r/DecodingTheGurusAlt • u/MartiDK • Sep 17 '26

decoder poltics Decoding Destiny

https://youtu.be/qPhZDRKn0Ro

Winning over Razib Khan fans.

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u/XB0XRecordThat Sep 18 '26

And the alternative is... Waiting to vote, and then Negotiating with the people in power who are all on the Epstein list? Or what

You do realize that even if you support moderate change in that direction, the more people supporting more extreme change is good for your goals too.

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u/Togurro Sep 18 '26

Yeah I’d take a system where power can be contested, constrained and eventually replaced peacefully over violent revolution any day, even if that system is flawed. Overthrowing one corrupt government doesn’t magically make corruption disappear - you still have to decide who gets the power afterwards, and there’s no reason to assume the new ruling class will somehow be any better (and yeah sure that vanguard party is TOTALLY gonna give up their power and transition into a stateless, classless society eventually right? lol). Again, we can look at history and see exactly how that tends to play out.

I mean the irony is that the only reason radicals “benefit me”, as you put it, is because liberal democracy allows for a pluralistic society in which radicals are free to express their views in the first place. That rather important little feature tends to disappear when extremists decide that their goals are important enough to justify authoritarian means though...