Pedantic Struggles: The All Encompassing Philosophy Thread™
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 10:00 pm
by BurtReynolds
Because politics in practice is so boring.
Classical liberal generally. I think at my core, I trend toward voluntaryism, but like all anarchist philosophies, it's fatally flawed and ridiculous when pushed to the extreme. Talking to actual voluntaryists make me want to build a wall, though.
I might be open to Georgism, despite my loathing of most socialist concepts. Paying rent sucks.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 11:17 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I'm a globist
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Wed May 10, 2017 11:18 pm
by BurtReynolds
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'm a globist
you need to get woke, globecuck.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 8:18 pm
by BurtReynolds
Exactly as I thought.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Thu May 11, 2017 10:12 pm
by LoathedVermin72
In practical terms? Democratic socialist, I guess.
In larger terms? I think society is mostly a mistake and we have completely fucked up in terms of what we place value on.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Sat May 13, 2017 10:28 pm
by Bammer
LoathedVermin72 wrote:In practical terms? Democratic socialist, I guess.
In larger terms? I think society is mostly a mistake and we have completely fucked up in terms of what we place value on.
Go on...
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 1:51 pm
by Dscans
Bammer wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:In practical terms? Democratic socialist, I guess.
In larger terms? I think society is mostly a mistake and we have completely fucked up in terms of what we place value on.
Go on...
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 8:04 pm
by BurtReynolds
Leaning toward Red Market anarchy myself. I just love killing.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 8:17 pm
by tragabigzanda
FUCK ICE
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Sun May 14, 2017 8:23 pm
by BurtReynolds
tragabigzanda wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:Leaning toward Red Market anarchy myself. I just love killing.
Are these the latest LGBTQ sub-classes or something?
We're gonna need to add more letters.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 10:52 pm
by BurtReynolds
The other day I read a pretty good argument for land ownership as a requirement for voting, but now I can't find it.
Just take my word for it.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 10:53 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Land ownership is an antiquated concept
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 10:54 pm
by BurtReynolds
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Land ownership is an antiquated concept
yeah, but the reasons for it as a requirement for voting (at the time) were sound.
Today, it would probably be a little different.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 8:53 pm
by BurtReynolds
Surely there is a better system out there than democracy. It really is just mob rule. And the ability of hundreds of millions of people to make the best choice, or even a better than terrible one, is next to impossible. We just had an election between Trump and Hillary, for God's sake. And Trump won.
Forcing the majority's will on the minority is no more morally justified than the opposite.
Let's devise a replacement. It all starts here on RM.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 8:55 pm
by malice
BurtReynolds wrote:Surely there is a better system out there than democracy. It really is just mob rule. And the ability of hundreds of millions of people to make the best choice, or even a better than terrible one, is next to impossible. We just had an election between Trump and Hillary, for God's sake. And Trump won.
Forcing the majority's will on the minority is no more morally justified than the opposite.
Let's devise a replacement. It all starts here on RM.
my dad would always say democracy is the worst form of government out there, except for all the other ones
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 8:59 pm
by BurtReynolds
RMocracy will be superior.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 10:55 pm
by Bi_3
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Land ownership is an antiquated concept
I'm excited to hear about this.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:14 pm
by @SkitchP
Where does Chopper fall in this spectrum? Cause that's where I am.
Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 4:39 am
by simple schoolboy
@SkitchP wrote:Where does Chopper fall in this spectrum? Cause that's where I am.
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Re: political ideology/philosophy Thread
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 8:09 am
by Anders
BurtReynolds wrote:Surely there is a better system out there than democracy. It really is just mob rule. And the ability of hundreds of millions of people to make the best choice, or even a better than terrible one, is next to impossible. We just had an election between Trump and Hillary, for God's sake. And Trump won.
Forcing the majority's will on the minority is no more morally justified than the opposite.
Let's devise a replacement. It all starts here on RM.
Democracy is the only system of any merit. But democracy comes in many variations. If the US wanted to, there are plenty of other ways it could fill the congress. The first past the post voting system, means that it is very difficult for a third or a fourth party to emerge. "The majority is always wrong, the minority is rarely right." Which means that even in a democracy, if only the majority have a say, then it can easily turn into a tyranny of the majority.