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[–] Napierdalator 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

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[–] MaunaLoona 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

In the late 18th and early 19th century the ideas of communism emerged. These ideas were completely demolished in the free market of ideas. Instead of giving up, marxists invented postmodernism which attacked logic itself by declaring it invalid when applied to their ideas.

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[–] prairie 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Your feelings are very important for decoding what you need as an individual. If you ignore them, you will do damaging things because your body will not stop trying to get its needs met. But emotions aren't a good source of forming an objective picture of reality outside yourself. Each tool has a use, and you have to use all of them in combination. Sometimes you have strong feelings because someone else is doing something to you to stifle you. By figuring this out, and then applying reason, you might figure something objective about the other person that you wouldn't have done so with just reason or just emotion.

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[–] Kromulent ago 

I have what I think is a nice model for this.

Some people decide the external things with reason, and consider the resulting satisfaction of their emotions to be just one factor among many how they make their decision. They can be very rational and they make all the tough calls, but they are also prone to overdoing it, and putting their own feelings aside too often.

Some people put to much emphasis on their feelings and that leads to exactly the mischief you'd expect.

I think the healthiest way is to allow your intellect to inform your feelings, and to make sure that your feelings understand the importance of a rational, efficient outcome. Sometimes an efficient outcome is very important, and you'll desire that outcome very strongly. Sometimes it just does not matter all that much, and you'll cut yourself some appropriate slack, and just have what you want because you want it.

Ultimately I think that feelings decide. Informed feelings can be trusted, if they feel the importance of reaching the right answer.

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[–] Macdaddy5000 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

“Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck.”

― Robert A. Heinlein

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[–] Reverse-Flash 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Things are just fine. You are overthinking everything. Life is good. Life is fair. You trust the government and your politicians. When I snap my fingers you will wake up feeling refreshed and invigorated.

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[–] GutterTrash 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

It is intentional. Consider the people that only thrive when critical thinking and logic is absent. Consider that the same people are demonizing these same aspects. Much like the Deep State, they cannot win on land so they try to drag people into the depths.

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[–] CrudOMatic 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The people attacking it don't use logic or think critically.

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[–] bourbonexpert 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

I’m not sure when it started, but I remember in the late 80s early 90s there was a lot of talk about frivolous lawsuits.

I think under Clinton a lot of green lights were given to these lawsuits, so companies and people had to change their policies to a more inclusive mindset.

Meanwhile bands like REM and Morrisey we winning awards and pushed pro gay anti republican views. Then grunge came and it became “cool” to be a slack ass and hate football players and cheerleaders.

It had simply grown from there. (Except I’m the black community) now, the children of those values are in mid level power, and their children realize they can play the victim in order to take advantage of a situation.

For example the website the college fix documents the absurd articles written by students.

In v/niggers there is a post of an article arguments that the outdoor clubs and camping clubs at his university are racist because they are mostly white. Even though the clubs are open to all students and blacks can join at anytime.

It’s 10th journalism at its best. But this is the result of liberalism

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