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Phi Kappa Chi ΦΚΧ <a:yeah:589703000977571860><a:ppHop:536353159615086612>
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
not even liberal
bloomberg is literally a conservative republican
trying to buy the election
Conservative economically only, so not conservative at all
conservatives don't tend to make large drinks illegal afaik
what would that be then
pretentious asshole
>large
Anything over 16 ounces
that bans the 2 dollar soda bottles in gas stations because those are 16.9
Disincentivizing sodas through deregulation falls more in line with conservative, if that's the desired outcome
The moral police seem to swap parties every couple decades
Moral police as in what? Using the government to enforce morality?
Playing to a base that wants to see government regulation shape population habits
Christians wanted to see the government regulate the shit out of media for a while
It should, really
Now young liberals want to see the government restrict consumer choice
choice in what way to get fucked over the least Pog
Your ideology is toothless if you're not enforcing morality
It always backfires though Gent
Oh really
There's enforcing the wrong morality, or enforcing it in an asinine way
LGB acceptance rose, due to being ignored more than anything
But if you just decide to stand back and let be, what can you possibly stand FOR?
rather than some top-down push for equality
the number of swear words in a song, or the size of a cup at 7-11
shouldn't be "moral" issues
there's a better word for it
They are, even if they're bad ones
but when your idelogy seeks to force itself down the throats of your electorate
I wouldn't want vulgar songs broadcasted on children's tv channels
it will always end poorly
The market will shake that out though
you don't need federal protections
Oh I'm sure it never works out ever
Look at the entire history of civilization and proclaim that they were all fools for daring to enforce things
enforcing morality?
yes, throughout all of history
it's never not been foolish
It is the most inefficient way to get what you want
This isn't the natural state of man, spooky
Everyone doing what they want with impunity, even excluding murder and rape and the like, will just reduce civilization to tatters
You need to decide there are freedoms that will be restricted
That's a cop-out answer though
"everything is morality"
Explain
Trying my best to hold back on the cheap shots
If you define the protection of morals, as being broad enough to cover all interpersonal interactions
then it's going to encompass everything
Maybe I'm using the term "moral" when I should be using something else
So your country discovers corn syrup, and corporations start selling cheap to the masses, then they start getting uglier and weaker and dumber, do you just stand by and let the market be
we all need to be on gents super diet
Yes, take everything to parody levels
Because you can never actually take things at face value
I am not apart of this conversation I was just making a j o k e
I find that whenever a government; at any point in history, seeks to restrict the freedoms it itself has enshrined, for fear of society being "too free"
it doesn't achieve the desired results
not all societies have been free, that's fair
It's never perfect, but it certainly gets shit done
Don't worry spooky, gents set of morality will work this time
Yes pika, the eternal centrist
Have both sides stop being retards and I will stop being a centrist
Easy to play the critic because no ideology is without flaws
It's not a binary decision, pika
Sure its not, I chose that I will accept positions from either side that are good and reject ones that are bad while not associating with any side
because that is what resonable people do
I don't think it "get's shit done"
Not only do I think such actions aren't the job of the government, I don't think they work
So you're saying that banning guns physically would not restrict the flow of guns
Or drugs, or sodas, or anything
prohibition totally worked
I am sure a gun ban would too
Prohibition was on alcohol
Which has been prevalent in the west for a millenium
"gun violence is down, time to celebrate"
"other killings are on the rise"
Because they were retarded, and banned guns
But they reduced the number of guns
So it succeeded in doing that
The government could; by mandate, paint all the DC monuments purple,
it won't get people to like purple more though
Idk spooky