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@zedvictor4
Do you think that a society without government would be a bed of roses?
Yes. Everything would be cheaper until new government comes and starts growing.
In so much as government costs more because we demand more
Have you considered demanding less, so that government spends less?
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@sadolite
What could Trump do that would be any worse than now?
Well, he could do more of same.
Besides, wouldnt it be great if USA was anarchy? That way, you wouldnt have to pay taxes. Just pay some voluntary donations to military if you want.
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@Greyparrot
They talk about the failures of anarchy, but where is the success of government in USA, Russia and Japan?
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@Mall
So I take it your not actually the head of your wife .
Are you the head of your wife?
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@IlDiavolo
New York seems to be sinking into poverty, criminality, ilegal migration and loads of liberalism
Poverty is good. Anyone can simply choose not to do crime or just fight crime through peace. I dont care if migrants are there. But yeah, I guess liberalism is just unacceptable.
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@Mall
Nobody said you set the goalpost. It was already set
So who set it?
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@bronskibeat
do women, people of color, lgbt+, disabled people, etc. experience disadvantage in any way in this country?
20% of women in USA are raped.
LGBT is mocked and called the spawn of satan.
People with autism are bully targets in school.
1 in 30 of black men are in prison.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
None of this makes sense to me. I feel scared.
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@Greyparrot
Money can buy friends. Person just has to share with others. Well, even on the market, offering good things for low price attracts customers. So that way, giving away money is actually beneficial for your survival because you become important to people.
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Simplicity is important.
My strategy is simple. My life is simple.
Some people dont like donating their money. They prefer to buy themselves expensive stuff. But that just makes them target of thieves and people just hate rich people who dont share or donate lol
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@zedvictor4
You pay more and more to sustain the government.
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@TheUnderdog
Well then don't shame others for refusing to let homeless people in their home because hypocrisy is bad
True, so I should let homeless people in my home so that I can shame others who dont.
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@FLRW
They are not pro life.
They are pro slavery.
Fetus has no right to body of a woman or a man.
So once the unwanted fetus moves from balls into vagina, the vagina is free to reject it.
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So being pro life is being a homophobe.
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@Mall
If that's the way law worked, we wouldn't have a justifiable means to charge one person directly responsible to a crime.
Its better if law is abolished.
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@Mall
Notice how you moved the goalpost from health
I never even set the goalpost at health.
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@Mall
what is your definition of a simp?
No.
Do you say this person is your "better half"?
Yes, lying is an evolutionary advantage.
Do you say or think you're nothing or you are not what you are without this person?
Person can masturbate, even tho its not as good.
Do you believe in "happy wife, happy life"?
No, thats the opposite of a happy life.
Are weddings pure materialistic shows?
Giving meaning to meaningless.
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@Mall
Why didn't the goodness of consuming vegetables result in bad or poor health?
It did. It made humans live longer and multiply more so they can cause even more pain on Earth.
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@ADreamOfLiberty
Why did you decide that extinguishing emotions was the goal?
Yeah, sensitive ass is a perfectly valid emotion.
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anyone that's fiscally left wing can adopt a homeless person
Homeless person stinks, even tho I adopted plenty of homeless cats who also stink.
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@TheUnderdog
I think abortion should be legal. Making it illegal is useless and harmful. We already have enough people in foster care.
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@zedvictor4
It's no use blaming governments for the society that we all create.
You pay to the government. And you pay more and more.
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@ebuc
New Inflating Bubble > ....o.......O........(O).........( * * ).......( * * )..........(.......^..^......)............
That looks very sexy.
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@Mall
Good doesn't necessarily result in bad
Sure it does.
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@Greyparrot
What is the ideal form of government in your opinion?
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@FLRW
It makes a lot more sense than Trumpism.
Yes.
Worshipping Trump is a poor choice.
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@FLRW
The worst thing that can happen to republicans is that Trump wins 2024.
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@Greyparrot
@ADreamOfLiberty
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I cant help but noticing that governments are rather useless when it comes to solving basic social issues.
The problem with every government comes in 4 forms:
1. Every government solution costs money
2. Every government solution contains harm
3. Every government solution prevents natural solution of the problem, or natural reaction to the problem
4. Government becomes more and more expensive over time
We dont really see governments improving society over time. What we see is: as government expands, society declines.
