Foot binding puts education (child prison) into context. How could they do it? Well, it was the normal, loving maintenance of a child.
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@GabrielDuquette@sarahdoingthing It's not "is TV good or bad?" It is "If you think TV is bad, would you use guns on those who don't?"2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@vgr status quo is equally backed with guns, so we should be equally suspicious of "x is good"1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing Hey, no fair sneak tweeting a parting shot after I said goodnight!2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing But yeah, "x is bad" = "I am going to ban x with guns" is a foundational argument for me, meaning to blog it. Because...2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing ...decline of violence argument (Pinker etc), end-of-history/Democratic peace argument (Fukuyama etc) is a Big Idea for me1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing In other words I do believe modern democracy+capitalism system is much less backed/stabilized by guard labor, violence.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing It's all anchoring. It's fun to compare American cops shooting blacks to (say) Praetorian guard, but latter was way worse2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing I try to limit empirical/historicist axioms in my arguments to minimum. This is one I trust because it has robust support1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@sarahdoingthing Interestingly, I think decline-of-violence and Fukuyama-democratic-peace args aren't part of Whig progressivism proper
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