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0 pointsgspr4y ago0 comments

Of course. But the fact that the norm is that one doesn't have to worry about these things still is a huge improvement.

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Cthulhu_4y ago

Indeed, and since you already called it the norm, we need to ensure that everybody gets to live that way.

necovek4y ago

A norm does not make it a minimum baseline: a norm is something that's prevalent or average.

Not disagreeing with your desire to make that the baseline, just with the terminology :)

joshuacc4y ago

The word norm can mean either “prevalent” or “the desired state of things.” So I’m assuming the previous comment was engaging in a bit of wordplay.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/norm

iqanq4y ago

We need to ensure how? Injecting money senselessly forever like we do in Africa, bringing war to those countries, infiltrating their governments to take them over...? These comments always perplex me.

gsprOP4y ago

Oh I agree with that.

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