> If I want to criticize my government, I should use a ULID and not my legal name.
Oh, hell, that's even older.
Criticizing the government has always been fraught. The founders of the United States signed their death warrants, when they signed the Declaration.
A declaration of rebellion is more than criticism.
Depends on the government.
Also, depends on the organization. Some companies will fire your ass, or even find a way to sanction you, for talking back to the boss.
> Depends on the government.
Not always then. Notably not in the recent history of the countries most relevant to this discussion.
> Also, depends on the organization. Some companies will fire your ass, or even find a way to sanction you, for talking back to the boss.
Talking back has different meanings. Some are reasonable grounds for dismissal. Some are not. Companies should be less autocratic. Being fired even unjustly is not like being executed.
Your fatalism and false comparisons are boring.
Aw, sorry to have hurt your feelings. That wasn’t my intention.
My sincere apologies.
> Aw, sorry to have hurt your feelings.
You did not. I rebutted false comparisons and called a philosophy boring. My other comment included a popular meme which mocked false comparisons and self congratulation. You made this assumption because you misunderstood the meme?
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> Oh, hell, that's even older.
So is slavery.
Whether it’s reversion to the mean or an innovation by modern society is orthogonal to the question of “are we going downhill as a society.” We are, in this particular respect.
Of course, but “new” is not necessarily “good,” and “old” is not necessarily “bad.”
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve come to learn that “It Depends,” is a mantra for life. Experience has taught me how to understand the choices. When I was younger, I wasn’t able to understand, so everything was “binary.”
Failing to learn from history is a time-honored rite of passage. If we paid more attention to history, we’d see that our refusal to look at history is nothing new.
As I've said in other contexts, anyone can walk through a minefield, as long as they are patient, and don't mind walking past a lot of body parts.
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Aw, I really seemed to have upset you.
That wasn’t my intention. I won’t get into fights, here, and I try to give the benefit of the doubt.
Have a great day!
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