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Was going to reply the same. These authours don't spend enough time thinking their fantasies through.

Hasn't a rich oligarchy been the status quo for most of humanity? It seems to me most of humanity has had quite a future to look forward to, historically speaking.

Yeah, I think we're in agreement, just "speaking" past each other a bit. That the reward originates from God doesn't matter for the purpose of the argument, only that it is immeasu…

The effective difference is that the reward is immeasurably desirable. Whereas the reward of "common decency", for example, is low in comparison, and so the cost of taking care of …

You're missing the point. I "latched onto" common decency because that is what the user before you brought up as a valid reason. It was only typed for demonstrative purposes. So th…

Right, the desire of religious believers to help others is also self-interest. But the difference is that the expected reward comes from God, not from others. That makes it more re…

That's exactly His argument - you're telling yourself "it's the decent thing to do" but it's actually "doing this makes me feel like a decent person."

How do you make decisions without calculations? we're all calculators, aren't we? Can you provide a reason to care for someone that has nothing to do with religion and nothing to d…

The author argues that the reason America is sad is because of global trade and the interest rate policy. Perhaps having a culture that equates happiness with the economy is the re…

The difference is, like Jesus taught, religious people will care for others expecting nothing in return (reward is from God), but secular people will, even if it's as small as the …

I'm sure a lot of people assume it's immoral rather than impossible.

> Either way, Proton didn't help the FBI. > Proton Mail complied with a legal demand they had no choice but to comply with

Are you forgetting how the Americans blocked Stormfront and Silk Road? They don't have full access to the Internet either, they're just not so obviously totalitarian about it as th…

Property taxes are the most evil of taxes because they force you out onto the street if you're unable to pay them. Qualifying it with the words "very valuable" to solve the problem…

> "Do what we say or lose your income" does require blind faith in the correctness of the hierarchy. That just describes anyone who worked under management. Recognizing that you ma…

That's better, but it's still wrong, because there are plenty of organized belief systems whose leaders don't demand blind loyalty. To say that these don't qualify as religions is …

> To me religion isn't Christianity or Islam. It's following orders of arbitrary leaders who give themselves titles via narrative. Priest, Minister, CEO, General... just words. Rel…

> Why? Is this just an isolationist dream? Imagine if Russia produced their own technical components - how much of an effect would sanctions have on them? If Russia relies on our c…

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