GS523523

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Lastrevio's Analysis of Socionics Quadras(old.reddit.com)
2 points by GS523523 2mo ago|0 comments
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by GS523523 4mo ago
Was going to reply the same. These authours don't spend enough time thinking their fantasies through.
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by GS523523 4mo ago
Hasn't a rich oligarchy been the status quo for most of humanity? It seems to me most of humanity has had quite a future to look forward to, historically speaking.
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by GS523523 5mo ago
Yeah, I think we're in agreement, just "speaking" past each other a bit. That the reward originates from God doesn't matter for the purpose of the argument, only that it is immeasurably desirable. If we lived in a scienc
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by GS523523 5mo ago
The effective difference is that the reward is immeasurably desirable. Whereas the reward of "common decency", for example, is low in comparison, and so the cost of taking care of someone can easily outweigh it - in which case the
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by GS523523 5mo ago
You're missing the point. I "latched onto" common decency because that is what the user before you brought up as a valid reason. It was only typed for demonstrative purposes. So the other reasons you've given are similar
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by GS523523 5mo ago
Right, the desire of religious believers to help others is also self-interest. But the difference is that the expected reward comes from God, not from others. That makes it more resolute, because for the secular person if the cost of the ca
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by GS523523 5mo ago
That's exactly His argument - you're telling yourself "it's the decent thing to do" but it's actually "doing this makes me feel like a decent person."
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by GS523523 5mo ago
How do you make decisions without calculations? we're all calculators, aren't we? Can you provide a reason to care for someone that has nothing to do with religion and nothing to do with a personal/societal gain?
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by GS523523 5mo ago
The author argues that the reason America is sad is because of global trade and the interest rate policy. Perhaps having a culture that equates happiness with the economy is the real reason America is sad.
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by GS523523 5mo ago
The difference is, like Jesus taught, religious people will care for others expecting nothing in return (reward is from God), but secular people will, even if it's as small as the narcissistic satisfaction of "look at me I'm
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by GS523523 5mo ago
I'm sure a lot of people assume it's immoral rather than impossible.
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by GS523523 7mo ago
> Either way, Proton didn't help the FBI. > Proton Mail complied with a legal demand they had no choice but to comply with
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by GS523523 7mo ago
Are you forgetting how the Americans blocked Stormfront and Silk Road? They don't have full access to the Internet either, they're just not so obviously totalitarian about it as the Europeans.
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by GS523523 7mo ago
Property taxes are the most evil of taxes because they force you out onto the street if you're unable to pay them. Qualifying it with the words "very valuable" to solve the problem creates an arbitrary two-tier system that is
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by GS523523 7mo ago
> "Do what we say or lose your income" does require blind faith in the correctness of the hierarchy. That just describes anyone who worked under management. Recognizing that you may be fired for disobeying orders != believing t
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by GS523523 7mo ago
That's better, but it's still wrong, because there are plenty of organized belief systems whose leaders don't demand blind loyalty. To say that these don't qualify as religions is absurd. You could say that one of the el
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by GS523523 7mo ago
> To me religion isn't Christianity or Islam. It's following orders of arbitrary leaders who give themselves titles via narrative. Priest, Minister, CEO, General... just words. Religion = doing what your boss told you. Got it,
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by GS523523 1y ago
> Why? Is this just an isolationist dream? Imagine if Russia produced their own technical components - how much of an effect would sanctions have on them? If Russia relies on our computer chips, we have leverage over them. If we rely on