zeke5123a
11hr ago
At its core, the argument for labor theory of value is that something has value equal to the amount of labor put in to making the object.
The guy with the shovel out in X hours. The guy with the spoon put in X + Y hours.
Okay, but if we then say “we don’t really mean that; we only mean that at the end of the day labor is necessary and thus all of the value ought to go labor” we still have a problem. The worker with the shovel is more productive because of the shovel. That is, the the shovel (capital) was needed to eliminate Y hours. It is far from obvious why the value of eliminating Y hours ought to rebound solely to the laborer and not the capital owner.
zeke5123a
23hr ago
Not the actual point, but would love to see someone treaty to steelman the labor theory of value. It just seems so obviously wrong (a man who digs a hole with a shovel does less work than a man with a spoon but the output is the same)
zeke5123a
23hr ago
It is hard to square the story of Jesus (God incarnate) with the idea that God hates or is indifferent to mankind.
zeke5123a
1d ago
Sweden did great if you look at excess deaths over a two year period. And no, it wasn’t because everyone stayed home.
zeke5123a
1d ago
The U.S. was not monolithic. Red states reopened schools pretty early (with much condemnation from the prestige media and the democrats). This includes high schools (which again costs of closures did not justify any benefits from closure). Red states did just fine compared to blue states.
But the NEA got a lot of perks for their members and the NEA is stronger in blue states. COViD was an excuse for the NEA to extract value.
zeke5123a
6d ago
Why not Elon? Or Bill Gates? Well, we think that’s wrong because that would be stealing.
So why are we forcing it on the chump who got played and his world destroyed (kid isn’t yours but you have to pay for the kid nonetheless).
zeke5123a
7d ago
Sure but there is also the pragmatic argument of “criminals have proven themselves to be asocial and thus shouldn’t vote.”
We have very little evidence the government is trying to put people in jail for your concern. We have a lot of evidence the vast majority of criminals are in fact asocial scum. So this is a slope I’m not particularly worried about being slippery.
zeke5123a
8d ago
I don’t really choke my wife. I just put my hand on her throat. It gets her off.
zeke5123a
10d ago
As you point out, it is very common. It isn’t something that was only found in Nazi German or MAGA thought. Thus pointing out the similarities falls apart as an excuse since it would be similar with other movements.
Instead it looks like an attempt to sneer at your outgroup by Goodwining it.
zeke5123a
10d ago
I don’t believe that 95% of women that age are progressive. Let’s say 70% are, 10% are neutral, and 20% are on the right.
Why aren’t you increasing your odds on the 20%
zeke5123a
10d ago
Yes this is what the loud majority (minority?) might say. But again you aren’t trying to attract the majority of women. You are trying to attract a small enough set of women to find hopefully a good match.
zeke5123a
11d ago
Hitler and Lizzardspawn are both humans. Look at the similarities!
Yes if you take a 1,000 miles high view, the two look similar. But…if you have any sort of refined look the differences emerge pretty quickly.
zeke5123a
11d ago
Tell me you have read Aristotle without telling me you haven’t read Aristotle.
zeke5123a
11d ago
Is it? As a guy, don’t you want to differentiate yourself? Better to stand out for 10% of the population compared to be unnoticed by 100%.
zeke5123a
11d ago
I think you’re right in that a lot of women who say that could get past it (and maybe even learn that their worldview has some holes). But filters frequently prevent getting to the “look past it” stage.
zeke5123a
11d ago
It was a pretty funny post.
Notably, you made a bad not too level post by comparing Hitler to Trump (ie make Germany great again). Trump isn’t Hitler even if Trump has an authoritarian streak.
zeke5123a
12d ago
Data from online dating shows Indian men as not very attractive to white women.
zeke5123a
12d ago
It would be very odd that a white woman was obsessively in love with an Indian male in the first place. Add that it’s a high status white woman. Add that she apparently was sexually harassing and racially insulting the guys wife. Just massive press x to doubt.
zeke5123a
13d ago
And frequently, the first wife tolerates the situation while not happy with it provider (1) the husband doesn’t publicly embarrass her with the infidelity and (2) doesn’t divert too many resources to the mistress.
zeke5123a
13d ago
No. Men obviously want T&A. But it ain’t the only thing. I wouldn’t have probably been interested in my wife if she was an uggo but I didn’t marry her just because she looked (and still does) great in a tank top. That is, if people are honest there are non romantic truths about attraction that matters but it doesn’t mean the romantic things don’t matter either.
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