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Re:China rates its own citizens – including online behaviour by mc32 on Monday April 27, 2015 @11:33AM (#9446932)
You don't have to reduce people to statistics, all you need is ideology and believe in a better future brought to you through ideology. Ideology is the real bastard.
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Re:China rates its own citizens – including online behaviour by marcosdumay on Monday April 27, 2015 @12:32PM (#9447347)
> Ideology is the real bastard.

Careful there. Liberalism, for example, is an ideology. And as far as the meaning of that word can be formalized, pragmatism fits too.

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Re:China rates its own citizens – including online behaviour by mc32 on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @11:27AM (#9453033)
Yes and with pragmatism you get Realpolitik, which may be a decent position to maximize some goals but can have nasty results as well if you're not careful. I dont think its possible to get away from this problem, all we can do is be aware of it as a problem and avoid the pitfalls.
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