Re:Europe's most wanted man plotted my murder and that of my...
by simpaticoder on Friday March 07, 2025 @10:30PM
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A thing can be meant as one thing and taken as another. Warhammer 40k is one of those things. Any fantasy historical show is also an example. We are attracted to illiberal settings and situations; which makes sense since much of human civilization was ordered as such (and wiped out the rest the first chance it got). Liberalism requires a great deal of self-restraint, because illiberalism seems to be the psychological default.
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Re:Europe's most wanted man plotted my murder and that of my...
by toyg on Saturday March 08, 2025 @02:50AM
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> illiberalism seems to be the psychological default
Because apes are not liberal, of course.
Re:Europe's most wanted man plotted my murder and that of my...
by 9dev on Saturday March 08, 2025 @03:28AM
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They are not. An ape is always part of a tribe and has a role to play. Not even the alpha animals are secure, since they need to defend their position; females will, if a conquering tribe takes over, be raped by the winning males. What exactly would you call liberal about that?
Re:Europe's most wanted man plotted my murder and that of my...
by mikrl on Saturday March 08, 2025 @03:39PM
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Neither was Hobbes, but the ‘nasty, brutish and short’[1] state of nature is not something we should aspire to.
Ironically, the chaos of liberal democracy might be the greatest stabilizing force our species has ever known. Even the Pax Romana the ancient Chinese bureaucracy, and the European empires fell apart for one reason or another.
Let’s hope liberal democracy has many more miles left in the tank.
[1] https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/nasty-brutish-and-short....