These 4 problems cannot be solved by government unless government chooses to stop causing them, by choosing not to do anything.
Tao government is essentially Tao anarchy. It cannot even be called a government, since it doesnt govern a lot or at all.
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@Greyparrot
willing to delay instant gratification to help build the country up for all Chinese
Well, the Chinese were always somewhat smart in their politics, but Communist China isnt really the good example of Tao, they just copied the "oh look at me, I agree with everyone" in global politics and it seems to have worked.
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@Greyparrot
You are a wise parrot.
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@Greyparrot
The best way to defeat democrats or republicans is to give them what they want, since what they want is not good for them lmao
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@Greyparrot
You don't have to conform.
You dont, but have you read Tao Te Ching?
Sage performs effortlessly because he does good only when evil is on the retreat.
Sage retreats when evil advances, and sage only advances when evil retreats.
Only when there is a place for good, he does good.
Sage does not force the good on anyone.
Only when he sees that good will be accepted, sage does good.
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@zedvictor4
Tao just states the obvious
Maybe its obvious to you and me, but most people are clueless about the principle of non-contending.
Even after 4000 years, there are still idiots who believe they can fix the world.
Like, you would think that after 4000 years of trying, they would give up.
Lol
Tao teaches that the world can only be slightly improved by personal example.
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When something good happens, thats good but it will result in bad.
When something bad happens, thats bad but it will result in good.
You cannot have good without the bad.
Any time you try to eliminate the bad, Tao will punish you with more bad.
It is the law of nature that evil must exist together with good.
Japanese people thought:
"We are going to create perfect society. Japan is the most rich country. Japan is most safe. Japan has least murders. Thus, Japan will be perfect."
However Japan: lowest birth rates, highest suicide rates.
Praise Tao's revenge!
Praise Tao's revenge upon Japan!
Japan tried to create best society and ended up creating a very bad country which cant even reproduce.
Thats how Tao punishes those who reject the natural order of good and evil.
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@Greyparrot
we have had around 1.5% inflation for a very long time, but Biden doubled that rate of increase to 3.5%
Government grows. Inflation grows.
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Angry Amber.
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@Greyparrot
There is simply a moment in economy where cost of production cannot be reduced any further, it can only increase.
This is because all producers compete to reduce cost until they hit bottom. Then from that point, price can only increase because further reduction would mean buisnesses collapse.
And yeah, prices in USA were increasing for decades, with some exceptions.
Biden didnt cause any unusual increase. Prices in many countries increased during and after covid.
Its the nature of the economy based on disorders and big controlling governments.
You know very well that big governments are expensive, but the funny thing is that big governments only get bigger over time, hence even more expensive.
Really, the biggest flaw of government is its constantly growing power.
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@TheUnderdog
The white officers were oppressing that black woman.
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@TheUnderdog
By you making this argument, you are being unique.
I know, my bad, but I am just saying its wrong to be unique. Everyone should try to follow popular opinions and if you have your own thoughts, you shouldnt try to force them on other people. You shouldnt even talk about your own thoughts in most cases.
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Now, I know what you guys will say.
"Thats a South Korean movie, so its inferior!"
Yes, South Korea is inferior, I agree.
However, the movie is about a taoist wizard who comes from Pyongyang.
So its about taoist from North Korea. It has nothing to do with South Korea.
Besides, South Korea made countless bad movies. They were destined to make one good movie given enough time.
And this is a good movie. I could even say its one of the better ones I have watched.
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@MAV99
MAV99 - Okay, you are a catholic and have lots of education. You even have some strange arguing style which I might even appreciate. You dont say lots of words at once, saving your energy, but you make your point. I assume your goal is to make opponent run out of responses by simply dividing your posting text into short messages. I actually used similar strategy many times. My opponents would post bunch of text and I would just respond with few sentences. So yeah, if you were taoist, we would basically be same, but like this we are still same but different.
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@cristo71
You got one— Burger.King (BK for short)
I can live with that. I like burgers.
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@ludofl3x
Because black people tend to beat up white people when white people call black people niggers.
Also, I am a taoist. My goal is to not contend, especially not with whatever is currently popular.
Humans teach their kids bad lessons such as "be unique, dont blindly follow others".
Thats wrong. You shouldnt be unique. You should blindly follow whatever is popular and just try to change the world with insignificant personal example while not opposing to anything that is popular.
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