It is like a religion to some people. Maybe it’s the autist in me, but I have such a hard time understanding the true believers and why they believe the things they do. Is it just because they think everybody else believes it?
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There is a good case for a social safety net based on the fact that people are not to blame for being born with a low IQ and other disadvantageous characteristics. Progressives like William Beveridge thought that the underclass had to be helped exactly because they were not to
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blame for their condition. At that time of course he wanted poor people to give up procreation in exchange for being taken care of by the state. So there is that. But this thing of demanding that parents stop prioritizing the well-being of their children is just absurd.
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And yet this is the core of the current left, the idea that only redemption for privilege is absolute self-sacrifice, so you have to sacrifice your country, your neighborhood and your children.
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