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CatoTheElder on scored.co
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>In a high trust, high intelligence society, conversation is used to reach deeper understandings of Truth
That is that bullshit mysticism I was talking about.
>That's why speech is enshrined as a fundamental right in those societies.
Speech is enshrined as a right because at some point you are going to have to convince others to either stand aside or help you murder some government assholes. It has nothing to do with "Truth" and everything to do with using words to make others behave a specific way.
That is that bullshit mysticism I was talking about.
>That's why speech is enshrined as a fundamental right in those societies.
Speech is enshrined as a right because at some point you are going to have to convince others to either stand aside or help you murder some government assholes. It has nothing to do with "Truth" and everything to do with using words to make others behave a specific way.