The problem is that the Left desires equality of outcome — synthesis
People are successful for a lot of reasons outside of hard work. Maybe they are really attractive. Perhaps they are super intelligent, or just incredibly nice people. How about those folks who had successful parents and they made success for them a priority? These attributes significantly help people along the way.If the left desires equality of outcome and you're against it that means that you desire inequality of outcome. Why do you want that? — praxis
you do that through getting out of the way and allowing people to do their thing. This means limiting the power of the few to control others. Minimize governments, get rid of corporations, so on and so forth. Go small and de-centralize. — synthesis
Who have I called a racist? I'm saying that the Right bemoans terms like "woke", all the while relying upon other thought-terminating clichés, thus a double-standard. — thewonder
The best you can do it try to offer everybody maximum opportunity, and you do that through getting out of the way and allowing people to do their thing. — synthesis
If restricting means limiting the power of governments and corporations, then restrict away. Increase the power of the individual. It's the only way to unleash the productive powers of a society. — synthesis
Life is one shit after the next.. — synthesis
And to tell you the truth, I don't even remember what we were talking about. — synthesis
If you don't trust me, that's fine, but my take on lying is that it is a useless tactic. — synthesis
If that's not good enough for you, whatever. Find somebody else to chat with. — synthesis
The fictional character that is synthesis doesn’t require credibility to function. :roll: — praxis
Equality of outcome is a lack of diversity. You can't have both equality and diversity. To achieve equality of outcomes, we'd all have to be genetically engineered and raised by the State.If the left desires equality of outcome and you're against it that means that you desire inequality of outcome. — praxis
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