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CMV: Angela Merkel cheated her country by opening Germany's borders to any Migrant who wants to come over.
A country usually has a population which shares a same set of values and a similar culture. When you let in almost a million people that come from countries which do not share the same set of values, you create a... | So you as a blond gay UK guy think you have the right idea about what Angela Merkel should have done...
BTW In my experience Germans don't really like claims of 'German Ancestry.'
What would you say if I, as a Green eyed, American that has been living in Germany for over 10 years, would say Brexit is a cheat?
Merkel... | Germany has a declining indigenous population due to a low birth rate and has done for years. The only thing holding it steady is immigration - without that, Germany is going to have a major tax issue at some point in the future. Angela wasn't acting out of pure altruism, it's a necessity to keep tax money coming in lo... | 9u46hy | CMV: Angela Merkel cheated her country by opening Germany's borders to any Migrant who wants to come over. | A country usually has a population which shares a same set of values and a similar culture. When you let in almost a million people that come from countries which do not share the same set of values, you create a divide. They don't respect women (as much), respect LGBT people (as much) and are not as well educated as ... | oftxz | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: The Abrahamic Gods are completely at fault for all evil that exists
An omnipotent being is capable of any and everything. There is zero limits to what an omnipotent being can do. They can see the past, present, and future. An omnipotent being is the definition of all powerful. However, it is impossible for all of... | I dont recall the Chinese government being of Abrahamic faith but they have certainly done some evil things.
India is the r*pe capital of the world and it isn't all down to their Islamic population (by a long shot).
Indeed the fact that the two biggest countries in the world (by population) are not predominantly of... | So, what about people that engage in terroristic activities in the name of Hinduism?
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I don’t think OP is claiming that Christians and Muslims are the cause of all evil, rather that if we accept their God is real, he must be responsible for all evil. That God, by not revealing himself, would also be responsible fo... | 1llc1ot | CMV: The Abrahamic Gods are completely at fault for all evil that exists | An omnipotent being is capable of any and everything. There is zero limits to what an omnipotent being can do. They can see the past, present, and future. An omnipotent being is the definition of all powerful. However, it is impossible for all of the abrahamic gods (who are actually the same god but in different views)... | wyntersnow1 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The world, in practice is, for meaningful purposes, run by no more than 20,000 people.
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The fact is that there are less than three thousand people who control more than 50 percent of all the wealth in the world. There are 195 countries in the world, most are dictatorships, pseudo dictatorships, or oligarch... | You think Trump and Clinton had virtually identical policies? I'd say they were different so the election mattered. Far more than 20k people voted in swing states.
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I have little regard for either Trump or Clinton. I preferred the latter broadly speaking and dislike the former broadly speaking. I am not saying t... | > where the people have a meaningful say in almost anything, not overall social policy, not taxation as a practical matter, not immigration either for or against, not the wars we fight, nothing.
Parents the world over have a meaningful say over how their children are raised. That’s a very meaningful say that shapes t... | 97npgw | CMV: The world, in practice is, for meaningful purposes, run by no more than 20,000 people. |
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The fact is that there are less than three thousand people who control more than 50 percent of all the wealth in the world. There are 195 countries in the world, most are dictatorships, pseudo dictatorships, or oligarchies. There may be a few dozen, or hundred at best, people in the highest levels of federal go... | gurneyhallack | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV We're facing a tragedy of the commons pertaining to capital and resources due to greed and technoligization
Disclaimer: American perspective. I'd be interested to hear non-American takes on this as well.
I know this is kind of an over-reaching assessment and I'm open to having my mind changed on various aspects o... | Tragedy of the commons presupposes a public resource. Capital, by its very nature, is created by private persons and belongs to private persons. Labor of the workers is also privately held by those workers.
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Can't the public resource be capital itself? I'd argue those with the most capital have the ability to... | >I think the traditional idea of the tragedy of the commons fails because it's obvious that shepherds wouldn't let the common pasture be overgrazed.
Overgrazing common lands does happen and did happen.
[The Boston Common](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Common) is an easy american example.
Your idea about peo... | 8ioto9 | CMV We're facing a tragedy of the commons pertaining to capital and resources due to greed and technoligization | Disclaimer: American perspective. I'd be interested to hear non-American takes on this as well.
I know this is kind of an over-reaching assessment and I'm open to having my mind changed on various aspects of it but I don't think it will be easy to change my mind on the overall premise. I don't have this entirely flesh... | LastProtagonist | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I have no reason to care whether a creative work is "objectively" good or bad beyond my own taste
The following applies to creative works of any genre: music, literature, film, etc. Most of my examples will be about literature.
**To me, a creative work is _good_ to the extent that it is enjoyable and/or to expe... | I don't think I can make you care about things that have no meaning to you, but I can challenge you on this:
>I often hear arguments of the form: *"You may like it, but it is objectively poor quality."* Such arguments are stupid and misguided.
They're not. They're absolutely correct. I sometimes enjoy eating ready-m... | What is the arbitrary definition you are using here to consider some things 'objective flaws' but you don't apply that to other things?
There must be a line that you've drawn since you consider some objectively worth caring about and you won't consider others objectively worth caring about.
Is it just "these things I... | laq777 | CMV: I have no reason to care whether a creative work is "objectively" good or bad beyond my own taste | The following applies to creative works of any genre: music, literature, film, etc. Most of my examples will be about literature.
**To me, a creative work is _good_ to the extent that it is enjoyable and/or to experience or think about.**
I often hear arguments of the form: _"You may like it, but it is objectively p... | SpectrumDT | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: As a non-American, there is no need to care about American politics
I don't understand why people who are non-Americans have such strong opinions on American politics, since it doesn't really affect them in any way.
It doesn't matter to me who's in charge of America, seeing as how I am not directly affected by ... | America is an extremely large trade partner able to affect the world marketplace easily. Obama and Trumps decisions literally affect the price of tea in China.
There is also a good chance that there is a American Military base in your country.
That being said I think if your following America politics it would also ... | >I don't understand why people who are non-Americans have such strong opinions on American politics, since it doesn't really affect them in any way.
As a European who follows US politics very closely. It's not just about needing to follow it to be informed. I also follow it simply because Trump is an extremely pol... | 9tujvd | CMV: As a non-American, there is no need to care about American politics | I don't understand why people who are non-Americans have such strong opinions on American politics, since it doesn't really affect them in any way.
It doesn't matter to me who's in charge of America, seeing as how I am not directly affected by American policies. Whether it's a good president or a bad president, the c... | UncomfortablePrawn | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Gen X are the worst generation (45 to 60 years old)
I am a moderately successful millennial raised by Gen X, I own a home, I am happily married. This is not an it did not work out for me so it is my parents fault post.
Just generally speaking, I find the majority of them to be centrist middle to upper middle cl... | You're just jealous we gooned to Kennedy on mtv
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And that we got to be stupid young people without Facebook, cell phones, and limited parental supervision. | Hum... I'm a Gen Xer. Would you change your mind if I laid out how I'm not like the people you describe? Or would I need to describe myself, my husband, my friends our age, etc. as well? That is, how many members of Gen X would I need to describe to change your mind?
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You can't change their mind. They are using pe... | 1ll0vg3 | CMV: Gen X are the worst generation (45 to 60 years old) | I am a moderately successful millennial raised by Gen X, I own a home, I am happily married. This is not an it did not work out for me so it is my parents fault post.
Just generally speaking, I find the majority of them to be centrist middle to upper middle class do nothing people, who are rude to customer service wo... | Sea_Fondant_8171 | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: The atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were racially motivated.
The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so ... | What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to atomic bombs being dropped? What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to the first successful test of a nuclear weapon (in July)?
How can you say the atomic bombs were racially motivated when they weren't even available for use against the other ... | You don’t think they were motivated by the unspeakable acts of barbarism and atrocity that the Japanese were committing (and had been committing since well before WW2 even began)? Or the fact that Japan bombed American soil first? You think it was “racist”? I’m sorry but this such a woke bit of nonsense that it’s makin... | qfs7ln | CMV: The atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were racially motivated. | The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
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The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so ... | What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to atomic bombs being dropped? What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to the first successful test of a nuclear weapon (in July)?
How can you say the atomic bombs were racially motivated when they weren't even available for use against the other ... | Are you trying to argue that racism was the sole reason for the bombing or a major contributing factor?
I think the most important factor was to intimidate the Soviet Union. But the bombings were allowed because America didn't see asians as human. In other words America would never have nuked a white country.
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CMV: The atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were racially motivated.
The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so ... | What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to atomic bombs being dropped? What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to the first successful test of a nuclear weapon (in July)?
How can you say the atomic bombs were racially motivated when they weren't even available for use against the other ... | >For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so that they could better avoid civilian collateral damage.
The Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings both occurred during the day.
>Even before the atomic bombings, American bombers were firebombing Japanese cities and killing many civilians.
Oh l... | qfs7ln | CMV: The atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were racially motivated. | The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so that they could better avoid civilian collateral damage. (British bombers wou... | [deleted] | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were racially motivated.
The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so ... | What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to atomic bombs being dropped? What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to the first successful test of a nuclear weapon (in July)?
How can you say the atomic bombs were racially motivated when they weren't even available for use against the other ... | [deleted]
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Interesting point. But wasn't Germany's atomic weapons program pretty much nullified after their heavy water production was sabotaged in Norway
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Hmmm, but how does this dispute what I claim. This tells me that Germany motivated America's nuclear weapon program, but this doesn't nece... | qfs7ln | CMV: The atomic bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were racially motivated. | The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so that they could better avoid civilian collateral damage. (British bombers wou... | [deleted] | 9 | 7 | [
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The same sanctity of avoiding loss of civilian life was not equally applied by the USA during WWII. There are clear differences in the European and Pacific Theaters.
For example, American bombers would only fly daytime missions in Europe, so ... | What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to atomic bombs being dropped? What about the fact that Germany had lost the war prior to the first successful test of a nuclear weapon (in July)?
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CMV: Trump isn't kidding about wanting to be "President for Life" and our institutions will fold to him
My view: Trump's repeated "jokes" about extensions to his occupancy of the White House are trial balloons. The GOP will allow it and our institutions will not hold against him and/or he won't respect their power (wh... | It took 4 years from passing the term limit law in Congress until ratified by the states. This isnt even considering the legal side if he is being actually indicted. Even if something is passed (which isnt even close to being a possibility), until ratified, they will have to follow the law that is in place, meaning tha... | How exactly can the GOP allow it? They don't have close to enough power to unilaterally change the constitution. The only way Trump is President for life is if he dies before his term(s) end.
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Through a couple of mechanisms, possibly.
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CMV: Trump isn't kidding about wanting to be "President for Life" and our institutions will fold to him
My view: Trump's repeated "jokes" about extensions to his occupancy of the White House are trial balloons. The GOP will allow it and our institutions will not hold against him and/or he won't respect their power (wh... | It took 4 years from passing the term limit law in Congress until ratified by the states. This isnt even considering the legal side if he is being actually indicted. Even if something is passed (which isnt even close to being a possibility), until ratified, they will have to follow the law that is in place, meaning tha... | He might not be kidding, but I don't think institutions will fold either. The two term limit is a part of your constitution. If Trump wanted to become president for life, then the US government would have to amend the constitution...and seeing as how tax reform was the only major legislation this dysfunctional governme... | 8ikss4 | CMV: Trump isn't kidding about wanting to be "President for Life" and our institutions will fold to him | My view: Trump's repeated "jokes" about extensions to his occupancy of the White House are trial balloons. The GOP will allow it and our institutions will not hold against him and/or he won't respect their power (what is 'power'?). I believe we as a nation are in catabolic collapse and he is essentially our Commodus, c... | rob2060 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Most involuntarily celibate people are not "incels" and the use of the term as it is commonly used is harmful
When I say "incel" i mean the term as it is commonly used and stereotyped, generally a misogynistic man who is often unattractive and hateful.
However I would posit that most people who are involuntarily ... | A lot of people are "involuntarily celibate" but by using this title you are choosing to identify yourself with the stigmas of someone who believes celibacy is imposed on them rather than just being single due to a number of entirely reasonable circumstances, some being out of their control. It places the locus of why ... | I think "incel" as a term has become more about a specific internet subculture than literally meaning "involuntary celibate person" as it was originally coined by a woman. I agree with your point I just think Incel doesn't really mean involuntarily celibate anymore.
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>I agree with your point I just think Incel doe... | 1mztx4a | CMV: Most involuntarily celibate people are not "incels" and the use of the term as it is commonly used is harmful | When I say "incel" i mean the term as it is commonly used and stereotyped, generally a misogynistic man who is often unattractive and hateful.
However I would posit that most people who are involuntarily celibate do not fit this description because social skills have more bearing on your ability to get into a relations... | saucypotato27 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: UBI will never work
Universal Basic Income is one of the most dangerous threats to a free society.
There are two main arguments to this, the first being an argument of morality and the other being an argument of efficiency.
