What an overlong and rambling article. Over the years I've found the big trick in writing is to know what to leave out. This is hard to get right but TFA could really do with some editing, it would probably be a stronger article at 1/4 the size that it is.
The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority (2016)
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Re: The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority (2016)
#12Maybe in the western cultures, but I've been hearing variations of the "nail that sticks out gets hammered down" from my korean family for a long time.
Yet Korea has quite a lot of religious diversity.
Re: The Most Intolerant Wins: The Dictatorship of the Small Minority (2016)
#13Can a small minority push too aggressively and embolden a silent majority (or substantially larger plurality) to unify against them and feel justified in resistance? This feels like one of the major themes of the current political climate in the US and parts of EU.
One thing that comes to mind is when muslims raised concerns about Switzerland's flag.[0]
This is a different sort of case than described in the article, but pushback here is inevitable.
[0]: https://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/schweiz/weg-mit-dem-kreuz-sec...
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#14Can a small minority push too aggressively and embolden a silent majority (or substantially larger plurality) to unify against them and feel justified in resistance? This feels like one of the major themes of the current political climate in the US and parts of EU.
Yes, it can, and then it is called 'genocide'.
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#15What an overlong and rambling article. Over the years I've found the big trick in writing is to know what to leave out. This is hard to get right but TFA could really do with some editing, it would probably be a stronger article at 1/4 the size that it is.
I personally disagree. I found it quite well structured and not that long for what it aimed to convey. I actually believe this long format helped cement the main points in reader's mind.
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#16What an overlong and rambling article. Over the years I've found the big trick in writing is to know what to leave out. This is hard to get right but TFA could really do with some editing, it would probably be a stronger article at 1/4 the size that it is.
>> What an overlong and rambling article
Not acquainted with NNT's writings, I see. :)
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#17"A Kosher (or halal) eater will never eat nonkosher (or nonhalal) food , but a nonkosher eater isn’t banned from eating kosher." I absolutely never buy halal meat and whenever possible try to avoid kosher certified foods. I do try to vote with my wallet and keep religion out of my food as much as physically possible.
Yes, there are animal abuse issues with it
Also some of it finances religious bodies, which I'm completely against. I refuse to finance religious extremism
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#18"A Kosher (or halal) eater will never eat nonkosher (or nonhalal) food , but a nonkosher eater isn’t banned from eating kosher." I absolutely never buy halal meat and whenever possible try to avoid kosher certified foods. I do try to vote with my wallet and keep religion out of my food as much as physically possible.
I have bad news: lots of foods are kosher.
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#19What an overlong and rambling article. Over the years I've found the big trick in writing is to know what to leave out. This is hard to get right but TFA could really do with some editing, it would probably be a stronger article at 1/4 the size that it is.
You write as if you've never heard of Nassim Nicholas Taleb or realize, this is an exert from a book. That has editors. And publishers. And have sold many copies.
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#20Very enlightening, but I think the points about non-GMO/organic food are a bad example. The non-GMO/organic movement is a rejection of technologies which improve yields. Distribution costs might have lowered, but supply forces will almost always keep these foods substantially higher in price because yields are lower.