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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
    This thread to me just confirms that 95% of people should stay the fuck away from politics and have their political opinions suppressed. It's just 'LOL'. everything in this thread is nonsense. No communication whatsoever. No discussion. Words words words but nothing is actually being said. Anyone who sees politics in terms of 'left' and 'right' is a fucking retard.
    How should “politics” be viewed?

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    @Adam Strange
    Materialistically. People's political views align with their interests, whether it be ideologically or economically. There was another thread where I talked about 'nationalism' and basically say the same thing and not one person addressed the arguments I made. An NT just called me 'wrong' but never substantiated why.

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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
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    Materialistically. People's political views align with their interests, whether it be ideologically or economically. There was another thread where I talked about 'nationalism' and basically say the same thing and not one person addressed the arguments I made. An NT just called me 'wrong' but never substantiated why.
    How does materialism fit into politics when people are willing to give up their lives and possessions in order to punish those with opposing views?

    Political interests precede material interests. That’s not theory, that’s reality.

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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
    @Adam Strange
    Materialistically. People's political views align with their interests, whether it be ideologically or economically. There was another thread where I talked about 'nationalism' and basically say the same thing and not one person addressed the arguments I made. An NT just called me 'wrong' but never substantiated why.
    The NT might be hand-shy. You couldn't get me to shut up about why I thought a person was wrong. My friends used to tell me "leave us the fuck alone and join a debate team"
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    @Adam Strange
    Extremely well I think, i.e look at the material conditions which made someone have the views they do and judge them through that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam Strange View Post
    How should “politics” be viewed?
    I know you were asking None, not me, but personally, I have something to say about this. I don't think it should be about your side vs my side. As something more collaborative and pragmatic, in practice, and as something more nuanced, when it comes to theory.

    This already does happen, sometimes, but overall the American political landscape is shaped by two parties that are essentially money making machines due having enough wealthy capitalist doners that gladly give in exchange for more and more clout. Duopoly is not a real choice, and neither are big political parties who's top dogs are disconnected from the lives of average people. The result of this system is that liberals often don't understand and thusly hate conservatives, and conservatives often don't understand and thusly hate liberals. So your country is in some fucking mess essentially for this reason.

    Do you really think this is an ideal situation, Adam?

    As a side note, I do believe that the Republican party has, in recent years, done more harm for the country thorugh policies than the Democratic party. For example, redistricting. That said though, I don't think the Democratic party has its hands clean, either. In terms purely of damage done, the Republican party is maybe a bit more guilty, but the Democrats are far from saints.

    I personally wish people would try to understand things in more nuance rather than just blaming the other side.


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    I don't know about shyness or whatever but in politics there is absolutely no room for pussy-footing. Politics is a form of warfare through other means.

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    Gotta work. I’ll reply later.

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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
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    I don't know about shyness or whatever but in politics there is absolutely no room for pussy-footing. Politics is a form of warfare through other means.
    Shyness? It was a matter of thinking people just don't want to hear your opinion no matter how logical it is. Then there's people who are so illogical you don't want to bother.

    Why waste time?
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    @chriscorey
    You can take a look at the thread itself. Apparently the person was an LSI.
    https://www.the16types.info/vbulleti...ionalism/page2

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    There is absolutely no issue with viewing politics as 'my side' vs 'your side'. However- the vast overwhelming majority of people have a very narrow understanding of what the 'sides' even are, and only align themselves with the socially constructed understanding of 'left' and 'right' independent from actual history and logic. You have Nietzsche in your signature. People think of Christians these days as 'right wingers' and even 'authoritarian'. You and I know very well how Nietzsche thought of Christians [and how they actually are]

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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
    @Hardware Punk
    There is absolutely no issue with viewing politics as 'my side' vs 'your side'. However- the vast overwhelming majority of people have a very narrow understanding of what the 'sides' even are, and only align themselves with the socially constructed understanding of 'left' and 'right' independent from actual history and logic. You have Nietzsche in your signature. People think of Christians these days as 'right wingers' and even 'authoritarian'. You and I know very well how Nietzsche thought of Christians [and how they actually are]
    I mostly agree, but my point was that seeing it as 'my side' vs 'your side' is, in America, a byproduct of the bipartisan system - that there are only two sides because there are only two major parties.