Now, of course I won’t repeat the tired line of “subsidising laziness” because e... | First off, a UBI is small government not big government (very surprising, but true). It requires less bureaucracy to oversee and is a very hands-off approach. The government gives you money and nothing else; no strings attached, no big brother watching, nothing; it's unconditional (this also makes things more efficient... | > The mob will always vote in their collective interests, even if they disregard fiscal policy or the needs of others.
This is already a feature of modern governments. People vote in their best interests already. Nothing changes in this regard if UBI were introduced. This won't be an insurmountable problem for the sam... | 8ijs8b | CMV: UBI will never work | Universal Basic Income is one of the most dangerous threats to a free society.
There are two main arguments to this, the first being an argument of morality and the other being an argument of efficiency.
Now, of course I won’t repeat the tired line of “subsidising laziness” because even if UBI does that, ther... | PrideAndPolitics | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The Rittenhouse case is an excellent litmus test for identifying bad faith actors center and left of center
Its been 5 years today since the shooting and in that time I have yet to find a better general test for identifying bad faith actors than the Rittenhouse case. There was an absolute boatload of easily debun... | Why is this an excellent litmus test? You don’t explain that point at all
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Because people believe propaganda thats extremely easy to debunk. Sort of like someone being a flat earther is a massive red flag that they might not be a rational conversation partner, particularly about astronomical stuff.
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Okay, but... | Can I just think he's a fucking moron and the grown adults trying to hero worship are terrible people.
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He killed protesters which is what Republicans want to do. Its really that simple.
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None of Rittenhouse's attackers were there as protesters. | 1mzvbtz | CMV: The Rittenhouse case is an excellent litmus test for identifying bad faith actors center and left of center | Its been 5 years today since the shooting and in that time I have yet to find a better general test for identifying bad faith actors than the Rittenhouse case. There was an absolute boatload of easily debunkable disinformation and propaganda that was spread about the case - much of it debunked by the footage itself, wh... | ChadWestPaints | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Apartments should reserve their ground floors for tenants with mobility handicaps OR something needs to be done about the stairs/fire escapes
Imagine the apartment you live in catches on fire and you live on the third floor. You get to the elevator but of course there’s a sign that says “in case of fire use stair... | There are way more ground floors than people with mobility handicaps, if you reserve all of them for tenants with mobility handicaps then a lot of apartments would be empty, worsening the housing crisis that's already spreading in the US
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What about having only a few rooms (1-5) reserved for handicapped an... | Do apartments just need to keep the ground floor rooms empty when they don’t have enough tenants with mobility issues applying?
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Not the entire ground floor maybe just 1-5 rooms
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As someone else said, whatever number chosen would either be too much or too little. Rooms shouldn’t have to sit empty hoping someo... | qfma4w | CMV: Apartments should reserve their ground floors for tenants with mobility handicaps OR something needs to be done about the stairs/fire escapes | Imagine the apartment you live in catches on fire and you live on the third floor. You get to the elevator but of course there’s a sign that says “in case of fire use stairs” Seems easy enough, right? But what if you’re in a wheelchair or scooter. You *can’t* use the stairs so your only options are to:
A) Hope a neigh... | Visual_Character | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Anyone Who is Against Illegal Immigration Should Support Immigration Reform
Bottom line up-front:
After sponsoring a legal immigrant through USCIS, I have concluded that the process is too expensive, long-winded, confusing, and contains too many bottle-necks.
Overall, the process took about 1 year, cost multipl... | I'm sorry... what is the view you want changed? I am not sure there is anyone\* who isn't for a broad reform of the entire system.
\*there is always someone in favor of something. I mean I'm not sure there is any major voting block going "keep things the way they are!"
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I think a lot of people (as evidenced by ... | This fundamentally misunderstands the complaints against illegal immigration.
You see people getting pissed at line cutters (illegal immigrants), and you concede that's an understandable view; so you propose a solution that we improve the system so that the lines are very short, so people wouldn't have to cut in line ... | 97htlg | CMV: Anyone Who is Against Illegal Immigration Should Support Immigration Reform | Bottom line up-front:
After sponsoring a legal immigrant through USCIS, I have concluded that the process is too expensive, long-winded, confusing, and contains too many bottle-necks.
Overall, the process took about 1 year, cost multiple thousands of dollars, involved somewhere between 6-10 different appointments and... | Willshw | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Anyone Who is Against Illegal Immigration Should Support Immigration Reform
Bottom line up-front:
After sponsoring a legal immigrant through USCIS, I have concluded that the process is too expensive, long-winded, confusing, and contains too many bottle-necks.
Overall, the process took about 1 year, cost multipl... | I'm sorry... what is the view you want changed? I am not sure there is anyone\* who isn't for a broad reform of the entire system.
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I think a lot of people (as evidenced by ... | > The problem is, in most countries, only 2-3 doctors are certified in the entire country to conduct these check-ups.
Do you mean county or country? 2-3 doctors in the entire country means each of them would need to see over 200,000 patients a year... which is literally impossible.
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I mean there are 2-3 cert... | 97htlg | CMV: Anyone Who is Against Illegal Immigration Should Support Immigration Reform | Bottom line up-front:
After sponsoring a legal immigrant through USCIS, I have concluded that the process is too expensive, long-winded, confusing, and contains too many bottle-necks.
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CMV: delegates should do what's best for their voters, not what they ask for
The recent CMV post about the legitimacy of referendums made me think about this, and this is the conclusion I've come to.
Representatives are supposedly capable of making decisions and deciding policy, that's why they're elected. Any delega... | My biggest issue with this assertion is the idea that politicians know enough about issues to make informed decisions for whats best for their constituents. I know they are supposed to have access to experts, but i dont vote for those "experts". Who is consulted before making decisions is something completely out of ... | Who's to decide what's best for the voters? There's a reason we have democracy.
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>Who's to decide what's best for the voters?
The delegate. When you go to a doctor, you don't tell them what's wrong. You tell them what hurts and they diagnose the problem (as well as how to fix it.)
>There's a reason we have democ... | 97hh3i | CMV: delegates should do what's best for their voters, not what they ask for | The recent CMV post about the legitimacy of referendums made me think about this, and this is the conclusion I've come to.
Representatives are supposedly capable of making decisions and deciding policy, that's why they're elected. Any delegate should know what their main voter demographic is (or are) and should be abl... | PM_ME_YOUR_BANJO | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People generally talk about the Shoah (holocaust) too much when speaking about genocides.
I would like to preface this with the following: I am not a holocaust denier, nor a neo Nazi.
There have been thousands of genocides throughout the years. One of which, the Shoah which systematically slaughtered and brutali... | Notice you didn't mention the Belgian Congo.
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I'm not sure how this discredits my argument.
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By missing out examples you undermine your conclusion, that ALL should be included. You forgot millions of lives when you are advising others not to. | You've actually missed out Roma, Black, LGBT, and other people's who were targeted in the Holocaust.
The industrialised/factory conditions of the Holocaust are unique and hopefully will never be seen again. There is a clinical horror unique to those acts that famine or traditional murder doesn't cover.
There's als... | 1lkjrzn | CMV: People generally talk about the Shoah (holocaust) too much when speaking about genocides. | I would like to preface this with the following: I am not a holocaust denier, nor a neo Nazi.
There have been thousands of genocides throughout the years. One of which, the Shoah which systematically slaughtered and brutalized 2/3 of the Jewish population in Europe. Part of the evil of the Shoah was its systematic mur... | Illustrious-Flan-169 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I think birthday parties for a one year old are absolutely ridiculous
## -The child is too young to understand or appreciate anything. Of course invitations are made and make you feel like you have to bring a gift, which seems pretty much like a pity party.
\-Now, if the party is more for the parents to hang out... | I used to feel similarly. But then I had trouble conceiving. Now I feel like if/when I do have a child I will want to celebrate all the milestones I can because man I kept a whole human alive for a year and thats amazing! But hey kids and kids parties arent some peoples thing. I still hate baby showers. I get it if som... | It's more for parents. They can take pictures and look back on them, alone or with the kid when they're older. Also, after a year of isolation they can get all their friends together to see them. Also, the first year is costly. Many close friends and families will buy necessities to help the new parents out. Also also,... | 9tvnye | CMV: I think birthday parties for a one year old are absolutely ridiculous | ## -The child is too young to understand or appreciate anything. Of course invitations are made and make you feel like you have to bring a gift, which seems pretty much like a pity party.
\-Now, if the party is more for the parents to hang out, that's fine, but if that's the case, why not just invite people over and s... | sbierlink08 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I think birthday parties for a one year old are absolutely ridiculous
## -The child is too young to understand or appreciate anything. Of course invitations are made and make you feel like you have to bring a gift, which seems pretty much like a pity party.
\-Now, if the party is more for the parents to hang out... | I used to feel similarly. But then I had trouble conceiving. Now I feel like if/when I do have a child I will want to celebrate all the milestones I can because man I kept a whole human alive for a year and thats amazing! But hey kids and kids parties arent some peoples thing. I still hate baby showers. I get it if som... | >Not trying to be sexist either
So you're just natural at it? Saying women just do it to spark catty gossip is a ridiculous generalization that isn't true.
When we had our daughter the first year was pretty intense. Lots of work and almost no downtime. Having a party is just a release, and it so happens that the 1 ye... | 9tvnye | CMV: I think birthday parties for a one year old are absolutely ridiculous | ## -The child is too young to understand or appreciate anything. Of course invitations are made and make you feel like you have to bring a gift, which seems pretty much like a pity party.
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CMV: Everything is Fair in this World
Think of yourself from outside, like you see small planet of mud and water, little humans appear.
They do everything from violence to strategy to stealing to accumulate resources, prolong survival and reproduce.
Now 10000 years later, ones on top belong there. Doesn’t matter how... |
> Now 10000 years later, ones on top belong there. Doesn’t matter how they got there. How they manipulated people, how they created systems that favour them, how they controlled media and narrative, how many people they killed or enslaved, what weapons and technology they invented along the way or took credit for.
I ... | So its not fair at all, many people are fucked by things they cant control or are controlled by others, that is the definition of unfair.
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You have nature to blame for it and not other people,
Can’t blame the winners for winning.
Also you are as much part of the game…figure new paths, play with new rules. Power ... | 1mzbjll | CMV: Everything is Fair in this World | Think of yourself from outside, like you see small planet of mud and water, little humans appear.
They do everything from violence to strategy to stealing to accumulate resources, prolong survival and reproduce.
Now 10000 years later, ones on top belong there. Doesn’t matter how they got there. How they manipulated p... | Suspicious_Eye_465 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: The cost of printer ink is price gouging and should be illegal.
**Note:** This is not exclusive to ink. The same problem exists with razor blades, for example, but my rant in the post will regard printer ink.
There is no way that these printer companies are paying anywhere near the price of gold per unit mass to... | Cost of production doesn't dictate how much a company sells something for. The only thing is the cost consumers are willing to pay. If that is less than production cost they won't produce. Why the fuck would you sell it for cheaper if it won't effect the amount of product that you sell? The only solution to this is mor... | Why do you think this is an issue? What law can the government pass that makes this illegal?
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This is an issue because it is designed with malice in mind. Overpriced printer ink only benefits a select few- the higher-ups in the ink companies, not society as a whole.
The law that could be passed is that a product... | 6b7byy | CMV: The cost of printer ink is price gouging and should be illegal. | **Note:** This is not exclusive to ink. The same problem exists with razor blades, for example, but my rant in the post will regard printer ink.
There is no way that these printer companies are paying anywhere near the price of gold per unit mass to fill these ink cartridges, yet they are allowed to sell them at $20 p... | ManMan36 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: You can't be experienced in sexual intercourse if you only had one partner. No matter how much time you did it.
EDIT :
By being experienced, I mean being confident and instinctive enough to be able to adapt and react at the moment and really well to a potential new partner's desire.
What I call an experienced... | > because it is always related to love and feelings and the way you have sex is likely to be very intimate, which isn't suited for other partner with whom you wouldn't be romantically involved.
You... aren't experienced in sex, are you...
I've been with my wife for 15 years. The different ways we've had sex can be so... | "And chances are that you can't have sex for the sex only, because it is always related to love and feelings and the way you have sex is likely to be very intimate, which isn't suited for other partner with whom you wouldn't be romantically involved."
Would you believe this is true of any long term relationship? Or on... | 8ii06t | CMV: You can't be experienced in sexual intercourse if you only had one partner. No matter how much time you did it. | EDIT :
By being experienced, I mean being confident and instinctive enough to be able to adapt and react at the moment and really well to a potential new partner's desire.
What I call an experienced person is someone who is familiar enough with sex to make a person who has sex for the first time with him/her say "W... | MirrorThaoss | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: Free The Nipple is the only example of women, as a group, advocating to give up their gendered privilege
Women (and girls) in the US have a lot of privileges/rights men don’t
- It’s illegal to charge them more for health insurance even though they are more expensive to insure (meanwhile, it’s perfectly legal to c... | How is having to cover up their chest a “privilege”?
