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Most important "conservative" idea is that societies do not PROGRESS
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Date: March 20th, 2018 10:44 AM Author: Maize senate Technology progresses, medicine progresses, nutrition tries to progress, but there is nothing BETTER about any society just because it came LATER.
This idea, that we are progressing, is so ubiquitous and dogmatic that it's almost hard to step outside of it. I think even the most ardent conservatives sometimes fail to eschew it.
But once it is accepted as a given, shitlibbery is built to win every argument. Once exposed and examined, however, it crumbles immediately. Why on earth would it be true that human society is progressing? Without pulling a switcheroo and talking about technology, how could anyone make any case that any society is better because it came later?
Conservatives need to talk about this non-stop. |
Date: March 20th, 2018 10:46 AM Author: Obsidian Multi-colored Background Story But societies DO progress! Slavery is illegal now, for one obvious example. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644418) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 10:49 AM Author: Maize senate o really? there are more slaves now than at any time in human history. If you want to limit your consideration to the USA (and somehow overlook how the american economy still relies on these global slaves), than you would have to ask if a post-slavery society is better and happier for all than the society that existed before the civil war. It might be, but not necessarily. It's certainly better for the 10% of african americans, but sadly that's not my only criterion. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644439) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 10:50 AM Author: Cracking Doobsian Twinkling Uncleanness you're making some great arguments for dismantling capitalism (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644456) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:13 AM Author: blue rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644615) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:36 AM Author: Angry cowardly feces Slavery is not exclusive to capitalism lmao "Hey guys, don't yall know the Romans we're really capitalists? They had slaves!" |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:40 AM Author: Cracking Doobsian Twinkling Uncleanness ending slavery is not the sole aim of dismantling capitalism lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644792) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:04 AM Author: blue rehab O what a logical utilitarian with no conception of proportionality (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644559) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:05 AM Author: Obsidian Multi-colored Background Story It is extraordinarily frustrating sometimes. I dont know if it is aspergers or just undergraduate mentality or what but this is a common autoadmit affliction. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644572) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:06 AM Author: Startling telephone windowlicker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644580) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:11 AM Author: Rambunctious Multi-billionaire Center U-grad mentality. There's definitely a lot of "fuck the experts" and broad stroke philosophical screeds on here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644603) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:15 AM Author: blue rehab I’m an aspergers stemlord myself, so that’s not an excuse for bullheaded obtuseness (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644628) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:24 AM Author: Obsidian Multi-colored Background Story fair. Please contribute more to the boart in that context! Can be helpful to see legit aspie responses to things. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644677) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:04 AM Author: Obsidian Multi-colored Background Story You are playing semantics which I am trying to avoid. Slavery is now illegal as a matter of law. You dont see chained slaves owned by another human being when you are out and about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644563) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:06 AM Author: Excitant Ceo Personal Credit Line slavery is illegal in the US, but we've just outsourced the slavery
can you say outsourcing slavery is progress over nearshoring it |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 1:34 PM Author: Carmine stubborn plaza Yes, for us in the United States (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35966767) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 10:46 AM Author: Cracking Doobsian Twinkling Uncleanness OP, would you rate this idea as better or worse than your girls that do yoga = bad post from yesterday? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644419) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 10:47 AM Author: Maize senate better. thanks for the readership, btw :) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644421) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 10:47 AM Author: Cracking Doobsian Twinkling Uncleanness big fan of your work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644425) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:07 AM Author: Talented insecure mad cow disease property he is a true scholar. other 105 IQmos should be inspired (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644582) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 10:51 AM Author: snowy foreskin kitty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644459) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:02 AM Author: contagious citrine french chef lodge credited.
for example, the industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:12 AM Author: Obsidian Multi-colored Background Story standard of living went up dramatically.
But is this the sort of "progress" we are talking about?
I envy the future. |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:31 AM Author: contagious citrine french chef lodge well yeah in the future we will probably have better antidepressants for people like you who need them despite our higher standard of living (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644730) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:42 AM Author: Tan Piazza Keepsake Machete Postmodernism is the basis of all conservative thought. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644803) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 11:56 AM Author: Indigo Gas Station Liquid Oxygen i dont think conservatism means this but i guess you want to attack a strawman (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35644887) |
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Date: March 20th, 2018 12:28 PM Author: Tan Piazza Keepsake Machete He seems to be arguing that social progress is a category mistake, that the goodness of societies are not comparable, and that cons are right in believing this.
Though that rests on postmodern principles most cons would not believe are true. Most cons think progressive "progress" is a net bad, ie not progress, which means they believe comparisons are possible. |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 1:16 PM Author: high-end stead Hmm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35966637) |
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Date: May 2nd, 2018 1:37 PM Author: Idiotic orchestra pit (guy who just read his first moldbug blog post) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3923612&forum_id=2#35966782) |