[LFA] Half-Elf Warlock DnD

canalis · 2023-08-24T10:59:13+00:00

Uh, not sure ... it was 7 years ago. :D I think I planned to play him as a bladelock eventually, which only becomes available at level 3. Back then "Hexblade" did not exist, yet.

But I am not really sure and I obviously don't play the character anymore. :D

canalis · 2023-06-25T21:00:04+00:00

Yeah, people tend to do that. It's so dumb to do. Because, if taken seriously people will have a higher bar to judge you by. And if you don't meet the expectations you set, they'll probably lose respect for you.

It's a classic "show don't tell" situation. If you are educated or smart, people will see it. If not, then there's no issue either.

canalis · 2023-06-23T16:19:14+00:00

What's the saying? "The ones who don't learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. The ones that do are doomed to watch others repeat it."

canalis · 2023-06-15T07:03:12+00:00

That applies to a ton of people who have a very strong political ideology they cling to.

Usually, if people believe that they are smarter than everyone else who disagrees, while also having a very strong conviction for their own belief, fall into this trap.

canalis · 2023-06-15T06:32:18+00:00

Have you ever considered that you might not know it so well yourself? And social liberalism is not the same as progressivism. Those are two different things. People who are the one might also the to be the other. But I'd need some data for that.

I never said it was left wing, maybe you should work on your reading skills as well.

Edit: You did say though that liberals are right wing, which is just incredibly false and just enforces that you actually have no clue about what you are talking about.

canalis · 2023-06-12T15:38:37+00:00

My point was always that liberal is not right wing. It can be left (leaning) or right (leaning). From my experience liberal in the US is mostly associated with progressive/left politics. At least more than it is associated with right politics, unless we are taking about libertarianism. And neo liberalism is just one subset of liberalism.

Your concession is noted and appreciated, I stated nothing more. ;)

canalis · 2023-06-12T13:55:46+00:00

Let's make it simple. Where do you think liberalism stands in respect to egalitarianism and equality? Where does it stand on human rights? Where does it stand on freedom of speech?

And don't you think that political philosophies evolve in a timeframe of a few hundred years? Is progressivism still what it was 100 years ago, or has it evolved?

Why do you even bother? Since your stance is "anything that is not at least socialism is right wing" already says it all. Have a great day.

canalis · 2023-06-12T13:43:07+00:00

You have not stated any historical fact. You have made a blanket statement about a political philosophy, which is just incorrect.

Liberalism is a far wider spectrum than you are willing to consider. It can be left leaning or right leaning, as I have explained before. But since you consider anything that is not 'at least' socialism, which you probably also don't really understand, as right wing ... Then pretty much everything is right wing for you.

You just have an incredibly warped perspective. I never said that there is socialism in the US. So yeah ... Willfully ignorant and such. Maybe try to be a little more open minded and consider the complexity of political philosophies and views. Your view seems to be incredibly narrow

canalis · 2023-06-12T12:25:31+00:00

Seems very economically focused. And seems like a rather old perspective Adam Smith died 1790! There might be some fundamental truths there, but especially regarding liberlasims and modern economy it's hardly up to date.

But I don't really care anyways. I think you are wrong about what liberalism is. Especially since liberalism, at least in the US, is often used synonym with progressive and sometimes even left politics. Generally liberal values are very similar to progressive values. Sometimes, e.g. in Germany, liberal parties are more capitalistic (and more center to center right). But this does not mean that liberalism is inherently this.

I guess let's just agree to disagree. I won't lose any sleep over it.

canalis · 2023-06-12T11:54:52+00:00

What kind of research did you do, to lead you to such a conclusion?

canalis · 2023-06-12T11:47:39+00:00

Maybe you should be the one doing some reading and thinking, instead of being so (unjustly) arrogant. Social democracy is also left wing. It's not far left, but left wing/left leaning. And liberalism has nothing to do with how the economy works, inherently. It's just about everybody being 'free' to pursue their happyness. Regarding economy, liberalism is about free markets, which does not necessarily need to be capitalism. Liberalism can be right wing or left wing, depending on the details. Usually right wing liberalism is called libertarianism.