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Because it means their bodies are considered worthy of the dignity of protection.
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Do you think Afghani women are "privileged" given that they need to cover every inch of their bodies?
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No. Faces are important for nonverbal communication and they’re n... | Female circumcision is much worse than male circumcision.
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This is not accurate. Infibulation is worse, but it is the least common form of FGM. The other forms are equally or less severe.
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I don’t know what that is.
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Sewing the labia shut.
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That is very bad, but any damage to the clitoris is much wo... | 1ljyo0z | CMV: Free The Nipple is the only example of women, as a group, advocating to give up their gendered privilege | Women (and girls) in the US have a lot of privileges/rights men don’t
- It’s illegal to charge them more for health insurance even though they are more expensive to insure (meanwhile, it’s perfectly legal to charge men more for car insurance, even though car insurance is far more necessary for the average person than h... | DowntownManThrow | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Deadpool 2 has the best marketing campaign for a film in the last decade or more.
So, today I saw the latest in a long string of ads for Deadpool 2. It’s Wade and David Beckham having a series of awkward encounters, due to Wade’s comment about Beckham’s voice in the first film. It’s funny, unique, and in my opini... | I wasn't aware that there was a Deadpool 2 coming out.
I am a nerd.
Unless you are part of Deadpool 2's marketing campaign it has been spectacularly ineffective at generating awareness from me whereas other movies in the past decade have made me aware of the existence of the movie in question.
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So, you’d say tha... | I would argue that Cloverfield really kicking off the Viral Marketing Campaign was better.
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Do you mean the original Cloverfield, or the one Netflix just dropped? I’m not familiar with any marketing done for the original Cloverfield.
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The original Cloverfield. It kicked off the whole "watch frame by frame fo... | 8ih4yy | CMV: Deadpool 2 has the best marketing campaign for a film in the last decade or more. | So, today I saw the latest in a long string of ads for Deadpool 2. It’s Wade and David Beckham having a series of awkward encounters, due to Wade’s comment about Beckham’s voice in the first film. It’s funny, unique, and in my opinion, a good example of how incredible the marketing for this movie has been.
Obviously,... | SherringfordHolmes | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Castration should be an acceptable punishment for certain violent crimes
Post inspired by Nigeria's new law but also a longstanding view of mine. Exactly which crimes should risk this punishment is a different discussion but obviously not for non-violent stuff like tax fraud or whistleblowing.
Here are the detail... | [deleted]
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Yeah systems suck but read my specifications again, getting a harsher sentence won't improve your chance of castration. Hopefully these things will also improve.
Wait their already castrating so by starting castrating I would make them castrate more? Just like I dont support locking up innocents I don... | Sometimes you’ve got the wrong guy tho, and they’re completely innocent. Cutting innocent peoples’ nuts off in order to also cut off the bad nuts just isn’t worth it imo
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So don't cut them nuts of if you can't prove beyond any doubt this person committed the crime. I'm talking videos, unquestionably incriminating ... | iwd5fa | CMV: Castration should be an acceptable punishment for certain violent crimes | Post inspired by Nigeria's new law but also a longstanding view of mine. Exactly which crimes should risk this punishment is a different discussion but obviously not for non-violent stuff like tax fraud or whistleblowing.
Here are the details for my view, English is not my first language so bear with me.
Some genes ma... | VikingCookie | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Canada should become a part of the United States
I realize that there will be some overlap but I present my argument as follows:
1. Canada's historical alignment with the British Empire is less relevant in today's world. By becoming part of the United States, Canada can align itself with a more geographically an... | The US healthcare system does a lot of research and a lot of innovation. And the US population pays a lot for this. Healthcare costs in the US are very high. One of the arguments in favor of that is the extra money fuels that innovation.
At the moment the whole world benefits from that innovation, including Canada,... | I think most of Canada doesn't want non universal healthcare, capital punishment, at will employment, præscription drug advertisement on television, and all those things.
Canada at the moment has one of the highest social mobilities of any developed nation, and the U.S.A. has some of the lowest. I doubt Canadians are ... | 17zzu7l | CMV: Canada should become a part of the United States | I realize that there will be some overlap but I present my argument as follows:
1. Canada's historical alignment with the British Empire is less relevant in today's world. By becoming part of the United States, Canada can align itself with a more geographically and culturally connected partner. This would lead to enha... | human_in_the_mist | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: The 10th century conquest of Hawaii was an act of brutal and humiliating colonialism. The present-day Hawaiians (Tahitians) should pay reparations to those they conquered. The UN should also pass a resolution that forces Tahitians to pay reparations.
When Hawaii was first established by Marquesas Islanders, they ... | Why should present day penalized for the actions of people in the 10th century? That sounds completely immoral and racist to tax them based on their ancestry. If we want to deal with actions *today* to make a more fair society, I totally agree. But a racist tax and penalty is not the way to go about it.
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[deleted]... | So one major hole in your argument is that we don't even know if this event actually happened. The invasion-settlement theory of Hawaii is just that, a theory. There isn't any proof that this happened.
Another issue is who the hell would reparations be paid to? When you're going that far back, then the descendants of ... | baaasf | CMV: The 10th century conquest of Hawaii was an act of brutal and humiliating colonialism. The present-day Hawaiians (Tahitians) should pay reparations to those they conquered. The UN should also pass a resolution that forces Tahitians to pay reparations. | When Hawaii was first established by Marquesas Islanders, they became the native inhabitants of the land. Centuries later, when they were invaded by Tahitian colonialists, murdered and/or subjugated, it was categorically wrong.
Present-day Hawaiians and Tahitians should be forced to pay reparations to all of those wit... | sweetkelshawn | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Humanity is on a crash course but cognitive dissonance prevents us from realizing it.
I believe that humanity has several unsolvable problems that will eventually lead to major catastrophe. These include...
* Ecosystem collapse
* Energy/Food shortages due to rising populations
* Inadequate global governance
* Nu... | >Energy/Food shortages due to rising populations
This one is absolutely a "doom and gloom."
The world is very near to peak population. Almost ubiquitously, as countries get more developed. The largest population in the world has been below replacement levels for a long ass time and although the official removal of ... | None of these problems are unsolvable.
Earth will probably not sustain us in the long term. For one thing, our population needs to grow. But when that day comes, it's not the end for humanity necessarily. We need to move out of mom and dad's basement eventually.
Resource scarcity has some interesting long term silver... | 709khv | CMV: Humanity is on a crash course but cognitive dissonance prevents us from realizing it. | I believe that humanity has several unsolvable problems that will eventually lead to major catastrophe. These include...
* Ecosystem collapse
* Energy/Food shortages due to rising populations
* Inadequate global governance
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When I vocalize these concerns I get lumped in the doom-and-gloom camp.... | pupperboy | 3 | 3 | [
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I believe that humanity has several unsolvable problems that will eventually lead to major catastrophe. These include...
* Ecosystem collapse
* Energy/Food shortages due to rising populations
* Inadequate global governance
* Nu... | None of these problems are unsolvable.
Earth will probably not sustain us in the long term. For one thing, our population needs to grow. But when that day comes, it's not the end for humanity necessarily. We need to move out of mom and dad's basement eventually.
Resource scarcity has some interesting long term silver... | >Energy/Food shortages due to rising populations
This one is absolutely a "doom and gloom."
The world is very near to peak population. Almost ubiquitously, as countries get more developed. The largest population in the world has been below replacement levels for a long ass time and although the official removal of ... | 709khv | CMV: Humanity is on a crash course but cognitive dissonance prevents us from realizing it. | I believe that humanity has several unsolvable problems that will eventually lead to major catastrophe. These include...
* Ecosystem collapse
* Energy/Food shortages due to rising populations
* Inadequate global governance
* Nuclear proliferation
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CMV: Getting fountain drinks without ice is better than drinks with ice.
I firmly believe that ice ruins any fountain drink other than water. There are a couple of reasons for this;
1. If you get a drink with ice and don't drink it all in one sitting (or get a refill to take home) the ice will melt and water down the... | Most of the places that you get drinks from account for the melting ice in their fountain drinks. Coke reccomends its fointain drinks be served with 3 quarters of a cup of ice. Also, many places have free refills now. It comes down to temperature and slight change in taste. People should pick the one they prefer
... | It's obvious that this is incredibly situational.
Your concerns ONLY apply when you're getting fountain drinks at a take-out window. Otherwise you can always go back for more (to address concern 2) or dump out your drink prior to heading home and refilling it with just soda (to address concern 1).
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If your solut... | 70a56d | CMV: Getting fountain drinks without ice is better than drinks with ice. | I firmly believe that ice ruins any fountain drink other than water. There are a couple of reasons for this;
1. If you get a drink with ice and don't drink it all in one sitting (or get a refill to take home) the ice will melt and water down the beverage, making the taste usually significantly worse.
2. Adding ice t... | ImnotfamousAMA | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Deleting your popular posts is selfish
This is a small one. I don't know how or why, but I managed to rack up a decent amount of karma here on Reddit in a year. And it's silly, but I feel a tiny sense of pride when I do it. I think that's the idea. It gets people *motivated* to post good, relevant, and meaningful... | Getting on /r/all means a lot of people seeing it. That’s means hundreds/thousands of comments. Now imagine commenting on a CMV post. You’re waiting to see if they respond, but you can’t tell because of all the notifications from the popular post. Sure you can just go to your profile and look, but that just nullifies t... | Is it not selfish of you to want someone to leave a post up that you get enjoyment out of but that they no longer do? People love to throw around the word selfish. We are all just trying to do what feels right to us and what brings us happiness. If someone no longer wishes to he associated with a statement for whatever... | ba8h2j | CMV: Deleting your popular posts is selfish | This is a small one. I don't know how or why, but I managed to rack up a decent amount of karma here on Reddit in a year. And it's silly, but I feel a tiny sense of pride when I do it. I think that's the idea. It gets people *motivated* to post good, relevant, and meaningful things others are about. I'm impressed by th... | fox-mcleod | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Women who claim they are perfectly satisfied having sex but not orgasming are lying to spare the feelings of their partner.
This is my wife. She occasionally orgasms, like maybe 2-3 times a month, and never with penetration. It requires either oral or a vibrator.
It makes me feel like less of a man that I can'... | >This is my wife. She occasionally orgasms, like maybe 2-3 times a month, and never with penetration. It requires either oral or a vibrator.
That's the majority of women. The myth of "penetration alone should make the woman orgasm" is pretty much an invention of porn. The thought of which, as you well know, is a *huge... | I'm a guy. I don't orgasm every time I have sex. It's great when I do, but when I don't, I'm not particularly unhappy or upset. I still usually had a fun time with my partner and enjoyed everything we did. It's awesome to get to be close with someone else both physically and emotionally.
I assume that women probab... | 7052u9 | CMV: Women who claim they are perfectly satisfied having sex but not orgasming are lying to spare the feelings of their partner. | This is my wife. She occasionally orgasms, like maybe 2-3 times a month, and never with penetration. It requires either oral or a vibrator.
It makes me feel like less of a man that I can't get her to orgasm through sex, and there is always a nagging doubt in the back of my mind that she's fucking some guy who makes ... | throwaway_6004x2 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Measuring people in feet and inches feels easier, and that's why it's bad
Take the bizarre trend of setting a standard for what an attractive or preferred male partner is. The reason 6 feet and 6 inches come to mind is because they're such a simple shorthands that we all feel we understand. Except we don't. A ra... | If we instead fully used the metric system, wouldn't that be the new familiar system and so the same problem would exist? If we used metric, 182.88 cm would become as familiar as 6'6". Metric is not complicated for those who know metric.
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Metric is still within a culture, as is cubits, microns or anything else.
You cannot escape cultural definitions and terms, there is no "beyond culture" as humans, until aliens arrive and introduce the blarp system of measures.
---... | 1eso08i | CMV: Measuring people in feet and inches feels easier, and that's why it's bad | Take the bizarre trend of setting a standard for what an attractive or preferred male partner is. The reason 6 feet and 6 inches come to mind is because they're such a simple shorthands that we all feel we understand. Except we don't. A range of experiments have shown that using feet and inches makes people overconfide... | ragpicker_ | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Communists are promoting a vile ideology and should be treated the same as neo-Nazis
Communism, just like fascism, has led to the death of millions of innocent people, particularly in the USSR and China. It wrecked the economy of every country it has been implemented in, just look at Western vs Eastern Europe in ... | >Communists promote hatred of anyone more successful than you, landlords, religious people, and whatever other straw men they decide are responsible for their problems. They commonly rail against free speech, free press, most freedoms in general.
I think what explains the difference is that not everyone agrees with th... | But hasn't Capitalism also lead to the same thing in the US? No free healthcare for poor people, the country opening up for the sake of the economy, etc.
