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Re:Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be da... by Out_of_Characte on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:18AM (#28694866)
Statements of importance are indeed value judgements, That's why you have to argue that its universally good ( a virtue ) in order to get around the political stifle. This does happen quite alot but you don't always hear about it. The US happened to approve a 1 billion dollar funding request for Israel's Iron Dome. The vote was 420 to 9.
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Re:Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be da... by refenestrator on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:26AM (#28694983)
But that's not a publicly salient culture issue in the US. It's a simple matter of do you want aipac backing you or your opponent in the next race. Easy calculation, no higher principles necessary.
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