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0 pointsnico3y ago0 comments

> But the public cancelling means on an individual level social groups eventually become homogeneous in their views.

> The result is you must eject any idea, person or news source which doesn't 100% align with the current group values.

That’s essentially human society.

We organize ourselves in races, countries, cultures, religions, sports teams, etc.

We are constantly excluding others and trying to belong to certain groups.

The issue is when it becomes extreme and a group decides that all other groups should be exterminated.

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vuln3y ago

> The issue is when it becomes extreme and a group decides that all other groups should be exterminated.

In which given enough time all groups come to that last same conclusion. No group is safe once the extreme amass too much power.

Spivak3y ago

And even stronger we institutionalize it and enforce it with violence. Enforcing cultural norms is the whole basis of our legal system.

krunck3y ago

> That’s essentially human society.

That doesn't make it OK. The degenerate groupists in human society are the ones responsible for oppression and mass slaughter(war) whereas individual free thinking people are not.

Spivak3y ago

Looks like you just divided humanity into two groups there you degenerate groupist.

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0 pointsnico3y ago0 comments

> But the public cancelling means on an individual level social groups eventually become homogeneous in their views.

> The result is you must eject any idea, person or news source which doesn't 100% align with the current group values.

That’s essentially human society.

We organize ourselves in races, countries, cultures, religions, sports teams, etc.

We are constantly excluding others and trying to belong to certain groups.

The issue is when it becomes extreme and a group decides that all other groups should be exterminated.

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vuln3y ago

> The issue is when it becomes extreme and a group decides that all other groups should be exterminated.

In which given enough time all groups come to that last same conclusion. No group is safe once the extreme amass too much power.

Spivak3y ago

And even stronger we institutionalize it and enforce it with violence. Enforcing cultural norms is the whole basis of our legal system.

krunck3y ago

> That’s essentially human society.

That doesn't make it OK. The degenerate groupists in human society are the ones responsible for oppression and mass slaughter(war) whereas individual free thinking people are not.

Spivak3y ago

Looks like you just divided humanity into two groups there you degenerate groupist.

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