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So I guess no free healthcare and having greedy leaders is the same as a famine with between 18-40 million dead in 4 years due to failed policy. Capitalism is b... | iw9nnn | CMV: Communists are promoting a vile ideology and should be treated the same as neo-Nazis | Communism, just like fascism, has led to the death of millions of innocent people, particularly in the USSR and China. It wrecked the economy of every country it has been implemented in, just look at Western vs Eastern Europe in literally any economic indicator. It promotes values that society has supposedly widely rej... | xxwarlorddarkdoomxx | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The rapid growth in children and teens being diagnosed with ADHD is (mostly) due to poor parenting.
I understand that ADHD is a real condition and realise how debilitating it can be for sufferers.
That said, there is no straightforward diagnostic test for ADHD that can provide a definitive result in the way say... | Or they were under diagnosed and just know catching up while children from rich households are purposefully not diagnosed because the parents.
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I don't understand
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What exactly?
That ADHD was vastly under diagnosed or that parents can influence results?
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Why would people be purposefully not diagnosed in... | You're wrong.
Source: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/attention-deficit-hyperactivity-disorder-adhd/causes/
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The NHS has been wrong about countless things including in recent history and conducted loads of u-turns over diagnoses and treatments that were backed.
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You are overwhelmingly more likely to be incorr... | 1esu5c3 | CMV: The rapid growth in children and teens being diagnosed with ADHD is (mostly) due to poor parenting. | I understand that ADHD is a real condition and realise how debilitating it can be for sufferers.
That said, there is no straightforward diagnostic test for ADHD that can provide a definitive result in the way say resting for a pathogen or a genetic condition is. At best it's a qualitative test which leaves huge room ... | Illustrious_Guava_8 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Professional American Football (NFL) is too soft these days.
As a fan of the NFL, I believe that it has gotten too soft with the amount of rules the NFL is adding. I feel that if these guys are getting paid millions of dollars ($300,000 league minimum) they should be ale to take a hit like a man. These new rules ... | >I feel that if these guys are getting paid millions of dollars ($300,000 league minimum) they should be ale to take a hit like a man.
Could you please clarify what this means?
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Have you stopped viewing?
What could change your view ... | Are you saying that you would find football more entertaining if players got injured more often?
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I am not saying I want players to get injured more often because it makes football better, but a player can still get hurt even when running out of bounds. For example, this past weekend, Jimmy Garoppolo tore his ACL... | 9ip5fh | CMV: Professional American Football (NFL) is too soft these days. | As a fan of the NFL, I believe that it has gotten too soft with the amount of rules the NFL is adding. I feel that if these guys are getting paid millions of dollars ($300,000 league minimum) they should be ale to take a hit like a man. These new rules are making the NFL boring and terrible to watch, when every 30 seco... | DAllen1997 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: English classes in public school are stupid. English classes in colleges and universities are a scam.
For context: I am an 18 year old and have lived in New York City my entire life.
In early public education, English classes are very helpful. We learned the alphabet, how to read, how to write, vocabulary, gramma... | Find an English Lit major, watch one of your favorite movies or shows with them. Realize that college level English Lit is about the fact that the walking dead isn't actually about zombies but philosophy and that Rick is Jesus in purgatory.
Or more simply good English classes after the ability to read and write shoul... | >It's really disappointing to know that a perfectly fine potential physicist can be held back from career opportunities because they don't have an affinity for the arts.
Cool! Do you want to a be a physicist? First thing you are going to have to do is apply to a university that has a good physics program.
How are you... | d6nlh1 | CMV: English classes in public school are stupid. English classes in colleges and universities are a scam. | For context: I am an 18 year old and have lived in New York City my entire life.
In early public education, English classes are very helpful. We learned the alphabet, how to read, how to write, vocabulary, grammar, etc. But when I got to 3rd grade, I started struggling because my teacher asked me to write about the thi... | ebullientAilurophile | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: The whole “Cancel Student Debt” movement is nothing but a distraction from actual education reform
As much as I do realize that the education (college) system is broken, cancelling student debt is yet another short-term solution that does nothing to fix these problems and only serves as a way to keep people distr... | They aren’t mutually exclusive.
Why can’t both be addressed simultaneously?
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I absolutely agree, I simply believe that going all tunnel-vision on student loan debt is a bit of a distraction
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Your post says it's "nothing but a distraction from actual education reform."
Is it or is it not solely a distraction... | There is no education reform to be had. Universities provide a service for a price and people willingly pay it. Universities aren’t at fault when a person gets a useless degree, the student is.
To change the outcomes from the top down you either need student loan reform (stop giving easy credit to kids to get stupid... | rs61lu | CMV: The whole “Cancel Student Debt” movement is nothing but a distraction from actual education reform | As much as I do realize that the education (college) system is broken, cancelling student debt is yet another short-term solution that does nothing to fix these problems and only serves as a way to keep people distracted from the aforementioned problems. Without fixing the student loan system, canceling student loan de... | StarkOdinson216 | 3 | 3 | [
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As much as I do realize that the education (college) system is broken, cancelling student debt is yet another short-term solution that does nothing to fix these problems and only serves as a way to keep people distr... | They aren’t mutually exclusive.
Why can’t both be addressed simultaneously?
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I don't see it as tunnel vision - it is more about pragmatism. Comprehensive education reform is a very complex issue... | There is no education reform to be had. Universities provide a service for a price and people willingly pay it. Universities aren’t at fault when a person gets a useless degree, the student is.
To change the outcomes from the top down you either need student loan reform (stop giving easy credit to kids to get stupid... | rs61lu | CMV: The whole “Cancel Student Debt” movement is nothing but a distraction from actual education reform | As much as I do realize that the education (college) system is broken, cancelling student debt is yet another short-term solution that does nothing to fix these problems and only serves as a way to keep people distracted from the aforementioned problems. Without fixing the student loan system, canceling student loan de... | StarkOdinson216 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Every action anyone had ever willingly done, has been selfish.
I believe that a conscious, intelligent human cannot make a decision that isn't inherently selfish. By deciding to do something, they are subconsciously (or consciously) weighing up the pros and cons and then choosing the decision that best favours th... | So, man standing on subway platform, child falls on tracks in front of oncoming train. Man, knowing it's certain death, leaps onto tracks and throws child to safety, and is immediately killed by train.
If you define that as a selfish act, then you have simply rigged the definition so that nothing ever can be unselfi... | This is just semantics. If everyone is selfish, then calling someone selfish is meaningless. So, there has to be a definition of selfish that doesn't include everyone.
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It just seems false that, because a word is applied to eveyone, it becomes meaningless. For example, 'thing' can be applied to anything, yet the w... | 709lwx | CMV: Every action anyone had ever willingly done, has been selfish. | I believe that a conscious, intelligent human cannot make a decision that isn't inherently selfish. By deciding to do something, they are subconsciously (or consciously) weighing up the pros and cons and then choosing the decision that best favours their interests.
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CMV: Eating disorders are precious.
I'm usually liberal on most things but Ive not been able to get on board with eating disorders. Mostly because it's seems like a very white, middle class kind of affliction.
For starters, the disorder seems to be based off an obsession over continuing to meet a beauty standards t... | I disagree with one of your points which I think is a misconception. This misconception is that eating disordera are about loosing weight to fit in to the beauty standard.
While I think in some cases this may be what's going on, the main fear/cause is the need for control.
Saying that an eating disorder is about loos... | [This](https://sites.google.com/view/the-no-nonsense-guide/guide) is a non-standard take on eating disorders: TLDR eating disorders is a misadapted starvation response that some people have. Beauty standards and attention have little to do with it (e.g. we can give animals eating disorders)
> In the popular imaginatio... | ar7jvy | CMV: Eating disorders are precious. | I'm usually liberal on most things but Ive not been able to get on board with eating disorders. Mostly because it's seems like a very white, middle class kind of affliction.
For starters, the disorder seems to be based off an obsession over continuing to meet a beauty standards that most people will never be able to... | TweakinNipsErryday | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: You should suppress your childhood crushes
**TL:DR My parents discouraged me from having childhood crushes, so that's what I did, and I think that this suppression forced me to become ambitious and overcome my vile nature. Incels ridicule me for never having a girlfriend and some other people tell me that I need ... | Can you clarify what view it is that you want changed? I'm struggling to understand from your post.
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Some people think I'm wrong to suppress childhood and later crushes.
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Is it only your situation where you think it's correct, or do you think that the way your parents raised you (saying to ignore your crushes... |
>Growing up, I was frequently told by my parents to focus on my studies and ignore childhood crushes. So that's exactly what I did. Even though in the end, I wasn't a very high-achieving student (my ATAR was 73, and I had classmates scoring a few ATAR points higher despite not suppressing their crushes), I credit th... | 9innx5 | CMV: You should suppress your childhood crushes | **TL:DR My parents discouraged me from having childhood crushes, so that's what I did, and I think that this suppression forced me to become ambitious and overcome my vile nature. Incels ridicule me for never having a girlfriend and some other people tell me that I need to get experience with having a girlfriend.**
Gr... | Fart_Gas | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: I believe 9/11 was a black magick Aleister Crowley-John Dee blood sacrifice portal ritual to bring in Ahriman (AI Antichrist) and the Eighth Sphere AI Fallen Angel Matrix hell grid as predicted in 1919 by the legend Rudolf Steiner
Please someone refute me
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[https://neoanthroposophy.com/2023/07/16/ahriman... | There’s nothing any of us can say to change your mind. You didn’t arrive at this position rationally and will therefore not be reasoned out of it.
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Rational discourse has the power to influence always
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Rational discourse has no power over irrational people. To believe in the nonsense you've posted, you *have*... | there is 0 chance that this your actual position, and if it is I don't think any amount of strangers on the internet will fix you.
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Right now, I really believe in this, not because I want to, but because multiple conspiracy theories talk about it with such conviction, in addition to other rituals and teachings of... | 1i551gg | CMV: I believe 9/11 was a black magick Aleister Crowley-John Dee blood sacrifice portal ritual to bring in Ahriman (AI Antichrist) and the Eighth Sphere AI Fallen Angel Matrix hell grid as predicted in 1919 by the legend Rudolf Steiner | Please someone refute me
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[https://neoanthroposophy.com/2023/07/16/ahrimans-eighth-sphere](https://neoanthroposophy.com/2023/07/16/ahrimans-eighth-sphere) \- [https://archive.is/5W9A0](https://archive.is/5W9A0)
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CMV: Police Officers Touching The Rear/Trunk of a Vehicle During a Traffic Stop is Only Practical for Officer Safety and NOT Practical For Leaving Behind DNA/Physical Evidence.
Video reference: https://youtu.be/Wy1qbLjkJnY
If you look at the video linked above, around 00:05 you’ll see the officer touch the trunk of ... | I think the main thing is tying it all together.
>Police officers call out plate number, location, vehicle make, model, color, and how many times the vehicle is occupied.
The only thing that *really* makes a vehicle identifiable or discernible from other vehicles, from a gross perspective, is the license plate. The ... | If someone is inside the trunk to ambush the officer, it won’t matter if the trunk is latched. They need only tug on the glow in the dark release handle to get out.
Source: have been locked in a trunk, and this latch is a requirement of all cars with enclosed trunks sold in the US.
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>If someone is inside the tru... | rrnxul | CMV: Police Officers Touching The Rear/Trunk of a Vehicle During a Traffic Stop is Only Practical for Officer Safety and NOT Practical For Leaving Behind DNA/Physical Evidence. |
Video reference: https://youtu.be/Wy1qbLjkJnY
If you look at the video linked above, around 00:05 you’ll see the officer touch the trunk of the vehicle as he’s approaching the driver window.
Often in the comment section of videos like these I see people asking why do cops do this and almost every time I see that qu... | illerThanTheirs | 11 | 11 | [
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CMV: Fish and birds should not be pets.
Firstly, I want to note that of course there will be some anecdotal exceptions to what I'm going to say.
1. Pets are domesticated animals that have a sort of reciprocal relationship with humans (affection, hunting, etc.) and are not only for aesthetics.
2. Fish and birds fall i... | The smartest animal that we have ever identified was a Grey Parrot named [Alex](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_%28parrot%29?wprov=sfla1). His last words were, "You be good. See you tomorrow. I love you."
I suggest you read Alex's story before you conclude that birds cannot bond with humans. Suffice to say, bi... | I had two pet baby chicks when I was 5/6 years old, and they were adorable, sweet, and beautiful. I miss there chirps to this day.
They were tested on and had permanent food coloring on them, and I think spending time with them is probably one of the foundational experiences I had in choosing later on in my life to n... | ba7ah1 | CMV: Fish and birds should not be pets. | Firstly, I want to note that of course there will be some anecdotal exceptions to what I'm going to say.
1. Pets are domesticated animals that have a sort of reciprocal relationship with humans (affection, hunting, etc.) and are not only for aesthetics.
2. Fish and birds fall into a large group of animals that have di... | nightssss | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Being a vegan is good for the environment, therefore people should become vegans.
