migo

joined 2 years ago
[–] migo 15 points 2 years ago

The extreme poverty one is laughable especially when criteria to define extreme poverty is ridiculous. Extreme poverty in places where you earn less than $1.90 but can still have subsistence farming and community doesn't make sense - also if living in San Francisco and earning $2/day isn't extreme poverty... I don't know what is.

Poverty shouldn't be tied to capital but to standards of living - that would be a completely different story.

[–] migo 2 points 2 years ago

Rest assured, I'm from Lisbon and all family is as well. I never thought of any place in Portugal as "inbred" (other stereotypes apply to different regions though). Love the Azores, btw.

[–] migo 0 points 2 years ago

You're taking an authoritarian perspective. Fair, but I disagree. Tolerance is important because we as a society grow and evolve due to the discussion of ideas, simple or complex as they may be.

The paradox is that to achieve a tolerant society we must be absolutely intolerant to intolerant ideas otherwise intolerance "wins" and becomes the norm.

[–] migo 11 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Exactly: in order to promote tolerance we must be intolerant to intolerance. It's a paradox described by Popper.

[–] migo 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Maybe don't charge as much?

[–] migo -2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Why are you hoarding wealth?

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