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Comment by jemmyw

5 days ago

Is there a middle ground argument? Something along the lines of humans are horrible to one another unless there is a social state that provides reasonable protection, at which point we can afford to be nice?

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ben30  5 days ago

Economist magazine editor once said in an interview that Republican/conservative are open regulations for businesses and closed on people. Labour/democrats are tight on business and more welcoming to the people.

Economist editorial attempts to be open on both sides.

  • actionfromafar  5 days ago

    Ah, the old Economist joke!

    1. Open regulations for businnesses

    2. Open regulations for people

    3. ?????

    4. Profit!

z3phyr  5 days ago

The question is not what state humans arein, but what state other humans would be when interacting with them. In other words, are other humans nice to me? I like it when they are nice to me. In return, I will also be nice to them.

libraryofbabel  5 days ago

Oh totally. I actually don’t like Locke’s position much either, he’s too libertarian for my taste (I would like the state to provide healthcare &c &c). But if I had to choose I’d choose Locke over Hobbes. Hobbes is… real dark.

  • kruffalon  5 days ago

    Such elegance, or snobbery or at least some kind of beauty...

    Using "&" literally in 2026 smells of wonder, well done, thanks!

    Do you do it sometimes in regular English words too or just in &c? Please give more examples (if you have any).

    This will be a great day, starting of like this: a written play with words; i like it!