My view is based on the following:
1. Death is undesirable. Hence, not consuming any food & drinks as an individual, is undesirable.
2. The rising levels of CO2 in our atmosphere are negatively affecting (i.e. gets worse for human ... | So I didn't notice any argument for the care or treatment of animals in your post, just wondering if that's part of your argument or if it doesn't matter to you. Not judging or looking to argue the point, but I'm curious if that's going to play a role.
---
It's not going to play a role.
I'm not pro killing, hurting,... | I won't disagree that going vegan (or even vegetarian) would be the better option for a better environment.
The main argument for me is pretty egoistic and you addressed it with point 3:
> Meat by itself is not necessarily all that tasty, herbs & spices give food most of it's flavor. Try out vegan food, I'm confiden... | 6ztz5t | CMV: Being a vegan is good for the environment, therefore people should become vegans. | My view is based on the following:
1. Death is undesirable. Hence, not consuming any food & drinks as an individual, is undesirable.
2. The rising levels of CO2 in our atmosphere are negatively affecting (i.e. gets worse for human life) our environment.
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CMV: People should be prohibited from extensively posting about their children on social media
I recently came across this article on buzzfeed
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I just don't know how you'd prohibit it. Its not the government's place to dictate what photos a paren... | Since when do I need someone's consent to report on them to the public? Especially if that someone is staying rent free in my house, eating my food, wearing my clothes, using up my time and my money, etc.
If you want to see fewer facebook posts of children, then use the "block" button.
That said, if Zuckerberg and sh... | acurnm | CMV: People should be prohibited from extensively posting about their children on social media | I recently came across this article on buzzfeed
[This Mommy Blogger Is Under Fire For Refusing To Stop Writing About Her 9-Year-Old After The Girl Begged Her To](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemcneal/mommy-blogger-refuses-stop-writing-daughter).
and many of you may remember [the dad that made his dau... | JaegerAurora | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It's easy to lose weight and obesity shouldn't be a problem
Until recently when I started working out (probably my 4th attempt) I had always been a skinny guy (5'10" ~140lbs) but now I'm about 165lbs which is a little more "normal". To gain weight I had to dedicate a LOT of effort and time into cooking and meal p... | Do you really not understand that different people have different metabolisms? If your weight is around 140 without working out and you work out to gain muscle, if you stop working you will lose the weight because of your metabolism. This is not the case for every person. Some people can eat as much as they can and not... | Are you one of those people who can lose two pounds if you don't eat right for like a weekend?
Because if you are, and I'm the same exact way, our bodies run differently than most people.
I couldn't gain 5 pounds without major effort, but I know that I'm not like the majority of people.
Just because our bodies hav... | 707bwa | CMV: It's easy to lose weight and obesity shouldn't be a problem | Until recently when I started working out (probably my 4th attempt) I had always been a skinny guy (5'10" ~140lbs) but now I'm about 165lbs which is a little more "normal". To gain weight I had to dedicate a LOT of effort and time into cooking and meal planning, not to mention eating an almost uncomfortable amount of f... | Evgarian | 3 | 3 | [
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Until recently when I started working out (probably my 4th attempt) I had always been a skinny guy (5'10" ~140lbs) but now I'm about 165lbs which is a little more "normal". To gain weight I had to dedicate a LOT of effort and time into cooking and meal p... | Do you really not understand that different people have different metabolisms? If your weight is around 140 without working out and you work out to gain muscle, if you stop working you will lose the weight because of your metabolism. This is not the case for every person. Some people can eat as much as they can and not... | > So, when eating less is the cheaper, lazy, and less demanding option which leads to fewer calories why is it so hard for people to lose weight?
I don't mean to be rude at all, but... do you really, literally think that people who struggle with obesity also struggle to GAIN weight like you do? I want to know where w... | 707bwa | CMV: It's easy to lose weight and obesity shouldn't be a problem | Until recently when I started working out (probably my 4th attempt) I had always been a skinny guy (5'10" ~140lbs) but now I'm about 165lbs which is a little more "normal". To gain weight I had to dedicate a LOT of effort and time into cooking and meal planning, not to mention eating an almost uncomfortable amount of f... | Evgarian | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If the Democrats do not do literally everything in their power, up to and including breaking the law if necessary, to stop Mitch McConnell from confirming a justice less than two months before the election, then I should completely give up on them.
As the title says, if Democrats do not go all-in on blocking this... | > refusing to attack the Republican Party the way conservatives and Republicans attack us.
You obviously hate the Republican Party. So, why would you respect the Democrats for using the same tactics the Republicans do? Isn't part of the reason you like the Democrats that they aren't as cruel (or whatever word you wou... | Vote jo Jorgensen. Take this in stride and see that both the democrats and Republicans really arnt as against eachother as they seam? Some of these politicians have been in office for 30+ years and we still don't have what they claim 4 more years will get us.
You shouldn't want democrats to break laws you should want ... | iw1qe4 | CMV: If the Democrats do not do literally everything in their power, up to and including breaking the law if necessary, to stop Mitch McConnell from confirming a justice less than two months before the election, then I should completely give up on them. | As the title says, if Democrats do not go all-in on blocking this justice, I will no longer see the value in them. They have done nothing but hand-wring and pearl-clutch while refusing to attack the Republican Party the way conservatives and Republicans attack us.
When I say do everything in their power, I'm referring... | Applicability | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Opinions CAN be wrong
Let's say my opinion is that Jesus was the best person on Earth. Someone else might say that Hitler was the best person in earth. Those are both opinions, and since they are contradictory, one must be wrong.
I myself am a Christian. I believe God is real. (My opinion). The majority of p... | Why does one have to be wrong? Wrong doesn't really make sense when you are talking about non-factual statements. This would be like saying "Either Venus or Mars must be more northern."
Well no, neither are more northern because "north" doesn't make sense outside the context of the Earth's surface. Just like "wrong" d... | who even argues that all opinions are true? of course some are wrong i dont see any arguments to change your view
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if my opinion is that 2+2=5 that is wrong and even though its "subjective" ita 100% wro... | 1i5hve6 | CMV: Opinions CAN be wrong |
Let's say my opinion is that Jesus was the best person on Earth. Someone else might say that Hitler was the best person in earth. Those are both opinions, and since they are contradictory, one must be wrong.
I myself am a Christian. I believe God is real. (My opinion). The majority of people disagree with me (Their... | Beneficial_One_1062 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV I believe my view of the Democratic party may be wrong
I was browsing a political subreddit (I won't clarify which as I don't know if it violates the rules or not) and they mentioned neo-liberalism and I realized that I thought the far left Democrats held those ideals i;e gender doesn't exist or the world would b... | What is your understanding of the term "neo-liberalism," I've never heard it used to refer to the things you're referring to
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I always thought it was just people with a superiority complex or some kind of self righteousness
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Neo-liberalism doesn't mean "liberal" in the sense that we use the term today.
>Neol... | Afaik there isn't really a progressive party in the US when compared to the rest of the world, only if compared to the Republicans. The Democrats are left of the Republicans but end up being centrists when compared globally
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/26/opinion/sunday/republican-platform-far-right.ht... | d6mab7 | CMV I believe my view of the Democratic party may be wrong | I was browsing a political subreddit (I won't clarify which as I don't know if it violates the rules or not) and they mentioned neo-liberalism and I realized that I thought the far left Democrats held those ideals i;e gender doesn't exist or the world would be a better place if we didn't have sexual preference (I thin... | cjtheghostbuster | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Greater knowledge leads to greater destruction.
The foundation of humanity’s technological achievements is built upon humanities knowledge of the natural world. It is also true, that advancements in technology grant humanity greater power to affect the natural world. However, humanities knowledge of the natural w... | The Mongol army conquered hundreds of cities and villages and also killed millions of men, women and children. It has been estimated that approximately 11% of the world's population was killed either during or immediately after the Mongol invasions (around 37.75 - 60 million people in Eurasia)
they did that in the 13... | > e.g. The destruction of ecosystems in North Queensland of Australia due to the introduction of the Kane Toad (to eliminate the Kane beetle), and the threat of Superbugs since the invent of penicillin (to fight bacterial infections).
I have an example for you: the decimation of the indigenous population of the Americ... | n2rzl9 | CMV: Greater knowledge leads to greater destruction. | The foundation of humanity’s technological achievements is built upon humanities knowledge of the natural world. It is also true, that advancements in technology grant humanity greater power to affect the natural world. However, humanities knowledge of the natural world is limited. This means the exertion of humanities... | Robboiswrong | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Capitalism has little to no place in our current world
Capitalism was certainly a great boon during the industrial revolution. It spurred the necessary economic development that our worldwide civilization needed to leap into our current state.
That being said, capitalism is doing more harm than good in this era.... | What system to you propose to replace capitalism?
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I think that would take a much larger discussion, but I think the first step is acknowledging that our current system needs to change.
That said, of existing systems, socialism seems to help alleviate the issues I mentioned above. It would help to shift the focus... | > When things like climate change are significantly tied to corporations, workers being treated as a disposable resource by companies like Amazon, horrendous working conditions being supported by tech companies
See you can say all those things, but they have little basis in reality. The adoption of capitalism actuall... | d6ll1j | CMV: Capitalism has little to no place in our current world | Capitalism was certainly a great boon during the industrial revolution. It spurred the necessary economic development that our worldwide civilization needed to leap into our current state.
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CMV: Conservatives Will Dominate America for the Next ~20 Years
Note: By “conservatives,” I mean both Republicans and conservative Democrats.
Trump’s win in November was resounding in every way except the final popular vote tally. Trump won every swing state, and every state moved to the right. Trump fell short of a ... | I mean the Democrats will just change their strategy to become competitive again. You are correct that the current Democratic Party has failed but keep in mind that the Republican Party had already failed in a similar fashion after Bush. Parties change all the time, and rather rapidly.
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That’s something I doubt, u... | It's all about the candidates. Harris came in way too late bc Biden would not step down until he was forced and to be honest, she's a terrible candidate anyway. She also chose a terrible running mate that did not help her either. Her campaign tactics were dreadful which also helped Trump.
Republicans will have an awfu... | 1i59te1 | CMV: Conservatives Will Dominate America for the Next ~20 Years | Note: By “conservatives,” I mean both Republicans and conservative Democrats.
Trump’s win in November was resounding in every way except the final popular vote tally. Trump won every swing state, and every state moved to the right. Trump fell short of a true majority of the popular vote and only won it by 1.5 points, ... | Emperor_Kyrius | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Marriage is an outdated institution that should become obsolete ASAP.
First, some facts:
Marriage originated as a way to create family alliances. A way to expand a labor force, and a way for families to offload their daughters, who were obviously seen as a burden to their families.
When marriage originated, i... | You said that marriage has a history of one thing (possession of the woman) and then said this is the same now without any real evidence. A phrase in a Jewish wedding ceremony doesn’t really prove that.
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Fair point - I probably should have worded it differently. The historical context cannot be completely separat... | Which marriage are you talking about?
Because here in Belgium you can marry in for example a Church. But the government doesn't care. It holds no legal value whatsoever. Similarly you can go to your local town-/city-hall and sign a contract to declare that you are now married. And that's all it is, a contract. ... | ba3nik | CMV: Marriage is an outdated institution that should become obsolete ASAP. | First, some facts:
Marriage originated as a way to create family alliances. A way to expand a labor force, and a way for families to offload their daughters, who were obviously seen as a burden to their families.
When marriage originated, it wasn't about affirming any love or commitment between one man and one woma... | DTownForever | 9 | 9 | [
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CMV: It is beneficial to my ex-girlfriend to come back with me
#Background
My ex-girlfriend, Clara, has borderline personality disorder, and subscribes to Taoism. Most people would know about Taoism via the yin-yang, but actual its core teachings are about social harmony, acting spontaneously, and avoiding conceptua... | Why is it necessary that you be in a relationship with her to help her with her issues?
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He most likely doesn't have the credentials to adequately help her with her conditions, and if he is professionally trained then it would be unethical for him to do so. | all of this is *very very interesting*, and you may be infinitely right about how beneficial it will be for your ex to come back, but it wont change the fact that **she won't do it anyway.**
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Yes, but if her friend agrees that it's beneficial for her to come back, then she will convince her? | achk5c | CMV: It is beneficial to my ex-girlfriend to come back with me | #Background
My ex-girlfriend, Clara, has borderline personality disorder, and subscribes to Taoism. Most people would know about Taoism via the yin-yang, but actual its core teachings are about social harmony, acting spontaneously, and avoiding conceptualization. However, as with anything else, there are misconceptio... | Ooker777 | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: The U.S. could eliminate North Korea without significant military retaliation
I didn't want to be this specific. I'm not a military expert in any sense, but this subreddit required more than a title. My main point would be that I believe the US military, with morality put aside, could eliminate the North Korean t... | they'd have to destroy most of NKs artillery almost immediately, to save the people of seoul. i'm not a military expert either, but i would imagine NK doesn't put all their artillery in places where they are easy to find and easy to hit. and if NK can drop just one or two nukes over seoul before they get destroyed, you... | Nukes are not instantaneous. While American nuke are en route North Korea can reatliate with both any conventional arms they have and with any nuclear power they have. And although it may be that the US proper would not be affected, the US's allies in the region would be severly affected.
