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
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
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
Facts is facts.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
DEMOCRATS ARE GROOMERS
If they're not groomers they're certainly doing a good job acting as if they are.
And facts will remain facts regardless of your "rules"
It's fun to annoy you.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Women love rape. There’s nothing that gets a woman’s motor going like forcibly holding them down and having your way with them. Degrade her verbally, pull her hair, smack her ass, choke her.
If you’d spent much time with women you’d know this.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Can we have a sensible right that also is not concerned with people's private sex lives?
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"
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Does anyone actually believe Biden is the president? I don't mean in an election integrity sense. I mean, does anyone actually believe he is the one steering the federal government or making decisions?
No, not even my liberal to a fault wife.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
The only people civic minded enough to turn out to run our elections are also 70-90 years old.
So it becomes a problem to have them do counting of ballots given their cognitive decline.
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 last "real" president was maybe FDR?
I would guess Eisenhower actually.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
DR3 is true but irrelevant.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Maine and Vermont have certain other characteristics that result in them being pleasant places.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
And not relevant to a discussion based on nutritional content. Also overblown. Everything is a carcinogen.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Uncured bacon exists. And the risk from nitrites is not a nutritional one like is being discussed.
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
In my opinion, we should be limiting the franchise, not expanding it. Expanding it does not lead to improved outcomes, it only dilutes the votes of people who would make good judgements on which politicians we should be electing. Criminals, especially felons, have notoriously bad judgement. Why should we want their input on governing our society?
kakistocrat
1yr ago
I respect that but I believe that ending animal agriculture just means a further separation of man from nature and, in some sense, reality.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
It sounds like you have commitment issues.
In my mind, it's key to commit to a church and stick to it. Be a Catholic. It's not that difficult.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Soon enough that will be considered child abuse.
kakistocrat
1yr ago
Notably, the MultiMC developer (peterix) refused to allow distribution of the launcher as a Flatpak on Linux (which is personally what I prefer for a project like this), and has been extremely touchy about distribution in non-distribution-package formats like Flatpak or AppImage
To be fair, Flatpak and AppImage are abominations to those of us who are Linux sysadmins at heart.
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.
People, and especially women, are good at self-deception.
To that end, we can see that they most likely really do believe that they believe all of the things amadan says they do as reasons for their actions.
At the same time, we can also acknowledge that there's probably something to your guess here.
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