So, changes are needed? Which changes then? — Kazuma
It seems to me that you're just pointing at inequality. — Kazuma
Personally, I find it to be more beneficial for the society to keep the status quo and to only improve on the current institutions, previously described as basic. There should not be a direction for a society, meaning there should be no desire for changes, as those changes are unpredictable and would only lead to creating a new ideology and revolutions. — Kazuma
But all of history testifies to no set of institutions ever remaining stable, because things are intolerable, and the argument fails all over again.As it is, they aren't helpless as the history of slave revolt testifies.
But all of history testifies to no set of institutions ever remaining stable, because things are intolerable, and the argument fails all over again. — csalisbury
It doesn't need to be immortal. A comet could hit earth.I'm not sure why you think a governmental institution has to be immortal in order to meet the needs of its citizens. Could you explain that?
It is reasonable to think that habits and strategies that have worked in the past will work in the future.
Does it apply 10 years before the civil war? Or did it never apply? And if didn't apply, ever, then why didn't the slaves emancipate themselves earlier? And if it did apply at some point, then slavery was justified at that point. — csalisbury
Oh stahhhp. Your post was contrarian and you know it. I'm as interested as you are.I'd apply myself to addressing that if I thought you were really interested.
....like slavery.What's worked in the past is likely to work in the future.
Your post was contrarian and you know it. — csalisbury
What's worked in the past is likely to work in the future. — Mongrel
I can't speak for Un, but I did (& I think Un did too, since his response explicitly drew from it.)My impression is that neither you nor un actually read the OP.
& for Georgian slaves too?Slavery worked fine for Georgia.
Do you find this situation intolerable?God you're fucking jerk.
& for Georgian slaves too? — csalisbury
Do you find this situation intolerable? — csalisbury
About as well as our present system works for inner cities.
The argument is basically saying that a government that doesn't undermine the stability of its own society and meets certain basic needs will endure. I don't see how this is an argument for conservatism, though. Liberal thought comes to prominence mainly when the old ways aren't working anymore and new ideas are required. Only a society that never faces changing circumstances would be immune to this occasional need. — Mongrel
What a mess. — csalisbury
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