kakistocrat
1yr ago
Utilitarianism is a false god. You can never genuinely capture what Utility is. Goodhart’s Law will bite you in the ass every time.
Put another way, if you really want to be a utilitarian, become a religious traditionalist. Amish, trad cath, Muslim, Hindu, Hasidic, doesn’t matter.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Nominative determinism in action
kakistocrat
1yr ago
So if I understand correctly, I could theoretically be eligible for German citizenship by virtue of my male line ancestry stretching back to a defecting Hessian soldier during the American Revolution?
kakistocrat
1yr ago
the restaurant and bar industry permanently crippled
I mean, I'm seeing severely curtailed restaurant and bar hours by me still. Nothing's open until the legally mandated closing time anymore.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
It's not about that. The point is, your right to do violence is the only truly inalienable right you have. No one can take it from you except by killing you.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Net taxpayers. You must pay more than $X in tax more than you receive via government subsidy.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Maine and Vermont have certain other characteristics that result in them being pleasant places.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Either way, the most valuable boon of democracy is not wisdom of the crowds, but consent of the governed
Right, but we get consent of the governed who matter by including them in the electorate. Broadly, the electorate should reflect people with some influence and good judgement.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
The cost of running elections is negligible... how many $10 million miles of highway would we need to give up? Not many.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Yes, I already acknowledged this as an argument for restricting the franchise but my point here is that you should also justify the increased bureaucracy costs. Do you think it's worthwhile?
What increased bureaucratic costs? We already know who is married, who has kids, who own property, who pays more taxes than they accept in government aid.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
I feel like any legislation that disenfranchises me at this point in my life is not in line with my principles.
But, in principle, if I were to fall into a category of drains on society, yeah, my opinion should be disregarded.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
but if I ask you what’s 22:00+2:00, you are likely not going to answer 24:00 (which isn’t a thing)
Yes it is... that's a perfectly valid way of expressing time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock#Midnight_00:00_and_24:00
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Hahaha… oh wait you’re serious.
They either don’t get paid, or paid only a nominal amount, like jury duty.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
By way of an example, the US Constitution has nice clear language about cruel and unusual punishment. And yet, the treatment of inmates in US prisons is routinely inhumane
Well you answered your own concern there. If it's routine, it's not unusual. Punishment is by it's own nature cruel.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
I agree but it seems like a lot of courts don't.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
The real reason Google, et. al. have been hiring these people is because hiring them prevented them from becoming competition. Something which will become very obvious if they stop.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
This isn't reddit, you can't martyr yourself and get the admins to clamp down.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
one female-bodied they/them person is hands down the most attractive person there - flat athletic tummy, great curves, etc
That's not a trans, that's a woman trying to be cool and edgy by following the latest social trends.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
with the mental faculties of a young child to high federal office, Pennsylvania is also setting up a judicial crisis for its election process.
Oh my god... I hadn't realized that he was that badly damaged by the stroke. To have him run is just cruelty.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
The fact that Jewish interests find it increasingly necessary to exercise hard-power to eliminate any sort of criticism of their behavior is a sign that these criticisms are not going away.
Or that they have gathered sufficient power that they no longer feel it is necessary to operate in a non-overt manner.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
a natural aristocrat of noble lineage, raised from birth with the kind of education necessary to rule in a traditional society, even if there was a little philandering on the side.
That's what we have now, except that the people in these roles are selected by virtue not of lineage or skill, but depravity.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
"I can't spare this man - he fights"
kakistocrat
1yr ago
It certainly is not.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Property taxes also suck
I would love to be able to not care about other people's sex lives, but it seems like there is a direct line from "well we'll let gay people be gay" through to "we are prescribing puberty blockers to your son/daughter and cutting his/her dick/tits off" and "we're fucking your kids and there's nothing you can do about it"
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