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[revolvingdork]

The social climate both on and offline has pushed me to wax philosophical

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[revolvingdork]

I'm not attempting to comment on labels as a whole in the OP, but they also tend to make me similarly uncomfortable. The idea you mention about defining "bad" ideologies I think deserves some scrutiny, as writing off any abstract idea as "bad" is dismissive and arguably a little simplistic. Nazism is somewhat specific, but I'd argue that fascism and dictatorial monarchies are not inherrently "bad".

As for your second paragraph, I had another set of observations written up about governments having far less ability to affect the actual lives of citizens than people given them credit for ( at least, in the US ). I need to think about it some more, but right now I'm of the opinion that the government doesn't actually have very much power and isn't really worth getting upset about because laws are only as effective as the ability to enforce them.

[kellbot]

yeah but George Washington was a dumb fuck with wooden teeth, remember?

[revolvingdork]

In his white-powder wig wooden teeth world, that is certainly all that fuck could have envisioned ;P

[mariethebee]

Wow. Blizzcon's got you all worked up.

[mariethebee]

p.s. gonna go ahead and call myself the frontrunner for best comment.

[robarchangel]

"those that think differently are *not* evil, and they are almost certainly *not* stupid

[revolvingdork]

word ;D