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Re:Losing Faith in the State, Some Mexican Towns Quietly Bre... by ashleyn on Monday January 08, 2018 @03:47PM (#16100359)
The question that can't seem to be answered consistently is, what are these so-called obligations and responsibilities? Who determines them? Autocratic, selfish leaders and/or misinformed and uneducated masses?

The notion of social obligation is one that is problematic from top to bottom for this precise reason.

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Re:Losing Faith in the State, Some Mexican Towns Quietly Bre... by throwawayjava on Monday January 08, 2018 @04:48PM (#16100962)
Selfless leaders elected by informed and educated masses, of course! And many proposed social obligations flow from the desire to create such a society
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