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Re:The Hobo Ethical Code of 1889 by jessaustin on Thursday May 03, 2018 @09:25PM (#16991502)
That cuts both ways. There's no law of nature requiring the hideous monstrosity of coercive power that we've created.
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Re:The Hobo Ethical Code of 1889 by giardini on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:04PM (#16991697)
Please be clear: are you talking about

- the NSA, CIA, and FBI,

- Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google, or

- AT&T & Comcast,

or something else?

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Re:The Hobo Ethical Code of 1889 by jessaustin on Friday May 04, 2018 @10:04AM (#16994681)
Very few of those who would use a pathetic excuse like "don't blame me blame the privileges inherent to the towering position of authoritarian power I have battled to attain" would be comfortable with the obvious rejoinder: let's get rid of that towering position of authoritarian power. So, it's difficult to take that excuse seriously, whether it comes from a CEO or LEO or whatever.
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Re:The Hobo Ethical Code of 1889 by staticautomatic on Thursday May 03, 2018 @10:55PM (#16991883)
The forces shaping the society we live in are much deeper and more pervasive than 3 letter agencies and big corporations, bad as they may sometimes be.
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Re:The Hobo Ethical Code of 1889 by ILikeConemowk on Friday May 04, 2018 @05:37AM (#16993296)
This is also my line of thinking but would love to read more about your perspective.

Would you be willing to elaborate on "the forces" you think shape our society?

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Re:The Hobo Ethical Code of 1889 by mlevental on Friday May 04, 2018 @08:08AM (#16993890)
just Google "Hegel ideology"
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