Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S. This Year

Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by austincheney on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:00PM (#25434381)

Some people don’t play on a team.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by wnevets on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:11PM (#25434560)

Some people like to think they don't belong to a team. They're usually part of the enlightened centerist both sides are bad team.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by dagav on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:16PM (#25434615)

That's just what people who belong to a team think. It's actually possible to think for yourself

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by wnevets on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:37PM (#25434921)

everyone loves to believe they think for their self, especially those who belong to teams and it is everyone else who are sheep(le).

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by dagav on Thursday December 17, 2020 @02:04PM (#25459013)

Well if you question your beliefs then you can arrive at your first principles, and then you can start questioning things people tell you by ensuring that you understand them as derived from your first principles. That's called thinking for yourself and one benefit of doing so is that when other people tell me I'm not thinking for myself, I know that they're wrong because I know that I have direct access to the truth. People who don't think for themselves rely on others for access to the truth.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by PeterisP on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:59PM (#25435175)

Sure, some don't, but most do (at least unconsciously), that's just how people behave. Some people consciously try to avoid "playing on a team" with various degrees of success, but it's a bit unnatural and actually quite hard to do.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by austincheney on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @09:32PM (#25438328)

I agree. Originality is a rare and measurable personality index.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by lallysingh on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:01PM (#25434406)

That's another team.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by usefulcat on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:36PM (#25434907)

"We're all individuals!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHbzSif78qQ

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by webmaven on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:19AM (#25439669)

"I'm not."

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by echelon on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:11PM (#25434546)

That's not a team!

I'll work with anyone (within reason) to build a better tomorrow.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by bobthebuilders on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:05PM (#25434468)

> Some people don’t play on a team.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by centimeter on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:05PM (#25434463)

Then you're probably following a losing strategy. "Team" doesn't have to mean "generic normie political party"; there are other team dynamics at play. In any case, if you haven't partitioned the political space into allies and enemies along at least a few planes, you're probably going to get taken advantage of (at the very least).

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by austincheney on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @03:11PM (#25434549)

I am fine with being an individual with original opinions but I can empathize with insecure people who band together for reassurance.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by centimeter on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @04:53PM (#25435700)

If you're not attuned enough to figure out why political alliances are worthwhile, your opinions probably aren't that original.

It's not a matter of "reassurance" - it's about economies of scale. If the best explanation you can come up with for why a bunch of people exhibit a behavior you don't is "they have a personality flaw", this is very strong evidence that you don't actually have a good grasp of people's motivations.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by austincheney on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @09:04PM (#25438142)

Strength in numbers is a compensation for insecurity.

> If the best explanation you can come up with for why a bunch of people exhibit a behavior you don't is "they have a personality flaw"

Conformity. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformity

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by webmaven on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:43AM (#25439782)

> Strength in numbers is a compensation for insecurity.

"strength in numbers". ≠ "economies of scale"

The former is about relative group size, mutual defense within the group, and reducing the risks of aggression against outgroups.

The latter is about increasing the effectiveness of coordinated activity more generally (which, yes, can include defense and aggression), especially those activities that persuade people. Winning hearts and changing minds about issues, especially across faction/party lines.

Making common cause with others who mostly share your views, even if the issues you most care about aren't the same ones, is just good tactics. Making common cause with those you mostly DISAGREE with on the issues that you DO agree on is good STRATEGY.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by austincheney on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @01:57PM (#25446766)

Originality imposes no attempt at either agreement or disagreement. Suggesting that a person must either agree or disagree (forced dichotomy fallacy) to achieve any desirable outcome misses the point. It is a solution not wanted.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by webmaven on Saturday December 19, 2020 @10:51AM (#25478129)

I can't really tell what you're saying here, except that you disagree for some reason.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by centimeter on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @09:50PM (#25438475)

Why do you think people who are undoubtedly smarter and more original than you are also buy into political "teams"? If "conformity" is your best answer, then once again, this demonstrates you don't really grasp what's going on.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by austincheney on Tuesday December 15, 2020 @10:16PM (#25438637)

Read the Wikipedia link. It answers your question.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by centimeter on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @02:59PM (#25447719)

This is not meant as an insult to you, but just as a warning that you should keep this in mind when you’re analyzing your own decision making; you are pretty clearly neither smart nor original. It’s very unlikely you are actually ever going to have any valuable original thoughts, at least in the way you seem to think you do.

I’m sure you’ll appreciate this since your profile is all about “radical honestly”. Taking Dalio seriously is another sign of a hopeless midwit with an inflated sense of intelligence.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by austincheney on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @09:37PM (#25451725)

> It’s very unlikely you are actually ever...

Proven through product creation and job performance.

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Re:Record Breaking Number of Journalists Arrested in the U.S... by UnFleshedOne on Wednesday December 16, 2020 @11:32AM (#25444517)

It is one thing to build political alliances for practical reasons (a necessity if you want to achieve anything), it is entirely another thing to take on every and all opinions of your alliance regardless of their merit. That's a personality flaw that everybody has to one degree or another.

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