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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Great psychology for healthy wealthy people, I'm all for it.

[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

After seeing this quote today, sharing it here, and having a minute to think about it...
I have not watched a JRE podcast in months... I used to watch all the time
Once they quit doing them LIVE is when it all started to unravel for me (a year ago or so?)
Everything good in pop culture seems to get preyed upon, bought out, watered down, and ruined
MySpace, facebook, fark, digg, reddit, JRE, youtube in general - the whole internet kinda sucks now

[–]EndlessSunflowers[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Sorry, rant, lol

Great Quote though, Joe : )

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (15 children)

also:

Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women!

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    [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

    It is a quote from Conan the Barbarian.

    I gave it as an alternative viewpoint to the question of what makes a "happy, healthy person".

    One of the pitfalls of the 'liberal democratic' ideology that we have all been taught, is that it is blind to the validity of other viewpoints. As current events show, liberalism is not an utopian endpoint, but a stepping stone to tyranny. Maybe those raping, rampaging hordes had it right?

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      [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

      Labels like "liberal democratic" have no context for me

      "liberal democracy" may have no meaning for you, but it has been in general use for 20-40 years. So chalk one up to bad faith debating there.

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        [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

        Do you understand how utterly arrogant and ridiculous you sound?

        If you refuse to accept dictionary definitions of language, who the fuck can even have a conversation with you? Language is a medium of agreed meaning. If you reject all agreed meaning, you'll end up angry, contemptuous and alone

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          [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

          I am telling you I refuse to take on such definitions because...

          Language is an medium of communication that relies on shared meaning/ If you chose to reject that shared meaning because ego, then you cannot communicate, and every single conversation will be conflict.

          [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

          from the Oxford Dictionary:

          liberal democracy noun a democratic system of government in which individual rights and freedoms are officially recognized and protected, and the exercise of political power is limited by the rule of law. "the objective of liberal democracy is not limitless freedom" a state governed under a system of liberal democracy. plural noun: liberal democracies "they seek to transform the country into a liberal democracy" Definitions from Oxford Languages

          or, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_democracy

          Liberal democracy, also referred to as Western democracy, is a political ideology and a form of government in which representative democracy operates under the principles of liberalism. It is characterised by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into different branches of government, the rule of law in everyday life as part of an open society, a market economy with private property, and the equal protection of human rights, civil rights, civil liberties and political freedoms for all people. To define the system in practice, liberal democracies often draw upon a constitution, either codified (such as in the United States)[1] or uncodified (such as in the United Kingdom), to delineate the powers of government and enshrine the social contract. After a period of sustained expansion throughout the 20th century, liberal democracy became the predominant political system in the world.

          A liberal democracy may take various constitutional forms as it may be a constitutional monarchy (such as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Spain and the United Kingdom) or a republic (such as Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Ireland, South Korea, and the United States). It may have a parliamentary system (such as Australia, Canada, Germany, India, Israel, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom), a presidential system (such as, South Korea and the United States) or a semi-presidential system (such as France, and Romania).

          Liberal democracies usually have universal suffrage, granting all adult citizens the right to vote regardless of ethnicity, sex, property ownership, race, age, sexuality, gender, income, social status, or religion. However, historically some countries regarded as liberal democracies have had a more limited franchise. Even today, some countries considered to be liberal democracies do not have truly universal suffrage as those in the United Kingdom serving long prison sentences are unable to vote, (a policy which has been ruled a human rights violation by the European Court of Human Rights).[2] Many nations require positive identification before being allowed to vote. The decisions made through elections are made not by all of the citizens but rather by those who are members of the electorate and who choose to participate by voting.

          The liberal democratic constitution defines the democratic character of the state. The purpose of a constitution is often seen as a limit on the authority of the government. Liberal democracy emphasises the separation of powers, an independent judiciary and a system of checks and balances between branches of government. Liberal democracies are likely to emphasise the importance of the state being a Rechtsstaat, i.e. a state that follows the principle of rule of law. Governmental authority is legitimately exercised only in accordance with written, publicly disclosed laws adopted and enforced in accordance with established procedure. Many democracies use federalism, also known as vertical separation of powers, in order to prevent abuse and increase public input by dividing governing powers between municipal, provincial and national governments (e.g. Germany, where the federal government assumes the main legislative responsibilities and the federated Länder assume many executive tasks)

          etc

          as for the rest of your dribble. ?

          [–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

          I live in a republic, NOT a democracy.

          [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

          the second half of the statement is deffenitely true

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            [–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

            i'm not taking offense. Just amazed that you think that the verbiage you spew has any relation to intelligent communication.

            [–]LearnHistory 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

            I agree, with the exception of the word "right". That adds morality and other things to the discussion.

            Let's all be happy. :)