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I couldn’t stop reading it: The Madness of Crowds, by Douglas Murray.

The land mines are everywhere, not just in the ground, but planted insidiously through everything; including the air you breathe.

Burn after reading.

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09-03-2022 , 09:21 PM

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Zeno

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Billions of human scum need eradicate from the planet. Butcher all of humanity and laugh while billions are sent to Hell.

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09-04-2022 , 01:45 AM

#17255

Zeno

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Twilight of the Idols!

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09-04-2022 , 12:32 PM

#17256

JayKon

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Originally Posted by Zeno

Billions of human scum need eradicate from the planet. Butcher all of humanity and laugh while billions are sent to Hell.

Ah, but which billions? That is the real question.

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09-04-2022 , 01:00 PM

#17257

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by JayKon

Ah, but which billions? That is the real question.

It doesn't matter in the slightest which ones. As an easy example, in every workplace there is the worst worker. Get rid of that person, and someone will fill that role. Same goes for removing the best worker, or the craziest one, the sluttiest one, etc. People are quite good at adapting to whichever niche is available.

On the other hand it is obvious that the first ones that need to go are the ones who waste their time on internet discussion forums.

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09-04-2022 , 11:35 PM

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JayKon

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Having worked in a department that had all A-level workers, where the worst one was still quite competent, diligent and capable, I have to take exception to your analogy. Yes, that is unusual, but it is also not unheard of.

I suppose it doesn't completely invalidate your point, but you would be foolish to act on it.

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09-05-2022 , 02:38 AM

#17259

PairTheBoard

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I'm going to start using the word "enormous" from now on and dispose of "massive" and "huge". I believe that will make me a better person.

PairTheBoard

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09-05-2022 , 12:04 PM

#17260

JayKon

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Originally Posted by PairTheBoard

I'm going to start using the word "enormous" from now on and dispose of "massive" and "huge". I believe that will make me a better person.

PairTheBoard

I suggest "tremendous". It has a nice ring to it.

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09-05-2022 , 02:18 PM

#17261

PairTheBoard

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Originally Posted by JayKon

I suggest "tremendous". It has a nice ring to it.

Excellent

PairTheBoard

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09-06-2022 , 01:52 PM

#17262

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by JayKon

I suppose it doesn't completely invalidate your point, but you would be foolish to act on it.

The benefits of billions being removed would be so large that any selection process (especially one chosen by someone who believes they could come up with a useful process*) would have a meaninglessly small effect.

You are correct that it would be foolish to act, but that simple statement is virtually always true.

*Mostly because of some pretty good reasons

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09-06-2022 , 02:06 PM

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lastcardcharlie

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Sorry to be obtuse, but what would the benefits be?

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09-06-2022 , 06:25 PM

#17264

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie

Sorry to be obtuse, but what would the benefits be?

Primarily fewer people blocking the view, but also the ratio of people to non-people things and (as applicable) the ratio of things-that-people-increase-the-number-of to everything else. The people to elk ratio is currently abysmal, as is the housecat to elk ratio.

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09-06-2022 , 07:07 PM

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lastcardcharlie

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Thanks, I was looking at it wrong, wondering how I would benefit.

I'm afraid I don't possess Zeno's altruism.

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09-06-2022 , 07:23 PM

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lastcardcharlie

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The roads are tarmacked, the parks are manicured, and the pigeons are feral. Not much in the way of non-people things round here. Daylesford Organic in Chelsea does have a new marketing policy about "eating in harmony with the seasons", though.

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09-06-2022 , 10:17 PM

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Zeno

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Are you even allowed in Chelsea? I’m certain I would be excommunicated and driven into exile.

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09-07-2022 , 03:23 AM

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lastcardcharlie

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Yes, they even allow me to walk through Chelsea Barracks.

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09-07-2022 , 02:28 PM

#17269

Zeno

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^^^^
White privilege at its best and most enduring! Kudos!

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09-07-2022 , 02:34 PM

#17270

Zeno

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Liz Truss is wasting no time in her appointments and implementation of her Neo-Nazi Stormtroopers throughout every level of the UK Government.

George Orwell would be proud of the swiftness of her actions.

What’s the over/under on when she invades France?

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09-07-2022 , 03:23 PM

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lastcardcharlie

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Originally Posted by Zeno

White privilege at its best and most enduring! Kudos!

All thanks to the Qatar Investment Authority. Meanwhile, Malaysia has invested zillions just across the river, on the conversion of Battersea Power Station to residences. That whole Nine Elms area is undergoing massive redevelopment, including the US moving its embassy there, for "security reasons".

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09-07-2022 , 03:36 PM

#17272

Zeno

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Meanwhile the British Pound has “plummeted to its lowest level against the US dollar since 1985. “

And the Bank of England is expecting the economy to shrink until the end of 2023.

Just more reasons for Liz to start a war with France. She will need the distraction.

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09-07-2022 , 05:04 PM

#17273

BrianTheMick2

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Originally Posted by lastcardcharlie

Thanks, I was looking at it wrong, wondering how I would benefit.

I'm afraid I don't possess Zeno's altruism.

You might be one of the lucky ones who gets deleted. There is, from what I understand, a great reduction in stressful events once you stop making a shadow.