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CMV: Everyone (regardless of social or political beliefs) deserves to have freedom of speech.
I lean left. I make little secret of that. However, I have seen some terrible stuff in left an right-wing circles recently online. People on left subs an channels call the right "Nazis" an "Fascist". They automatically assume... | Everyone does have freedom of speech, but that does not free you from the consequences of that speech socially or in extreme cases, such as compelling someone to commit murder, legally. If someone says something racist, that is exercising free speech. But the negative reaction from that, so long as it doesn’t infringe ... | > I don't care what your beliefs are. Heck, you can be a registered member of the racist club, but I believe you should have your voice heard. No matter who you are, or what you believe, everyone deserves to have freedom of speech. An no one, Communist or Neo-Nazi, deserve to have that taken away.
Are you familiar wi... | ivz3cl | CMV: Everyone (regardless of social or political beliefs) deserves to have freedom of speech. | I lean left. I make little secret of that. However, I have seen some terrible stuff in left an right-wing circles recently online. People on left subs an channels call the right "Nazis" an "Fascist". They automatically assume your racist or transphobic or the like if you don't agree with whatever the trend is. To a lar... | OperativeTracer | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I am Islamophobic.
I mean that in both senses of the word. I hate Islam, and I am afraid of Islam. I do not hate Muslims for being Islamic; rather I see them as victims of an oppressive system.
I have done my best to listen to as many viewpoints as possible on this subject. Both for and against. My best friend f... | >I could list the reasons I think Islam is harmful, but I don't want this conversation to become a slog of nitpicking over definitions and statistics. I will say, I believe Islam is unacceptable based on its widespread homophobia alone.
In America, muslims are more accepting of gay rights than evangelicals. Do you ha... | You are saying you hate the religion, not the people who practice it. There's a difference.
Most people would use the term to describe people who hate muslims.
I think you're misusing the term.
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I hate muslims and the religion. What am I then
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An islamophobe | exexo0 | CMV: I am Islamophobic. | I mean that in both senses of the word. I hate Islam, and I am afraid of Islam. I do not hate Muslims for being Islamic; rather I see them as victims of an oppressive system.
I have done my best to listen to as many viewpoints as possible on this subject. Both for and against. My best friend for thirty years was Musli... | AlexReynard | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: corporations should not be held responsible for human rights or environmental abuses that occur very far upstream of the supply chain.
I find it ridiculous when people blame Tesla or Apple for unethical cobalt mining practices in a war-torn country they have no ability to inspect, as an example. Only about 1/5 of... | You say that it’s all mixed, but companies only do that because it’s profitable. If Tesla or Apple said “I’ll pay 2x for cobalt that you can prove is ethical” then it would make financial sense not to mix the unethical stuff in (unless it was a much higher proportion than you’re suggesting it is) and instead sell the e... | I would agree with less responsible. There is a difference between doing something and supporting it. No, Tesla isn't responsible for unethical mining practices, but they are responsible for buying cobalt from people they know are engaging in wildly unethical mining practices. That isn't the same thing, but it isn't... | 1eoq7fv | CMV: corporations should not be held responsible for human rights or environmental abuses that occur very far upstream of the supply chain. | I find it ridiculous when people blame Tesla or Apple for unethical cobalt mining practices in a war-torn country they have no ability to inspect, as an example. Only about 1/5 of cobalt mining in the DRC comes from "artisanal mining" and forced labour likely only accounts for a minority of that. These small amounts of... | Individual-Scar-6372 | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: "Loyalty Day" is ridiculous and should be gotten rid of
[https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-loyalty-day-2021/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-loyalty-day-2021/)
I think this holiday is absolutely r... | Being a federally recognized holiday is virtually meaningless. Here's a list of some federally recognized holidays:
* Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
* Child Health Day
* Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
* Gold Star Mother's Day
* Law Day (also on May 1)
* Leif Erikson Day
* National Aviation Day
* Nationa... | Would it change your view to know that there's no point getting rid of it because nobody has ever heard of it? Clearly the government is aware of it, but the average citizen is not. I've lived in the U.S. my entire life and never knew this was a thing until just now.
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I mean it makes it better, but still the fact ... | n2n7y6 | CMV: "Loyalty Day" is ridiculous and should be gotten rid of | [https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-loyalty-day-2021/](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/04/30/a-proclamation-on-loyalty-day-2021/)
I think this holiday is absolutely ridiculous. It was conceived of as the "American" alternative ... | VenousMallard46 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It is no longer viable for parents to take a child's phone if they are in high school or higher, except for extreme circumstances.
In this age, a lot of things rely on a phone. Imagine if you had to go a week without access to a phone. How would you keep track of your work schedule? How would you coordinate who's... | >Phone's aren't just a platform to look at memes, they are essential to everyday life
They aren't essential to everyday life. They just help out. Yes, you get announcements faster on your phone, but there are other ways of getting it as well.
When sports practices change, there are a limit of where they can be held... | I intentionally went phone-free for 3 weeks of December and more than half of 2018. I rely primarily on email, it really makes next to no difference if you have a laptop and are willing to carry it.
At one point in high school, I was denied the privileges of phone, tv, computer, most of my clothing and a bed. I was fi... | aqzox9 | CMV: It is no longer viable for parents to take a child's phone if they are in high school or higher, except for extreme circumstances. | In this age, a lot of things rely on a phone. Imagine if you had to go a week without access to a phone. How would you keep track of your work schedule? How would you coordinate who's doing what if you're working with someone? It becomes even worse because most parents don't let kids give a warning to people that they ... | Sheevy_Boi | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: The main reason for the current rise of anti-AI discourse is that it's becoming increasingly clear that middle-class white collar office workers and talentless creative professionals are going to be replaced before the poor working class we previously thought automation would render obsolete.
The current crop of ... | What shift in your view are you looking for? That there are other, more significant or likely reasons to be concerned about AI? Or that your characterization of the issue is off-base? With so little written, your post feels more like an expression of resentment against the white-collar middle class than any sort of cog... | I support our coming AI overlords.
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well... if it gets regulated to hell, the only people who will be able to operate them will be our current overlords, the government and mega-corporations
I guess we'll need to learn how to strap cyberdecks to our wrists and program clandestine llms hehe
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Naw, if we ever ... | 15b443d | CMV: The main reason for the current rise of anti-AI discourse is that it's becoming increasingly clear that middle-class white collar office workers and talentless creative professionals are going to be replaced before the poor working class we previously thought automation would render obsolete. | The current crop of AI models are just another tool to further automation, which the zeitgeist of people with a voice have mostly seen as a good thing. People are just now realizing that it's going to be a lot easier to replace people whose only inputs and outputs are a bunch of bytes in electronic storage than it is g... | TheReservedList | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Mens's sex expectations are not biased by porn but by awesome past experiences
From my experience, women tend to blame porn for unrealistic expectation when they should blame ex-GF/FWB that are better at sexMany time, friends of mine have shown a lot of disdain towards men for watching porn and having expectation... | >this is the type of experiences that I have had with other partners before her.
Clarifying Question: How do you know that was their genuine desires or reactions and not them just doing what *they* saw in porn?
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Regardless of if they saw it in porn or not, this is what I enjoyed.
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>Regardless of if they saw ... | >Mens's sex expectations are not biased by porn but by awesome past experiences
I think your view relies a lot on this distinction between what's depicted in porn and real life. What you're missing is practices that are depicted in porn have an impact on expectations for real life. The causal chain is porn depicts X, ... | 1es8i07 | CMV: Mens's sex expectations are not biased by porn but by awesome past experiences | From my experience, women tend to blame porn for unrealistic expectation when they should blame ex-GF/FWB that are better at sexMany time, friends of mine have shown a lot of disdain towards men for watching porn and having expectations in bed that are supposed to be derived from it. However many of those practices in ... | BallastLove | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I don't see how anyone could believe in a flat earth
The scientific consensus and status quo is that the earth is round. I'm fine with disagreeing with the status quo, but if you do you had better have good reasons. And when it comes to flat earth, I don't see good enough reasons.
The evidence for a round eart... | I do not believe in flat earth, but will refute your evidence as a flat earther would to show why they think that way.
1. Things get smaller when they are far away and waves can cover them.
2. The sun is closer to earth so the lines aren’t parallel.
3. CGI.
4. To control you and protect what they are hiding at ... | Ships, skip.
Differing shadow lengths, how about the light source [in this case the sun] is offset and does not run down the center of the flat earth. This would provide differing shadow lengths.
Video, could be faked. There are plenty of movies shows etc displaying similair images that were faked so possibility e... | n2onpx | CMV: I don't see how anyone could believe in a flat earth | The scientific consensus and status quo is that the earth is round. I'm fine with disagreeing with the status quo, but if you do you had better have good reasons. And when it comes to flat earth, I don't see good enough reasons.
The evidence for a round earth are numerous. How do flat earther's explain:
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CMV: The American founding fathers should have made our First Amendment rights impossible to repeal.
The last part of Article 5, which discusses amendments, states that there are two un-repealable provisions in the Constitution:
> no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight s... | Nothing should be un-repealable. All morals and laws are a product of their time, which can change over time in ways impossible for those who wrote them to envision when writing them. The founding fathers weren't clairvoyants, they made the constitution based on the information and the society they had at the time.
I... | If there was enough popular sentiment to actually repeal the first amendment, whether the Constitution stipulated it could be repealed is going to be the last thing which stops it being repealed. If you gut the jurisprudence around the first amendment, that’s essentially repealing the amendment because it would be mean... | 17yy5oi | CMV: The American founding fathers should have made our First Amendment rights impossible to repeal. | The last part of Article 5, which discusses amendments, states that there are two un-repealable provisions in the Constitution:
> no Amendment which may be made prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and ... | Torin_3 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Elective circumcision should be a crime
In America, we look down on female genital mutilation, like what happens in the middle east and Africa, while often still choosing to circumcise newborn males. This hypocrisy is thanks to archaic Judeo-Christian laws, and is almost never medically warranted (it is a treatme... | Female gentile mutilation isn't the same as circumcision.
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Other than physiological differences, what's the difference? I know boys and girls are different; but cutting parts off either of them is wrong.
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Women loose their clitoris.
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But philosophically, what's the difference? The foreskin and clitoris b... | Unlike female circumcision there are potential health benefits for male circumcision:
A decreased risk of urinary tract infections.
A reduced risk of some sexually transmitted diseases in men.
Protection against penile cancer and a reduced risk of cervical cancer in female sex partners.
Prevention of balanitis (infl... | ex6yh6 | CMV: Elective circumcision should be a crime | In America, we look down on female genital mutilation, like what happens in the middle east and Africa, while often still choosing to circumcise newborn males. This hypocrisy is thanks to archaic Judeo-Christian laws, and is almost never medically warranted (it is a treatment for a rare ailment, but we're not discussin... | gr8artist | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Marriage is mostly pointless and outdated, you can declare your love for someone without having to "tie the knot, and I feel most people get married due to societal pressures.
I am massively against having children and getting married, but I do love dating and wish to find someone somewhere that shares my views. ... | I used to share your view so I lived with my partner without getting married for 5 years. When we split up, there was just as much to do in regards to dividing our belongings, furniture, etc.
And on top of that - he withdrew 100% of the money from our savings the day we broke up. So I was homeless with absolutely no ... | You seem to be ignoring the 1500+ legal benifits that marriage includes.
You might not think much of the symbolic aspect of getting married, but that doesn't mean that the practical and legal institution is outdated or useless.
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I'm not ignoring them I am mostly unaware of them. Can you please provide examples in... | 6l9pjc | CMV: Marriage is mostly pointless and outdated, you can declare your love for someone without having to "tie the knot, and I feel most people get married due to societal pressures. | I am massively against having children and getting married, but I do love dating and wish to find someone somewhere that shares my views. Marriage, to me, seems unnecessary. I feel my partner and I don't need to "symbolize" our relationship and throwing this big party and ceremony for something that may end in tragedy,... | conradwinkles | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: A majority of American Dentists are scamming their patients.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/
This view was born from personal experience, but I am open to having my view changed with data.
When I was 18, a week before I moved out of my parents' basement,... | I think the article you cite provides sufficient evidence to dispute your view. It points to relevant data in two places.
First, the author notes the case study was a rairty, typical dentists are prescribing particular treatment at a rate up to 87% lower than the subject :
>The numbers spoke for themselves. Year afte... | So they are all saying you need a root canal? Is it for the same tooth? Is it a different procedure they recommend?
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Different teeth, different procedures. Sometimes two dentists will mention the same tooth, but there has not been a pattern.
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I can’t change your view. I’ve had the exact scenario play out. On... | 1es5gtq | CMV: A majority of American Dentists are scamming their patients. | https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/05/the-trouble-with-dentistry/586039/
This view was born from personal experience, but I am open to having my view changed with data.