    I hear you that most people have no knowledge of what these sides even mean, both from a historical or philosophical perspective.

    Funny thing about Nietzsche is that some people nowadays even claim he didn't hate Christianity. I'm referring to the Youtuber Natural Hypertrophy (who's content I like but I disagree with him on this point, since it seems to me he is trying to not alienate his Christian viewers and yet, at the same time, speak on Nietzsche). This does show how much the general public is enmeshed in current understandings of 'right' and 'left'.

    That being said, I don't think left vs right is anything more than a paradigm, and it doesn't necessarily reflect all the nuances in political reality, even if you strip away the clichés that are concealing what these terms mean historically and philosophically.


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    @Hardware Punk
    There are sides in the USA however. The bi-partisan system just exploits them. It's very real indeed. All of the problems in the U.S stem from its racial issues.

    Nietzsche didn't 'hate' Christianity, because 'One does not hate as long as one has a low esteem of someone'. He thought of it as a moralism the weak use to control the strong. Nietzsche railed against the Christianity of Paul and the apostles, not the Christ figure itself. I have no doubt Christ was one of the 'free spirits' he championed. I think his ideal, just as mine was the “Roman Caesar with Christ’s soul”.

    Left vs Right doesn't reflect anything because there is no actual concrete definition of what these categories are. It means something different for anyone. I see many people who consider themselves 'right' as left and many people who consider themselves 'left' as right. My understanding of left and right is the same as it was in the French parliament during the revolution. The right is the status quo and the left is the opposition.

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    Hahaha... hah. With all due my respect here, this thread is laconically hilarious, so I wouldn't take this but with a pinch of salt, since the poster didn't seem to know what they were talking about. And as for your point, to think that something was "devilish" due to your own subjective perception about others, it wouldn't help you enough to think that you yourself was the devil yourself, while it really might be true that everyone was an evil on itself, every single living human did have this kind of wicked side. And speak of the devil, any form of defectiveness who didn't know how to assess whether human beings have had done things properly or not were those who haven't reflected upon themselves, so to speak.
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: "The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom."

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    Quote Originally Posted by VewyScawwyNawcissist View Post
    ur stuck in a low state of mind
    My bad, I'll make sure to huff nitrous next time I'm about to read something you wrote.

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    @chriscorey
    By the way, from experience NT types don't engage when they think they are wrong. When they think they are correct they would always engage, no matter how stupid they think the person they're arguing with is. In fact that's basically the whole point of being an NT. Correcting illogical stupidities. It's not a 'waste of time' because they enjoy doing it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Adam Strange View Post
    Political interests precede material interests. That’s not theory, that’s reality.
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    Sorry Adam, I didn't see this part. Political interests, are in fact material interests. Perhaps I can recommend a book: Marx's the 'Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte' is a classic. By materialism I do not mean being excessively concerned with material possessions, but rather real physical things that can be measured. Of course people are willing to sacrifice their resources for their political aims.



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    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    What do you mean by "unwise?"
    We know that most women who seek abortion are under the age of 30. Half earn wages below the poverty line. Forcing motherhood on women is good way to trap them in poverty, among other things.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Poptart View Post
    We know that most women who seek abortion are under the age of 30. Half earn wages below the poverty line. Forcing motherhood on women is good way to trap them in poverty, among other things.
    Maybe, but the pro-life position is a moral one. If you believe that a fetus deserves the same respect given to a human that's already been born, none of that is relevant. It would be like saying that if a woman finds herself fired from her job, she should have a right to kill her 6-year-old, because denying her that option means "trapping her in a life of poverty."

