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Re:China suppression of Uighurs meets U.N. definition of gen... by 0x8BADF00D on Sunday July 05, 2020 @06:06PM (#23742501)
I agree but in order to have a “better society” governed by the “better angels of our nature”, you essentially need a bully. You need an entity that does all of the morally “bad” things.
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Re:China suppression of Uighurs meets U.N. definition of gen... by api on Sunday July 05, 2020 @06:36PM (#23742704)
I think you need an entity capable of doing the bad things, if only to stand up to others who do, but I'm not convinced there is some conservation of badness that prohibits the net amount of it from decreasing over time.
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