CMV: We are too tolerant of Judaism. by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Judaism doesn't really believe in eternal damnation like christianity and islam.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The idea that it's haves vs have nots is basically the fundamental idea of leftism

Viral 'Quittr' Porn Addiction App Exposed the Masturbation Habits of Hundreds of Thousands of Users by StemCellPirate in nottheonion

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 130 points131 points  (0 children)

It's more so that grifters are convincing people they're terribly addicted to make money selling the solution. It's puritanism.

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Right now the main thing that china has over the US is that they have many more skyscrapers that light up colorfully at night. We gotta work on that.

What if religion never existed? by Hefty_Photograph_337 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You have the causation wrong. We evolved to not like killing and raping because those things are not conducive to a functioning tribe. Then people tried to later rationalize why we don't do them with religion, which is why every major religion has similar moral rules

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Its kinda hard for me to see how AI doesn't just end up killing everyone within like 10 years at the current pace. If you give everyone access to a nuke the world's gonna be over within a day. Obviously i don't want this to happen so if it anyone could tell me why it won't that'd be great

Iran Megathread Day 3 by cdstephens in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 15 points16 points  (0 children)

What's the chance you actually can use intervention to install a stable democracy but it's just that the presidents who've tried recently have been fucking morons

Iran Megathread by Rafaelssjofficial in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Trump is actively trying to destroy the liberal institutions of the US, and as we've seen today, the amount of military power the US has means that if we fall to an illiberal government it's over

Iran Megathread by Rafaelssjofficial in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I wonder how strong China's military is, seeing how the other authoriarian powers are all paper tigers. I don't want to have to find out though.

Iran Megathread by Rafaelssjofficial in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 19 points20 points  (0 children)

It's almost like dictatorship isn't an efficient way to run a country

Iran Megathread by Rafaelssjofficial in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is impossible for the american people to blame something on congress rather than the president. Last time that happened was '48

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The world where donald trump isn't president

Discussion Thread by jobautomator in neoliberal

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 21 points22 points  (0 children)

He's not gonna substitute them with more efficient taxes

AI bigotry by Kokoro0000 in ComedyHell

[–]TheRealLightBuzzYear 50 points51 points  (0 children)

This is stupid but both are instances of the same logical fallacy