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The discourse everywhere is full of self-righteous judgment pronouncements and moral grandstanding. Get over yourself. You’re not God, you’re a Yelp reviewer. It’s like that story by Shirley Jackson, The Lottery.
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"They’re just machines with a range that fail outside that range," is basically right, but redoing entrenched institutions generally requires political support. This can require some sermonizing on the fact that they've exceeded their range and are fundamentally broken.
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Politics is an institution too. I disagree that sermonizing helps much. There’s a lot of it — like 10000x what’s useful — and it helps people cope, but actual fixes come from elsewhere. It’s just easy and cheap to do. Slacktivism.
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that's just a way of normalizing dysfunction. even 'average' people are capable of reasonable foresight and moral reflection. millions of people die every year because of this institutional failure. if you've got the luxury of being bored by it, then good for you.
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One issue I have is that the leaders of a country should probably have some qualities superior to those of average humans, at least with respect to governing and leading.
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