When I was 18, a week before I moved out of my parents' basement, I went to the dentist for a routine cleaning. I'd always prided m... | Nosebluhd | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I am of the strong opinion that capital letter should not be required at the start of a sentence.
capital letters fulfill their purpose in acronyms/initialisms and proper nouns. a name like Mark requires a capital to differentiate it from the regular word. capitals are not required to show a reader that a new sen... | Capital letters fulfill their purpose in acronyms/initialisms and proper nouns. A name like Mark requires a capital to differentiate it from the regular word. Capitals are not required to show a reader that a new sentence is beginning. The entire point of punctuation is to end a clause. A comma or semi-colon is not fol... | What about when writing by hand? Periods are small and easily confused with commas.
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this is a fair point, and most rules of writing likely arose to understand written text. this isn't as applicable to typed text, but is still a valid argument.
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Confirmed: 1 delta awarded to /u/DHCKris ([87∆](/r/changem... | 703ibl | CMV: I am of the strong opinion that capital letter should not be required at the start of a sentence. | capital letters fulfill their purpose in acronyms/initialisms and proper nouns. a name like Mark requires a capital to differentiate it from the regular word. capitals are not required to show a reader that a new sentence is beginning. the entire point of punctuation is to end a clause. a comma or semi-colon is not fol... | TheArcticRedeemer | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: I support same-sex marriage as a right but not as a practice. This is an acceptable position to hold and gay rights supporters shouldn’t demand any more than that of people.
To add on to that, I will never publicly criticize it but I will hold to my personal religious belief that it is wrong. Also I will do my be... | >To add on to that, I will never publicly criticize it but I will hold to my personal religious belief that it is wrong. Also I will do my best not to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation.
How do you intend to keep your private opinions from influencing your actions? And if they don't affect ... | Marriage has nothing to do with religion. Marriage is all about a government contract and list of privileges relating to subjects like inheritance, children, division of property after divorce, immigration, decisions about end of life care, and so on.
That's what proponents of gay marriage are seeking. Your ceremony i... | 9ij7tu | CMV: I support same-sex marriage as a right but not as a practice. This is an acceptable position to hold and gay rights supporters shouldn’t demand any more than that of people. | To add on to that, I will never publicly criticize it but I will hold to my personal religious belief that it is wrong. Also I will do my best not to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation.
If it ever came to the point where it was demanded that a non-profit, religious organization should be for... | scizor375 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Hospitals in the US should not be required to stabilize patients if they can’t pay for it
Maybe this might sound heartless, but it’s something I got thinking about.
In the US, hospitals are pretty much unilaterally private, right? With a few exceptions I’m pretty sure. Well, if that’s the case, I don’t think the... | Doctors take a vow to protect and treat anyone who needs it. Your view is antithetical to what being a doctor entails. Being a Doctor is not a normal professional career, it's not akin to being a salesperson.
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I agree with this actually, but doctors don’t run hospitals. Even with the Hippocratic oath, it only appl... | One of the bigger problems isn’t just whether someone can pay for it, but whether they can show proof of being able to pay for it, when it’s needed on the spot. Obviously those with emergency situations are not in the best position to setup payment.
Even though someone has insurance, that doesn’t guarantee coverage f... | d6gevd | CMV: Hospitals in the US should not be required to stabilize patients if they can’t pay for it | Maybe this might sound heartless, but it’s something I got thinking about.
In the US, hospitals are pretty much unilaterally private, right? With a few exceptions I’m pretty sure. Well, if that’s the case, I don’t think they should be obligated to save the life of anybody that can’t pay for it. Hospitals are a busines... | TheSpaceCoresDad | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Hospitals in the US should not be required to stabilize patients if they can’t pay for it
Maybe this might sound heartless, but it’s something I got thinking about.
In the US, hospitals are pretty much unilaterally private, right? With a few exceptions I’m pretty sure. Well, if that’s the case, I don’t think the... | How would this work when you consider doctors have to uphold the [Hippocratic Oath](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocratic_Oath)?
What if they are unconscious?
How do you verify that have the means?
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Someone else commented with this and it’s a really good point. To me, the Oath would not be violated because... | One of the bigger problems isn’t just whether someone can pay for it, but whether they can show proof of being able to pay for it, when it’s needed on the spot. Obviously those with emergency situations are not in the best position to setup payment.
Even though someone has insurance, that doesn’t guarantee coverage f... | d6gevd | CMV: Hospitals in the US should not be required to stabilize patients if they can’t pay for it | Maybe this might sound heartless, but it’s something I got thinking about.
In the US, hospitals are pretty much unilaterally private, right? With a few exceptions I’m pretty sure. Well, if that’s the case, I don’t think they should be obligated to save the life of anybody that can’t pay for it. Hospitals are a busines... | TheSpaceCoresDad | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: Transpeople should disclose that they're trans to their partners before acts of intimacy, e.g. sex, kissing, cuddling, etc.
First off, it's perfectly fine that transpeople exist; they're well within their rights to do so and should be allowed to express that right without any harassment. These are human beings an... | I'm going to focus on the most extreme version of your case, kissing. Kissing doesn't involve genitalia so why should it matter what's in your pants?
Let's assume it does matter though. Should a cis-man with a micro penis or a cis-woman who has a shallow vagina and can't engage in penetrative sex have to disclose that... | Since the problem seems to lie with the person who doesn't want a trans partner, shouldn't *they* be the one to disclose before getting intimate? "Yo, I don't like trans people, just letting you know in case that's a dealbreaker." That way they can spare any trans people from having to risk, you know, getting murdered.... | ex76zy | CMV: Transpeople should disclose that they're trans to their partners before acts of intimacy, e.g. sex, kissing, cuddling, etc. | First off, it's perfectly fine that transpeople exist; they're well within their rights to do so and should be allowed to express that right without any harassment. These are human beings and they should be allowed to do with themselves as they please. Transpeople should be respected just like any human being.
It's al... | Luzifire | 11 | 11 | [
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CMV: People shouldn't be hated because of the environment they were brought up in.
The motivation of this post is all the hate I have seen of specific groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Westboro Baptist Church, Neo-Nazis, etc.
I don't think these groups should be judged so harshly that it turns into hatred of them.... | When IS it justified to hate people, according to you? Everything belief that everyone has comes from a rich tapestry of internal and external factors. Couldn't I use this same argument against ever hating anyone based on their views?
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> When IS it justified to hate people, according to you?
Understand that I a... | What you seem to be against is violence, not hatred. I hate neo-nazis, but I would never harm them unless they attacked me or someone around me, but that goes for anyone. Do I hate white slave-owners? Yup. Hate 'em real good! I would actually hurt them since they actively participated in slavery and hurting people thou... | 7045vh | CMV: People shouldn't be hated because of the environment they were brought up in. | The motivation of this post is all the hate I have seen of specific groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses, Westboro Baptist Church, Neo-Nazis, etc.
I don't think these groups should be judged so harshly that it turns into hatred of them. This is because, for the most part, these people were raised to hold the beliefs th... | synergistali | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: social media actually does reflect reality .
A lot of times when people use social media to support a position they have an immediate response is “social media isn’t real” or “social media doesn’t reflect reality “ or something similar. Essentially saying that what is on social media is not the majority opinion .... | Let me ask you something? Do you work or have kids?
The bulk of people do both of these things. Their opinions are not that commonly heard on social media. Why because they are too busy working, looking after their kids etc.
Social meds a represents what certain small group of people who don't do the above
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... | There are plenty of people who dislike republicans but Desantos got voted again. So I'm confused if Social media reflects reality then why are so many republicans voted once again in positions of power?
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Peep facebook. Republicans are really really vocal on social media actually.
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Wait so how do I quantify wh... | 1c3ocf3 | CMV: social media actually does reflect reality . | A lot of times when people use social media to support a position they have an immediate response is “social media isn’t real” or “social media doesn’t reflect reality “ or something similar. Essentially saying that what is on social media is not the majority opinion . Take dating for instance. On social media you see ... | fiktional_m3 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Justice for Breonna Taylor’s killings come from police reforms and a 12 million dollar settlement not from putting reckless officers in jail.
Before I explain my view: Breonna Taylor’s death is/was/will/always be a tragedy. She was recklessly murdered during a surprise police raid and the officer who did this des... | If theyre never held accountable itll never stop regardless of the rules that change or the money paid out last year alone NYC paid out a quarter of a billion dollars in settlements its not enough.
Murderers belong in jail not in uniform one county over.
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What do you mean? It was not classified as a murder but a... | Whats the point of these reforms if they aren't going to be enforced?
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I mentioned in my CMV that I was *assuming* they will be enforced. The city has said that they will but only time will tell if they will actually do it.
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Why should anyone assume they will when they don't even take murders serioualy?
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With this in mind, I think we shouldn’t forget that [Breonna Taylor’s family settled... | [deleted] | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: Mutual funds are a better investment than real estate.
In the current housing market where $500,000 buys you a *starter* home (British Columbia, Canada...but this is certainly not unusual these days)...even if I put $100,000 down, I'll be paying at least $300,000 in interest on that mortgage, assuming 25 year amo... | To really determine what does better we need some governing assumptions.
What is the assumption of mutual fund returns? I might suggest 8%.
What is the assumption of real estate appreciation? I might assume 1% real or about 3.5% on average.
How long is the investment horizon? I would suggest 50 years.
What ... | what do you mean with "mutual funds"? investing in the stock market, but someone at rrsp manages your funds?
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Correct, my preferred and current investments are professionally managed mutual funds - mostly in stocks.
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CMV: Smartphones should have their charging docks at the top, not the bottom
1. In the car, you can then put your phone in the cupholder. For those of us with phone holders attached to the dash, topside docks don't really harm them.
2. Could be wrong about this, but if you're at a desk with your laptop and charging y... | > For those of us with phone holders attached to the dash, topside docks don't really harm them.
I think they might. If you have the cord connected on the top, it has to bend either backwards or sideways, which produces strain on the port and the cable that can, over time, and especially with the vibrations and jerks... | Turn on screen rotation and there ya go
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I've never had a phone that could rotate the screen 180, have you?
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My last Samsung could do it.
If yours can't, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ there's gotta be free apps out there. | n2jl1c | CMV: Smartphones should have their charging docks at the top, not the bottom | 1. In the car, you can then put your phone in the cupholder. For those of us with phone holders attached to the dash, topside docks don't really harm them.
2. Could be wrong about this, but if you're at a desk with your laptop and charging your phone using the USB from your laptop, it naturally ends up with the dock p... | mfDandP | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: If a game on Steam receives a negative review from someone who has played that game for more than 200 hours, you should ignore that review.
This seems to be happening a lot lately: there are a ton of negative reviews on Steam from people who have played a game 200 or 300 hours. Whenever I see one of those reviews... | What if for example the game is good when they initially played it but an update introduced a ton of things the player disliked and can't recommend in it's current state?
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That's fine, didn't think about that.
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So some are worth reading? It seems like he has changed you're view a bit, you should probably awa... | There are games where a single playthrough lasts waaay longer than 20 hours, without featuring a campaign or something similarly story-focussed. One example is [Stellaris](http://store.steampowered.com/app/281990/Stellaris/), which is a 4X game (thus has good replay value), where a single game can easily reach 40 hours... | 6l8xfq | CMV: If a game on Steam receives a negative review from someone who has played that game for more than 200 hours, you should ignore that review. | This seems to be happening a lot lately: there are a ton of negative reviews on Steam from people who have played a game 200 or 300 hours. Whenever I see one of those reviews, I ignore it, and I think everyone else should too. I take it as a sign that I'm not going to get anything useful out of reading their review.
I... | Kap00m | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: People should only have children deliberately and not as accidents.
It seems so many problems are caused in society by unwanted children.
One solution I’m personally considering is a vasectomy while storing sperm multiple banks. It already seems like a no brainer since currently my future as a dad can so easily ... | Because you can't force people to do things to their body that they don't agree with.
Bodily autonomy is sacrosanct, dude. We even give *corpses* that shit (surgeons can't take organs from dead people unless they specifically consented to it while they were alive).
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More education and access and improved birth control metho... | 9ifnpo | CMV: People should only have children deliberately and not as accidents. | It seems so many problems are caused in society by unwanted children.
One solution I’m personally considering is a vasectomy while storing sperm multiple banks. It already seems like a no brainer since currently my future as a dad can so easily be ended through minor physical harm. Redundancy seems to make sense. Then... | jimmyxtang | 2 | 2 | [
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CMV: There is inherently nothing wrong with being rich, everything is wrong with the power that comes with it.
A lot of politicians like AOC, President Biden etc. are pushing for heavy tax plans on wealthier individuals to prevent them from acquiring more money. And I can see why they do that, but in my opinion that i... | If the power that comes from being rich is what is wrong, and being rich is how you get that power, then there IS something wrong with being rich.
