Posts by andin
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Dennis Frank,
people evolved
Ever heard of social darwinism? Its the wrongheaded belief that societies "evolve" like species do in their natural state.It turned out a very nasty meme "survival of the fittest"
If you want societies to evolve to be "better" it takes a lot of conscious effort by everyone in specific areas of social interaction. Also depends on the adopted definition of "better" ...or something like that -
nations where people are sufficiently evolved.
Which nations?
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Speaker: The Government you Deserve, in reply to Rich Lock,
re-wilding large tracts of the UK (wolves and otters and bears,
They're make better neighbours than some hair reduced bipeds, I can see his point.
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Polity: English canards, in reply to Tom Johnson,
can someone like English sleep at night
Bet he sleeps like a babe swaddled in warm fluffy bedding not a container for waste cardboard numbed by alcohol to keep the cold at bay.
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Speaker: The Government you Deserve, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
core deep-green ideology (that we should give up all modern advances and live in darkened caves eating kale)
Ridiculous strawman
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Polity: Four cents on Brexit, Fonterra,…, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
By the tenor of your post you seem to be presuming I didnt read that jargon filled facebook post. Is that your intuition again?
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Polity: Four cents on Brexit, Fonterra,…, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
intuitively it doesn’t seem right.
Really! Intuitions, everyone has them, its what one believes they are whispering to their inner being when people usually get into trouble.
Now perhaps you are an exception, its not a rule.
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to Dennis Frank,
excessive migration
I beg to differ, the “problems” already existed or were gestating. Migration (excessive or not) for all the wrong reasons just exacerbated them
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Speaker: A Disorderly Brexit, in reply to John Farrell,
And various agenda's, voiced and not, gained far too much importance
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from what analysis I have seen there would seem to be a geographical divide among voters. How this works I can only guess, but there have been failures all round in communication and listening, and this seems to be historic. An all too human result is bought about...