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    Maybe, but the pro-life position is a moral one. If you believe that a fetus deserves the same respect given to a human that's already been born, none of that is relevant. It would be like saying that if a woman finds herself fired from her job, she should have a right to kill her 6-year-old, because denying her that option means "trapping her in a life of poverty."
    I see that some pro-lifers genuinely care about preserving the potential of life in undeveloped fetuses. I’m skeptical of politicians who use abortion to galvanize a base of evangelical voters and then do nothing to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. Lawmakers who restrict access to abortion should support children and their mothers with means to survive and provide financial support, healthcare, childcare, and housing.

    I also raise my eyebrows at the unrealistic expectation for women to keep their legs closed. That attitude has never worked. People will continue to have sex whether or not you like it.

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    The state can legally abort anybody at will and nobody particularly gives a fuck about it. Well 'anarchists' do but no one takes them seriously.

    I don't find the expectation of women keeping their legs closed to be 'unrealistic'. Women will do it if men expect it from them, clearly however men don't expect it and thus women keep them open. Some men complain about it but no one gives a fuck about complaints.

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    The five countries that completely outlaw abortion have a majority Christian population. The US has the world largest Christian population. It's not a moral question, it's a religious one. All other religions have more or less a lax stand on it, and I haven't seen many atheists who oppose abortions to that degree either. From a public policy perspective I would focus on making the population less swayed by religious doctrine if I wanted to move things forward in this case, sort of like what happened in Europe. All other arguments are moot.

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    On Reddit and Twitter, there are communities of women coming out against porn and casual sex (against unwanted casual sex, at any rate, which they say they feel coerced into doing due to the fact that it has been fully normalized).

    /r/FemaleDatingStrategy is a famous example by now. A lot of them call themselves radical feminists, which, as far as I'm aware, is a broadly leftist designation. I didn't get the impression that many of them are traditionalist Christian women (I could be wrong—I get tired listening to other people's relationship problems, so I only skimmed some threads and don't have the full picture).

    Anyway, it does seem like there's a backlash against the sexual revolution coming from the left.

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    This lady is a Marxist.


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    Quote Originally Posted by xerx View Post
    On Reddit and Twitter, there are communities of women coming out against porn and casual sex (against unwanted casual sex, at any rate, which they say they feel coerced into doing due to the fact that it has been fully normalized).

    /r/FemaleDatingStrategy is a famous example by now. A lot of them call themselves radical feminists, which, as far as I'm aware, is a broadly leftist designation. I didn't get the impression that many of them are traditionalist Christian women (I could be wrong—I get tired listening to other people's relationship problems, so I only skimmed some threads and don't have the full picture).

    Anyway, it does seem like there's a backlash against the sexual revolution coming from the left.
    You are wrong in this case. I just did a quick search in /r/FemaleDatingStrategy and sorted the posts from most popular to least. No thread in sight that supports abortion. The first one warns Polish women who are about to be hit with an abortion ban. The second one titled "US-based women who are actively dating/in relationships: Protect your womb" then goes to say "With what’s going on today in the Supreme Court, it appears more and more that abortion access is going to be reduced to 15 weeks, if not being overturned altogether." Third one: "Wish I found this sub before being baby trapped." And so on. Female Incel communities in general are less traditional than male ones. In fact being a traditional woman, who mainly cares for the house and children, is still a desirable trait and I doubt that would ever change.

    I didn't see the video but I can guess what your argument is going to be. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    Christianity had to come from somewhere too, so it's possible to hold those beliefs without being a Christian. And I doubt there is any significant backlash. It seems to me that you are exaggerating. If you are not, source your claims.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
    It's not a moral question, it's a religious one.
    A casual glance at the kinds of people who've thought deeply and seriously about morality should show that most of them have been religious. It's not a coincidence that as the world has become less religious, traditional values have been eroded in favor of ones that are good for the wealthy ("the market"). If people don't have a unifying banner, they have nowhere to rally, and the temptation of money is powerful.

