Is it possible to have a society without Leftism, except through drastic repression. (If not, I have to opt for drastic repression.)
@Outsideness @PuzzlePirate well, but that's where a lot of tradition has come from...political engineering that was done in the past.
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@hbdchick@PuzzlePirate I'm skeptical, especially in the Anglo context, unless you'd call the emergence of Common Law (for e.g.) 'political' -
@Outsideness@PuzzlePirate no, i'm talking about (for eg.) the various anglo-saxon kings who passed laws against cousin marriage. political. -
@hbdchick@PuzzlePirate [*sounds of undignified retreat*] OK, that's fascinating, priors-wrecking, and more than a little scary. -
@Outsideness@PuzzlePirate ...than anyone has ever thought. or, at least, that i had ever thought. (~_^) -
@hbdchick@PuzzlePirate In this domain, you probably can get away with being 'everybody' -- or close enough.
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@hbdchick@Outsideness you mean like how Westerners don't hump their cousins any longer? -
@PuzzlePirate@Outsideness quite so. (^_^)
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