[ - ] Cantaloupe 1 point 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 16:36:48 ago (+1/-0)*
Well that depends upon the degree and the preparation.
If the combatant is hit with a 100k volts, then a blinding flash, and hydrofluoric acid to the balls. It's a different story. (blind, can't move, no balls)
I've known a lot of people that consider themselves intellectual. They've all read the same books like that white fragility bullshit and they all hold the same beliefs. There is no free thought and no thinking for yourself. It's anti intellectual.
and once you show them you're their physical superior they really want to be your friend. It's fucking strange.
99% of the time, the “intellectual” is the only one in the room stupid enough to think he’s smarter then everyone else in the room.
Censorship of based intellectual accomplishment, and inversion of the yet uncensored, is so complete, that it’s rarely (if ever) unwarranted to claim there’s no such thing as a formally trained enlightened mind. Or rather, that the autodidact is the only one with a chance of getting there.
[ - ] Name 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 1, 2022 05:26:14 ago (+0/-0)*
Formally trained or autodidact; some type of break must occur regarding the individuals social programming. This idea has been kicking around in the back of my skull for a few years ever since I read a quote that went something like “fervent belief in religion is the best way to counter the socialization process that you have undergone.“ Lifting weights or other practices of physical prowess can perhaps approach the religious.
I have sometimes thought that our ballots/elections shouldn't be secret. I could never quite articulate the rationale, though--not even to myself.
My sense was: if someone can't find it within theirself to stand up and say, "I vote for X even though I expect a lot of you will vote Y. Fuck Y." their vote should probably weigh less than someone who would bear accountability for their decision.
The reason for secret ballots is if you live under tyranny if someone knows you vote for someone else you might be killed.
The fear is that people won't vote for what they want if they fear reprisals.
The 2016 trump election was a perfect example.
Huge numbers lied on polls where they thought people could learn they wanted trump. On voting day they secretly voted for him though.
The drawback to secret ballots is it's hard to know if your vote was counted as you voted 9r 8f someone else stuffed the ballots because you can't see that your vote went to who you wanted.
Yeah. I think there's room for straw polls / guaging what's politically possible via secret ballot before committing to a final vote. But I still wonder, if someone is too weak/timid to stand behind their vote, what kind of ally will they be when it comes time to enforce the outcome, anyway?
On that note, the Trump polling kind of explains a lot in retrospect. Very few are actually willing to stand against the deep state in public.
...and it wouldn't necessarily have to be all or nothing. You could have each public vote be worth e.g., 1.01 secret votes or 100:1 which would still be better than 1:0 == infinity.
it's hard to know if your vote was counted
...and then you end up with the "most popular president ever" who can barely fill a small room with his supporters.
End result, fewer fools and cowards once they've self removed themselves from the population by picking a fight with someone who's smarter and more aggressive.
Aggression is born out of fear, strength is peace, because you're not worried about a weakling. You are worried if you need to pre-emptively attack someone. Sucker punching niggers aren't manly, they're pussies who learned from a pussy.
[ + ] gimpyoldman
[ - ] gimpyoldman 5 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 11:03:39 ago (+5/-0)
[ + ] GrayDragon
[ - ] GrayDragon 1 point 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 12:06:53 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] Cantaloupe
[ - ] Cantaloupe 1 point 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 16:36:48 ago (+1/-0)*
If the combatant is hit with a 100k volts, then a blinding flash, and hydrofluoric acid to the balls. It's a different story. (blind, can't move, no balls)
[ + ] boekanier
[ - ] boekanier 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 2, 2022 00:30:23 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] Temp20210918c
[ - ] Temp20210918c 4 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 13:18:59 ago (+4/-0)
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
[ + ] 3Whuurs
[ - ] 3Whuurs 0 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 15:21:15 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] NuckFiggers
[ - ] NuckFiggers 4 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 12:56:20 ago (+4/-0)
and once you show them you're their physical superior they really want to be your friend. It's fucking strange.
[ + ] 3Whuurs
[ - ] 3Whuurs 5 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 14:42:27 ago (+5/-0)*
Censorship of based intellectual accomplishment, and inversion of the yet uncensored, is so complete, that it’s rarely (if ever) unwarranted to claim there’s no such thing as a formally trained enlightened mind. Or rather, that the autodidact is the only one with a chance of getting there.
[ + ] Name
[ - ] Name 0 points 1.7 yearsSep 1, 2022 05:26:14 ago (+0/-0)*
[ + ] Thatguy
[ - ] Thatguy 4 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 11:33:35 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] Temp20210918c
[ - ] Temp20210918c 3 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 13:27:24 ago (+3/-0)
My sense was: if someone can't find it within theirself to stand up and say, "I vote for X even though I expect a lot of you will vote Y. Fuck Y." their vote should probably weigh less than someone who would bear accountability for their decision.
[ + ] Crackinjokes
[ - ] Crackinjokes 2 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 14:53:57 ago (+2/-0)
The fear is that people won't vote for what they want if they fear reprisals.
The 2016 trump election was a perfect example.
Huge numbers lied on polls where they thought people could learn they wanted trump.
On voting day they secretly voted for him though.
The drawback to secret ballots is it's hard to know if your vote was counted as you voted 9r 8f someone else stuffed the ballots because you can't see that your vote went to who you wanted.
[ + ] Temp20210918c
[ - ] Temp20210918c 0 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 16:43:09 ago (+0/-0)*
On that note, the Trump polling kind of explains a lot in retrospect. Very few are actually willing to stand against the deep state in public.
...and it wouldn't necessarily have to be all or nothing. You could have each public vote be worth e.g., 1.01 secret votes or 100:1 which would still be better than 1:0 == infinity.
...and then you end up with the "most popular president ever" who can barely fill a small room with his supporters.
[ + ] SithEmpire
[ - ] SithEmpire 2 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 13:34:52 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] carnold03
[ - ] carnold03 2 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 13:23:15 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] 3Whuurs
[ - ] 3Whuurs 1 point 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 14:44:00 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] GrayDragon
[ - ] GrayDragon 1 point 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 12:09:01 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] usedoilanalysis
[ - ] usedoilanalysis 2 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 16:45:33 ago (+2/-0)
[ + ] CoronaHoax
[ - ] CoronaHoax 0 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 23:19:59 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] UrCoolerOlderBrother
[ - ] UrCoolerOlderBrother 0 points 1.7 yearsAug 31, 2022 13:43:01 ago (+0/-0)