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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Political Ideology |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 4:35 pm
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Replies: 40
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| I forgot about left-libertarianism. If a good portion of those who regularly self describe as libertarian in WP polls are left libertarians then the WP community is very skewed towards the left, both in economic and social issues, LOL. It isn't. There's like 3. The majority of News and PPR'ers, pro... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: If you ruled the world |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 2:01 pm
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Replies: 36
Views: 4,165
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| If I ruled the world there would no longer be wars and everyone would outgrow religion and focus on advancing the human race! Every city would be futuristic and advanced like this! Advanced Metropolises minus the pollution! [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLk4wThr2wk[/youtube]There would st... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Political Ideology |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2014, 1:48 pm
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Replies: 40
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| I forgot about left-libertarianism. If a good portion of those who regularly self describe as libertarian in WP polls are left libertarians then the WP community is very skewed towards the left, both in economic and social issues, LOL. And the most voted option is "Social Democrat". I guess some aut... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Conservative and I have a normal IQ...! |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 4:27 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 5,589
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| Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist, gives an evolutionary explanation to the higher IQ of liberals that is found in most studies: he says that liberalism didn't exist in traditional societies and is thus an evolutionarily novel trend; hence it must be related to higher intelligence, sin... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Another Need? |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 4:24 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 929
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| Do humans have an innate need to worship something? No, but we do have an innate need to belong to something larger than ourselves. What we label hero worship is usually an individual who projects an unreasonable ideological absolute onto someone they admire. The target of projection is usually som... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: ASD folks secular,liberal or just WP |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 3:22 am
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Replies: 83
Views: 6,206
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| Actually, I have noticed that there is a decent portion of libertarians like myself on WP and elsewhere, who are on the spectrum. The main thing I've noticed is that people on the spectrum tend to be socially liberal, and when it comes to fiscal and foreign issues it can be a toss up between either... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Dawn of Superspecies? |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 2:22 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 1,186
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: If Zelda were real... |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 12:44 am
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Replies: 14
Views: 3,013
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| My favourite is Majora's Mask, but A Link to the Past is great, too. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why somany people compare Napoleon Bonaparte to Hitler? |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 12:42 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,402
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| I agree with Kraichgauer, Napoleon was an authoritarian leader who was responsible for the death of many millions of Europeans. He brought French ideas, which he considered of universal value, to every country he conquered, and he is admired by some for this. I think he is similar to many Roman empe... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: I'm Conservative and I have a normal IQ...! |
| Dersino |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2014, 12:31 am
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Replies: 77
Views: 5,589
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| Satoshi Kanazawa, an evolutionary psychologist, gives an evolutionary explanation to the higher IQ of liberals that is found in most studies: he says that liberalism didn't exist in traditional societies and is thus an evolutionarily novel trend; hence it must be related to higher intelligence, sinc... |
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