@scottberry912@OGRolandRat in fact state ownership can exist as a means by which to exert state control over the economy while respecting property rights as state ownership allows the state to exert control without making arbitrary encroachments onto the dealings of private enterprise
@scottberry912@OGRolandRat it isn't even incompatible with a strong respect for property rights if we look at singapore where there exists strong respect for property rights and a highly unregulated private sector existing alongside one third of its workforce working for state owned enterprise
@PresidentSunday "fascism is when you support self defense"
big brained takes from the wordcel using authorship of the doctrine of fascism as a litmus test for genuine ideological curiosity, perhaps you should try reading it sometime? it only takes like ten minutes
@SeweOchieng@DavAndBro@ElonBachman@CEBKCEBKCEBK IQ isn't everything, for whatever reason the industrial revolution began in the west and that gave the west a headstart, however, when we're looking specifically at ex-colonial regimes, particularly ones that left the same empire at roughly the same time, i think this sort of
@e_considine@friedmandave@robinhanson nor is it impossible for someone who has received the sort of education in these hasidic communities to integrate into the hegemonic culture, is it? it's just hard
@e_considine@friedmandave@robinhanson with significantly more difficulty than someone who was not socialized according to amish customs, so what is the distinction here exactly? is it just the english language suppression?
@e_considine@friedmandave@robinhanson but are non-amish kids educated and socialized in such a way to prepare them for amish society? that is the question
@e_considine@friedmandave@robinhanson jeopardize their ability to flourish in an alternative context? i do think the idea of having a different options is nice, but realistically the nature of adolescent socialization serves to constrain and direct people in a certain direction
@e_considine@friedmandave@robinhanson so should parents educate their children how to live the way an amish person does, the way a hunter gatherer does, the way a pastoralist does? or is it the case that not only is time and training scarce, but also that exposure to certain cultural conditioning may even serve to
@friedmandave@robinhanson perhaps even more capable of flourishing, given hadza hunter gatherers report higher levels of happiness than people from modern developed countries https://t.co/JkXr32J70G
@friedmandave@robinhanson how is it tantamount to child abuse? the human species has lived in this sort of poverty or worse for 99.999999% of its existence and people are perfectly capable of flourishing under it