doesn’t define a person. “nice to have adults accountable for what they say” As an eastern bloc citizen, I don’t even.