• CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    When the right uses terms like “liberty”, or “freedom” or “free speech”, everyone should realize that they mean those terms in very different ways than normal Americans do.

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      18 hours ago

      What is normal in this context? More than half the electorate supports the right. That’s plenty enough to be “normal” from the outside looking in.

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        13 hours ago

        Does the Pareto principal work for morals?

        Like 80% you go with the flow, 20% “call me Neville because even if I’m the last normal person on earth I’ll never stop looking for the cure.”