If A = B and B = C, A = C.
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If I make $1M a year and even if the goverment takes $900k from me, I'm still treated richer and more powerful than the man who makes $200k... | Perhaps we should change our political systems, I’d suggest removing lobbying, killing the concept of campaign donations (each candidate gets a finite amount of money to spend per race from the government, anything not spent is returned), term limits in congress. This would go a long way to removing that power. The pro... | n2ig7z | CMV: There is inherently nothing wrong with being rich, everything is wrong with the power that comes with it. | A lot of politicians like AOC, President Biden etc. are pushing for heavy tax plans on wealthier individuals to prevent them from acquiring more money. And I can see why they do that, but in my opinion that is a completely wrong way to deal with the rich.
The reason why the rich are bad is because of the power and in... | Humanbeingnumber6 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: There is inherently nothing wrong with being rich, everything is wrong with the power that comes with it.
A lot of politicians like AOC, President Biden etc. are pushing for heavy tax plans on wealthier individuals to prevent them from acquiring more money. And I can see why they do that, but in my opinion that i... | If the power that comes from being rich is what is wrong, and being rich is how you get that power, then there IS something wrong with being rich.
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CMV: If Congress demands Trump's tax returns any legal fight over it should be brief because it is not a close legal question.
I was reading [this article](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/04/democrats-big-rollout-begins-now-it-must-include-real-bid-trumps-tax-returns/?utm_term=.64b4fb619edc) about the ... | > I don't see such a case taking a very long time, or being very hard to decide.
I think the assumption is that if you pay a bunch of lawyers enough money, they can at the very least stretch out the legal proceedings. For example, they could just file a bunch of motions and drown the judge in filings, which take time... | Do you want them to try and force his tax returns out?
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I'd like to have them obtain them and have professional staff/criminal lawyers/forensic accountants go over them. If they revealed likely criminal conduct then yes they should be publicly released.
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This sounds like its more meant for taxes of organizat... | ackacg | CMV: If Congress demands Trump's tax returns any legal fight over it should be brief because it is not a close legal question. | I was reading [this article](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/04/democrats-big-rollout-begins-now-it-must-include-real-bid-trumps-tax-returns/?utm_term=.64b4fb619edc) about the question of whether and when the House Ways and Means Committee will demand Trump's tax returns. It says that "Trump and the de... | huadpe | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Mocking and shaming vegans and vegetarians is too common and extremely harmful.
If we want to solve climate change, people need to eat less meat. The meat industry contributes more greenhouse gases than all cars, planes, trains and ships in the entire world combined.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/... | Extremely harmful to what? Your cause? Your own statements here are more harmful to the cause of converting people to organism than any mocking that omnivores might do.
To vegans self-esteem? Well, if they didn't announce it to the world and demand that people convert, then nobody would know to kick them.
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[r... | You say it yourself: if we are going to put a serious dent in climate change, meat consumption has to be reduced. _Reduced_. Not eliminated. Vegans and vegetarians damage the discourse around doing this by constantly promoting an extreme dichotomy (eat all the meat you want or no meat at all) when none exists. A practi... | 9idrix | CMV: Mocking and shaming vegans and vegetarians is too common and extremely harmful. | If we want to solve climate change, people need to eat less meat. The meat industry contributes more greenhouse gases than all cars, planes, trains and ships in the entire world combined.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/03/eating-less-meat-curb-climate-change
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CMV: Mocking and shaming vegans and vegetarians is too common and extremely harmful.
If we want to solve climate change, people need to eat less meat. The meat industry contributes more greenhouse gases than all cars, planes, trains and ships in the entire world combined.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/... | Extremely harmful to what? Your cause? Your own statements here are more harmful to the cause of converting people to organism than any mocking that omnivores might do.
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[r... | You say it yourself: if we are going to put a serious dent in climate change, meat consumption has to be reduced. _Reduced_. Not eliminated. Vegans and vegetarians damage the discourse around doing this by constantly promoting an extreme dichotomy (eat all the meat you want or no meat at all) when none exists. A practi... | 9idrix | CMV: Mocking and shaming vegans and vegetarians is too common and extremely harmful. | If we want to solve climate change, people need to eat less meat. The meat industry contributes more greenhouse gases than all cars, planes, trains and ships in the entire world combined.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/dec/03/eating-less-meat-curb-climate-change
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CMV:If you illegally entered the Capitol on Jan 6, you should be ineligible for public office for at least 10 years.
If you respect the rule of law and the democratic process so little you were willing to forcefully disrupt it, you shouldn't be eligible to a representative participating in that process, no matter how ... | The most fundamental basis of Democracy is the right to elect people who are outside what the government deems acceptable. Like South Africa electing Mandela even though he was in prison for terrorism. We need to have that right, to be able to elect people currently in prison, people who may be rioters, terrorists, t... | People that are convicted of crimes literally will be ineligible to hold office, so that pretty much takes care of it right?
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That's not always the case. And it's possible someone could plead out for a lesser charge that would still allow them to run for a number of offices.
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Sure, but at that point we are sp... | rrjzy3 | CMV:If you illegally entered the Capitol on Jan 6, you should be ineligible for public office for at least 10 years. | If you respect the rule of law and the democratic process so little you were willing to forcefully disrupt it, you shouldn't be eligible to a representative participating in that process, no matter how well you may be liked. With so many of these people entering the electoral process, our democracy's ability to withsta... | MFrancisWrites | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV:If you illegally entered the Capitol on Jan 6, you should be ineligible for public office for at least 10 years.
If you respect the rule of law and the democratic process so little you were willing to forcefully disrupt it, you shouldn't be eligible to a representative participating in that process, no matter how ... | It's not even clear that what they were doing was illegal. That's why a huge percentage of these cases are starting to fall apart and are being dismissed.
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>what they were doing was illegal
Unauthorized entry of the Capitol? How is that unclear?
---
I've been in that building before. It's often referred to as "... | People that are convicted of crimes literally will be ineligible to hold office, so that pretty much takes care of it right?
---
That's not always the case. And it's possible someone could plead out for a lesser charge that would still allow them to run for a number of offices.
---
Sure, but at that point we are sp... | rrjzy3 | CMV:If you illegally entered the Capitol on Jan 6, you should be ineligible for public office for at least 10 years. | If you respect the rule of law and the democratic process so little you were willing to forcefully disrupt it, you shouldn't be eligible to a representative participating in that process, no matter how well you may be liked. With so many of these people entering the electoral process, our democracy's ability to withsta... | MFrancisWrites | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: America is the corrupted enterprise Eisenhower warned about
Other than the sections of the speech below, I think I can summarize my view shortly. I served for just about 5 years in the Navy as an officer. Over two deployments I shifted my view from one where the United States was ultimately a force for good to on... | It doesn't really seem as if you've qualified your position with a substantive argument, although I don't doubt that you have one. A lecture given by an admiral and incentive structures for funding the purchase of weaponry are neither evidence of corruption nor evidence of corrupt policy.
---
I'm not a professional ... | Wars are at a historic low and the so-called "price of human life" is at its highest ever and growing at an increasing pace. Counterintuitively, this creates the perception that there is more war and violence than ever due to the effects of the psychological phenomenon called the *[prevalence-induced concept change](ht... | acj6dy | CMV: America is the corrupted enterprise Eisenhower warned about | Other than the sections of the speech below, I think I can summarize my view shortly. I served for just about 5 years in the Navy as an officer. Over two deployments I shifted my view from one where the United States was ultimately a force for good to one where the United States is, at base, a hammer constantly looking... | _Zorpo_ | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: It is wildly hypocritical to support Black Lives Matter and not condemn glorification of violence in Black culture
I am an Afro-Latino from Philadelphia. I am a progressive and strong proponent of the spirit of Black Lives Matter.
The murders of people like Elijah McClain, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd have m... | What is there to condemn? When a black person commits violence against another black person, they go to jail. The problem is that there is no oversight or justice when it's the police committing violence.
Blaming rap music for "glorifying violence" is the same as blaming video games for mass shootings. There are no s... | I dont think black on black violence and BLM are directly associated. One is a movement to allow black people the freedom and peace of mind to not get killed by their own government. The other is people killing people, not to downplay how serious murder is. And when you look at music specifically for these things, we s... | ivtsrk | CMV: It is wildly hypocritical to support Black Lives Matter and not condemn glorification of violence in Black culture | I am an Afro-Latino from Philadelphia. I am a progressive and strong proponent of the spirit of Black Lives Matter.
The murders of people like Elijah McClain, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd have made me sick to my stomach, and plunged me into deep depression several times this year.
Today I was working online and m... | TheArchitect_7 | 7 | 7 | [
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CMV: If current trends hold, Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk will likely be sidelined in Daredevil: Born Again (because they're legacy characters played by white dudes)
Ok, I know this sounds straight from the most fragile corners of Youtube clickbait, but hear me out. This isn't a "diversity bad" take. This is a " studi... | So we are not counting Doctor Strange, Loki, Moon Knight, Winter Soldier and Hawkeye as white men?
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Doctor Strange, the villain wasnt a white man
Moon Night, Oscar Isaac is hispanic
It was FALCON AND the Winter Soldier, Falcon was the main character (and the main villain wasn't a white dude either)
Loki got sid... | The they should prefare for go woke go broke floppage
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what?
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Why?
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ah, thanks for editing the comment, what go woke go broke floppage?
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What? | 15aedfa | CMV: If current trends hold, Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk will likely be sidelined in Daredevil: Born Again (because they're legacy characters played by white dudes) | Ok, I know this sounds straight from the most fragile corners of Youtube clickbait, but hear me out. This isn't a "diversity bad" take. This is a " studio exec tickboxes may screw up the show, even if those tickboxes come originally from good intentions" take
Here is a count, by Phase, of Marvel projects which had som... | Rwandrall | 5 | 5 | [
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CMV: OPEC's embargo against the US in the early 70s was totally justified.
If you don't know about the embargo and it's motivations, here's a quick run through:
If you don't know, OPEC is a coalition of major oil-producing nations like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela. During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, OPEC got re... | How exactly do you define justified here? Like justified as in it follows the what is in the best interest of their specific movement? Or justified as in it was best for their countries? Or justifies as if it was actually a morally just action?
---
politically and potentially morally justified, but I'm open to changi... | OPEC never embargoed, OAPEC (Organization of *Arab* Petroleum Exporting Countries) did.
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you're right, sorry. always heard it called the OPEC embargo. still think it was justified.
---
I guess your position fell apart. OPEC didn’t. It was only OAPEC, which makes sense.
Fast forward to 2022-2024, Joe Biden sell... | 1c3iiz5 | CMV: OPEC's embargo against the US in the early 70s was totally justified. | If you don't know about the embargo and it's motivations, here's a quick run through:
If you don't know, OPEC is a coalition of major oil-producing nations like Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Venezuela. During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, OPEC got really upset with the United States and other Western countries for supporting... | RealFee1405 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Religious beliefs are a necessary evil.
Despite its questionable truth, a society needs some form of religion as an easily accessible but comprehensive view of the world. Religion provides the everyday person with a more or less coherent system to whatever ethical or transcendental question they have.
In the bes... | >For one thing, not everybody is willing to build themselves their own idiosyncratic construct of personal philosophy, through which they can form a maxim to guide their life.
But that's what most people end up doing with religion - following the rules they personally believe are valid and ignoring the rules they beli... | What kind of argument are you open to changing your view on this matter?
---
One‘s that show, how non-religious worldviews can be accessible as well (Habermas is heavily mentioned in this matter, but I’m not sure if one could call his writings somewhat accessible). One’s that show, that religion is not desirable anym... | rriw5g | CMV: Religious beliefs are a necessary evil. | Despite its questionable truth, a society needs some form of religion as an easily accessible but comprehensive view of the world. Religion provides the everyday person with a more or less coherent system to whatever ethical or transcendental question they have.
In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be a... | jp0704 | 3 | 3 | [
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CMV: Religious beliefs are a necessary evil.
Despite its questionable truth, a society needs some form of religion as an easily accessible but comprehensive view of the world. Religion provides the everyday person with a more or less coherent system to whatever ethical or transcendental question they have.
In the bes... | What kind of argument are you open to changing your view on this matter?
---
One‘s that show, how non-religious worldviews can be accessible as well (Habermas is heavily mentioned in this matter, but I’m not sure if one could call his writings somewhat accessible). One’s that show, that religion is not desirable anym... | >For one thing, not everybody is willing to build themselves their own idiosyncratic construct of personal philosophy, through which they can form a maxim to guide their life.
But that's what most people end up doing with religion - following the rules they personally believe are valid and ignoring the rules they beli... | rriw5g | CMV: Religious beliefs are a necessary evil. | Despite its questionable truth, a society needs some form of religion as an easily accessible but comprehensive view of the world. Religion provides the everyday person with a more or less coherent system to whatever ethical or transcendental question they have.
In the best of all possible worlds, everybody would be a... | jp0704 | 3 | 3 | [
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