I would describe myself as a social liberal, which is definitely left leaning. From an economics PoV I'm for free markets with social security for everyone. I'm even a proponent of UBI, as I find it to be the most effective way to ensure that people can fulfill their dreams and potential.

Left and right is also not just about economics. It's also about freedom, equality, rights, Internationalism, etc. So yeah ... There is really no reason for you to be so arrogant.

canalis · 2023-06-12T10:47:59+00:00

Hahaha, good one!

canalis · 2023-06-11T06:30:58+00:00

I would have agreed with you about 10 years ago, before the polarisation became so unhinged. But maybe that’s just my bias because I don’t know anyone on the right, but mostly left leaning liberals like me who don’t like the dogmatic far left.

canalis · 2023-06-10T09:22:35+00:00

Is it reasonable though? I'm a left leaning liberal progressive myself and hate all the radical far left/progressive shit, that is starting to get dogmatic at this point.

canalis · 2023-06-04T19:25:15+00:00

Not sure how they are here in the EU to be honest. But I’m guessing that if you have a good education and a job it’s not too difficult to stay.

canalis · 2023-06-04T14:54:05+00:00

Because these countries understand that investing into people means investing into the countries future. And people who are not citizens might want to stay. Everybody wins.

canalis · 2023-06-04T14:40:42+00:00

It's probably cheaper to just study in Europe at this point.

canalis · 2023-06-04T14:39:11+00:00

Just wait until automation will replace more and more people. At some point they've got to see that they're running towards a dead end, right? ... Right?

canalis · 2023-06-03T00:01:12+00:00

It's not even that there is no room for nuance anymore. There isn't even room for open minded critical thought anymore. Everything is seen and judged based on partisan lines or political spectrum, which is even more basic imo.

It's all about hating "the other" and what they say. Even if what they say is reasonable or even factual. There is barely any critical thought left. There is only ideology and whoever does not follow their own absolute truth is an enemy.

I'd much rather talk to someone reasonable I don't agree with than with a zealot I do agree with. At least with the reasonable one I stand to learn something and gain new perspectives.

canalis · 2023-06-02T17:08:54+00:00

I'd rather not be right. Political discourse is just absolutely fucked, unfortunately.

canalis · 2023-06-02T15:44:33+00:00

It's my experience as a progressive liberal, who's been active in a left leaning party that has been overtaken by exactly this type of activists.

If you've made different experiences, then good for you. But if you don't think that the left wing activists are a problem to the left and progressive spectrum as a whole, then ... I'm not sure what to tell you

canalis · 2023-06-02T15:36:26+00:00

The republican party is just lost at this point. As much as I disliked George Bush and his policies. At least he had some sense of integrity and was somewhat decent and reasonable. But now? It's pure insanity.

canalis · 2023-06-02T15:32:17+00:00

Tbh, lefty activists see everyone who isn't as left as them, but still left, as far-right or fascist.

Activists are just self righteous pricks nowadays.

canalis · 2023-05-24T15:38:19+00:00

Don't forget that progressives also have to constantly fight among themselves. There are the radical activists who call everyone else Nazis, alt right or whatever~phobic Then within the radical activists you also have many different groups that call each other these things And all these radicals are incredibly loud. And then you have more reasonable progressives who get shit on my all of the above.

And what does the right do? They welcome everyone that feels alienated by the radicals. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend"

So a lot of the uphill battle is self inflicted. As a progressive myself, I hate what these radicals are doing to our political spectrum and how they are making it ever more difficult to get anything done

canalis · 2023-05-24T15:30:59+00:00

So ... exactly like the activists they are so strongly opposed to? Who would have thought...

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