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The desire to do that is human, sure, but we can build systems to limit its impact. We could have a negative interest rate, tax wealth rather than income, etc etc. People going to …

That's a fair question, my comment was getting long in the tooth. So, let's take a commodity like a wool blanket (or some other simple commodity to illustrative purposes). That bla…

Well, let's start with commodities. They have value, see, and that value contains both the exchange value (what it's worth in exchange for another commodity) and the use value (the…

Hey, I'm out. You are too intense to have a nice conversation with. You seem really angry about this, maybe it's worth interrogating that. Can't have a conversation with someone wh…

Take this diagram, https://i.redd.it/s44am9nqwes11.png I doubt you'd find much support that it's wrong, and there's plenty of evidence to suggest it's considered the accepted stand…

> Why are adults enjoying things clearly meant for kids? There are many potential reasons. Abnegation, power fantasy, sense pleasure, social cohesion (being able to discuss with yo…

Why are people watching things they enjoy? Because they enjoy them. Stop trying to be the arbiter of what other people enjoy. I'm sure you have some tastes in media others would fi…

Wait till you hear about the history of shows like Transformers, HeMan, Gundam, etc. Media has more or less been an ad for 50+ years at this point, that's hardly a new phenomena.

I'm suggesting it's the majority opinion. Yes, there exist minority opinions as well, but generally we don't consider agreeing with the majority/consensus to be "ignoring the scien…

Would you be uncomfortable with your school teaching that we should respect redheads, even though they aren't common? Red hair is about 1 to 2 percent of humans. This is roughly th…

I don't have a main. No risk of retaliation. Just a topic I'm informed on and it drives me up the wall to have people claim "reason" and "science" and then ignore the fact that sci…

It's not science denial. Biology has all sorts of instances of more than two sexes. Humans have at least a dozen different genetic configurations that affect their sex organs and h…

Why do you think it wouldn't ban that? What if a kid says, "why are there two daddies in that story?" Or goes home to their parents and says, "my teacher read us a story about two …

Discussing sexuality: "some boys like boys" or "if someone touches you in a swimsuit area, tell a grown up right away", or "many families have mommies and daddies, but some familie…

The responses in this thread are deeply disappointing. Every law we have, just like every piece of tech we have, needs to be considered not only in the context of what words are on…

Gender? If a kid has a friend who is non binary, or has a trans friend, and asks their teachers about it you think it's inappropriate for the teacher to say, "well, some people are…

It also forbids discussing gender identity in primary school, which is completely reactionary. Discussing gender is fine for kids, and it's totally developmentally appropriate for …