• radiant_bloom@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    I would say yes. The only time you don’t is when I already agree with you, but that’s because I (hopefully) already know the good argument.

    I don’t believe in “common sense”, that’s just the biases someone already has. Some of them correct, some of them not, all unchecked therefore all invalid as a basis for anything.

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      6 months ago

      If we could dispose of respect for the individual, then we could replace democracy with science. That would be efficient.

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        6 months ago

        Science doesn’t have values, and policy needs values. Science can tell you the best way to achieve your values, but if your values don’t align with the values of the majority of people, then you’re going to use science to make people unhappy.

        It sounds like you just want to impose your values onto other people, which is precisely what democracy was invented to protect people against.