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Somehow I don’t trust any politician with a totenkopf tattoo to fight oligarchy or economic injustice.

Rookie numbers.

How do I “know” that you have a mind and have conscious experiences and aren’t just a zombie?

For arguments sake let’s say I don’t “know.” But I can still assume so. I wrote and write under the assumption that such is the case then and now.

Does one need to know x–whatever “know” means–to state “that x”?

I don’t believe so, certainly not as a blanket rule. Do you? Is that why the standard was applied to what I wrote?

A can of worms. What’s the point? Plenty abound in backyards, internet forums (elsewhere), and politicians’ brains apparently.

Ultimately, the bar–or standard of proof–for acknowledgement and praise, which could have been reasonably inferred from my comment, is low. E.g., when a student does well on a test (in-person, lol), we do not need to “know” that they are perspicacious or precocious. Nor do we need to “know” that they didn’t cheat or simply “guessed” and got lucky. Regardless of (or even in spite of) experience or plausibility, I strongly hold that it is by default fine to assume they did a good job and are a good student. That’s good faith.

How can anyone make friends or have a good life without having some good faith for “strangers,” even if that “vulnerability” can be abused from time to time?

Good luck on the path ahead.

Don’t blow their mind by pointing out how emotions take objects and how that scuttles their position.

It was intentional. A sign of a skilled writer, even. Irony works.

(Even if it does undercut the trucker roommate a bit. The double irony of privilege.)

What my friend was conveying is that envy is the want for something–usually that another has–and jealousy is the fear of losing something that one already has.

The interchangeable usage, e.g. by teenagers, based on a vague understanding is just that (for adults it crystalizes into something normative though they’re probably unaware of it, ego defense mechanisms lol).

Not all mental illnesses are the same 🤔

Regardless or maybe even in spite of that, sweeping policy moves are still the go-to.

Rookie numbers. Off by orders of magnitude.

The senator’s current whereabouts remain unknown.

Crazy how so many are willing to shield this guy, sometimes literally, lol. He called upon his brothers from the police academy… Such ACAB energy wow.

Wouldn’t it be great if everyone on the ICC list gets to sit in a comfy cell somewhere in the Hague? Not just political opponents of incumbent regimes (not saying that’s what’s happening in this article).

Nobody here’s against self-reflection or questioning or critical thinking. These comments come from people who explicitly did do self-reflection and left. The ones who don’t are still in the evangelical system, I presume.

Believe it or not though, those things have an empirical or social component. Namely, if seemingly rational actors (by all means grill them) are giving such grave warnings, which is an astonishingly rare event… Heed them.

This is more prudence and modesty than mindless or naive deference, an ironically fine line given the subject matter. Lastly, this isn’t simply a black-and-white matter of “good and bad” however comfortable it is to give in to the impulse to reduce everything to such. Reminder: following said impulse doesn’t make you any more moral than the next person.

Jakarta police authorities confirmed that a cybercrime task force has officially launched an investigation to track down the individuals behind the accounts.

Are they posting pictures online or something? Otherwise it’s just regular crime. A “cybercrime task force” just sounds like coppers embellishing their menial ass jobs that they generally suck at doing.

Sounds like the real issue here is that Indonesian child prostitution is publicly advertised on an international online space, thus resulting in lost face (lul), rather than the fact that it’s (presumably) readily available–and always has been–to those with means (money).

On a relatively brighter pixel, I agree with you on this at least.

Where are the comparisons now to Xi, Putin, and such?

Shai-Hulewd?

Sounds like the US needs something like a “guillotine phase” in its national history and collective consciousness to address this.

Ordinary education starting at a young age about fundamental prosocial values, dignity, and shared (and local) interests. Critical thinking skills and practice asking questions like “how will this actually help? Where is it coming from? Cui bono?”

And just being open-minded and not overly emotional (and thus easily manipulated).

And point out that unfortunately many entities out there are more than happy to use them as pawns and care not a wit about the wellbeing of them or their friends, neighbours, or loved ones.

But, putting that into schools would be decried as the boogeyman of “socialism” or even xenophobia or something. Irony

Is this not… treason? (Legitimate Q, Canadian here)

I don’t think you know what “classy” meant in this context. It’s an insult. When used to describe a person, it’s almost always an insult.

That’s a lot of people we have to eat!!!

For once I wish for something to be “late” instead of “early.”