    From a public policy perspective I would focus on making the population less swayed by religious doctrine if I wanted to move things forward in this case, sort of like what happened in Europe. All other arguments are moot.
    "Forward" is always relative to where you face.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    A casual glance at the kinds of people who've thought deeply and seriously about morality should show that most of them have been religious. It's not a coincidence that as the world has become less religious, traditional values have been eroded in favor of ones that are good for the wealthy ("the market"). If people don't have a unifying banner, they have nowhere to rally, and the temptation of money is powerful.
    Do you remember when I told you that you came across as socially conservative and you denied it? This could be the reason.

    Are you a Christian? I have to ask. I don't want to just assume.

    I'm not interested in arguing in any case, I left my birth religion a long time ago. I doubt we would convince each other of anything on this issue without asking the other to renounce their beliefs.

    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    "Forward" is always relative to where you face.
    True.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
    Do you remember when I told you that you came across as socially conservative and you denied it? This could be the reason.

    Are you a Christian? I have to ask. I don't want to just assume.
    No, I'm not religious. I'm not a conservative either, but that doesn't mean I like the direction the wind is blowing.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FreelancePoliceman View Post
    No, I'm not religious. I'm not a conservative either, but that doesn't mean I like the direction the wind is blowing.
    I was so sure you had at least Christian upbringing. I guess I assumed wrong.

    I mean you may not consider yourself a conservative but you can't deny that you hold many views that are largely consistent with core conservative values, can you? At least socially. I have known you for a few years now and I would say that is a fair characterization. Again, I could be the only one reading your wrong, so forgive my insolence.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
    I mean you may not consider yourself a conservative but you can't deny that you hold many views that are largely consistent with core conservative values, can you? At least socially.
    From the few posts I have read, he comes across to me as someone who would have been a member of the International Workingmen's Association.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreymagine View Post
    The question of abortion—of whether or not it is acceptable to condone the killing of an innocent unborn person, of whether or not is acceptable to force a woman to carry a baby in her body against her will—does relate to one's morality, their sense of right or wrong. And thus, the question relates to religion as well since most religious people attempt to answer moral questions on the basis of their religious beliefs about right and wrong.

    I disagree agree about it being only a religious question and not a moral one. It's both, and the two are connected. People use their sense of morality, which is oft influenced by religion, to determine what the greater evil is: killing an innocent person or depriving a woman of complete bodily autonomy (for nine months, give or take).

    That's definitely a moral dilemma imo.
    Ethical dilemmas are situations in which every available choice is wrong
    An ethical dilemma​ describes a conflict between two morally correct courses of action.
    I could post more definitions but I think my point is clear.

    Are you arguing that not carrying an abortion is also wrong, or that abortions are good?

    Edit:

    I admit that I didn't read your post carefully. I guess it could be argued that some people don't consider aborting a fetus is wrong, that is why they don't see it as a moral dilemma in the first place, but I can see where you are coming from. You are not exactly wrong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
    You are wrong in this case. I just did a quick search in /r/FemaleDatingStrategy and sorted the posts from most popular to least. No thread in sight that supports abortion. The first one warns Polish women who are about to be hit with an abortion ban. The second one titled "US-based women who are actively dating/in relationships: Protect your womb" then goes to say "With what’s going on today in the Supreme Court, it appears more and more that abortion access is going to be reduced to 15 weeks, if not being overturned altogether." Third one: "Wish I found this sub before being baby trapped." And so on. Female Incel communities in general are less traditional than male ones. In fact being a traditional woman, who mainly cares for the house and children, is still a desirable trait and I doubt that would ever change.

    I didn't see the video but I can guess what your argument is going to be. Correct me if I'm wrong.

    Christianity had to come from somewhere too, so it's possible to hold those beliefs without being a Christian. And I doubt there is any significant backlash. It seems to me that you are exaggerating. If you are not, source your claims.
    When I wrote that, I wasn't thinking about abortion at all. I was just adding to my earlier conversation with Adam about the seeming rise of sex negativity (based on anecdotal evidence).

