@hamandcheese usually the counterfactual shows what's up. if communion didn't strengthen community, people wouldn't do it. (this is my bias)
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@KevinSimler I showed that state welfare substitutes for religious orgs. But I also think that "crowding out" does permanent damage1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@KevinSimler Both by destroying social capital and by replacing the sacred with profane. What Habermas calls reification.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@KevinSimler So you can agree for welfare for ex, that the state can subsume the identical "economic" function, but leave something missing1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hamandcheese oh yeah, totally. state is medical safety net, but doesn't babysit your kids when you're sick... (for example).1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@hamandcheese doesn't give you warm fuzzy community feelings (which are in a sense code for "these guys have my back")1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@KevinSimler I still think warm feelings belittles the concept. Compare marital love (sacred) with economies of scale via mating (profane)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@KevinSimler Would love even be possible between two agents that instrumentalized each other that way?3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@hamandcheese@KevinSimler Another way to put it: the transcendent is characterized by increasing marginal returns.http://cameronharwick.com/blog/the-morality-of-marginalism/ …3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
@C_Harwick going to sleep now... will read this in the morning!
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