@BretDevereaux yeah but the thing is, like all modern academics, classicists are basically cowards motivated by fear of losing reputation and funding, so they will always arrive at the politically correct answer to every question
I don't believe in thought experiments
Sorry I know you put a lot of effort into your Saw movie fantasy about pushing a button to run people over with a trolley
But I don't believe in them
@Brendan9371@AnechoicMedia_ Your notion of assigning them value involves importing them. You could admire them from afar, but they're here now, and they vote. Go run a cost-benefit analysis on Minnesota Somalians. If it's negative, can we expel them? Or would that violate their human rights? Oops my country
@Brendan9371 They just happened to be born on the wrong patch of soil! Who are we to deny them citizenship? After all, their lives improve a lot by coming here, and our lives are only degraded a little. If you do the math, borders are actually racist —
Imagine having any leftoid belief, like the races are equal or immigrants make the economy go up or whatever. On some level, you have to know you're wrong, but you stick with it, choosing to be morally perverted. To live one day as a leftoid is to profane your soul. Irredeemable