    Now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't have posted it in the middle of an abortion discussion. My bad.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreymagine View Post
    whether or not is acceptable to force a woman to carry a baby in her body against her will
    I guess I always assumed this is a whole different issue that should be solved separately. But moral question aren't like logical ones and you can't treat them like they aren't connected. This is more complicated that I gave it credit for.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xerx View Post
    When I wrote that, I wasn't thinking about abortion at all. I was just adding to my earlier conversation with Adam about the seeming rise of sex negativity (based on anecdotal evidence).

    Now that I think about it, I probably shouldn't have posted it in the middle of an abortion discussion. My bad.
    Lol, no worries. You have nothing to apologize for. I was just in a mood for a debate today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
    From the few posts I have read, he comes across to me as someone who would have been a member of the International Workingmen's Association.
    I didn't mean to ignore you btw, I just wasn't sure how to take your post. Is it a joke or are you serious? In any case I don't get it lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
    I didn't mean to ignore you btw, I just wasn't sure how to take your post. Is it a joke or are you serious? In any case I don't get it lol.
    If my memory serves me correctly I recall a post regarding economics in which @FreelancePoliceman understanding struck me as someone who has engaged with Karl Marx's critique of political economy.

    Edit: Tagged wrong person.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dreymagine View Post
    Blah, allow me to backtrack if you will because you've made me realize that I poorly articulated my point and misrepresented my beliefs here (as I believe depriving a woman of control over that bodily decision is the right course of action, not an evil, if it is necessary to save an innocent life).

    I should've phrased it this way:
    "People use their sense of morality, which is oft influenced by religion, to determine what the wrong course of action is if a woman desires an abortion: killing an innocent person or depriving a woman of complete bodily autonomy (for nine months, give or take)."

    And I also could've phrased it in the reverse manner:
    "People use their sense of morality, which is oft influenced by religion, to determine what the right course of action is if a woman desires an abortion: saving the life an innocent person or preserving a woman's complete bodily autonomy."

    Sorry for the confusion. I failed in articulating my point by declaring both options evil when I was merely trying to present the two choices that a person must use their morality to decide between when considering that situation. All I was trying to argue is that abortion raises a moral question since answering it involves people's sense of right/wrong and good/evil.
    Nah I just speed read your post. I got it the second time. I agree with you.

    I don't think I'm wrong in thinking the way forward is for Christians in particular to ease their stance on abortions, but that is a whole different deal and is merely a political/policy question.

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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
    If my memory serves me correctly I recall a post regarding economics in which @FreelancePoliceman understanding struck me as someone who has engaged with Karl Marx's critique of political economy.

    Edit: Tagged wrong person.
    I mean he did direct me towards Eugene Debs, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, the last time I questioned him, so it's just my poor memory and lack of follow through. I didn't care to read on him.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ryan View Post
    I mean he did direct me towards Eugene Debs, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, the last time I questioned him, so it's just my poor memory and lack of follow through. I didn't care to read on him.
    Then it is very likely that he is a communist. A communist with no optimism for communism.

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    Quote Originally Posted by None View Post
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    By the way, from experience NT types don't engage when they think they are wrong. When they think they are correct they would always engage, no matter how stupid they think the person they're arguing with is. In fact that's basically the whole point of being an NT. Correcting illogical stupidities. It's not a 'waste of time' because they enjoy doing it.
    I used to DEBATE with people all the time when I was younger. I won't anymore if you're making too many logical fallacies for the same reasons I wouldn't argue with a child. I don't feel like debating with anyone these days unless I think I could learn from them, so no, I wouldn't ignore you if I was wrong. I'd keep talking to you. In all honesty some of the smartest people on this forum are not NTs in my opinion.

    To argue with you I'd have to assume all the NTs you have experience with are actually NTs. Then I don't have any real statistics on NTs regarding your experience.
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