HeliX Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Thought it might be interesting to do another one of these. https://8values.github.io/ My results will surprise no-one, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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VinnieK Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Mine surprised me, though I think that's because the questions weren't very nuanced: just because I believe all people should be treated equally, that doesn't mean I think all people should be treated well. Far from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted June 24, 2020 Author Share Posted June 24, 2020 1 minute ago, VinnieK said: Mine surprised me, though I think that's because the questions weren't very nuanced: just because I believe all people should be treated equally, that doesn't mean I think all people should be treated well. Far from it. If you think they should be treated equally but not well does that mean you think all people should be treated poorly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Just now, HeliX said: If you think they should be treated equally but not well does that mean you think all people should be treated poorly? Yes, but equally poorly. I don't care who gets used as ballast in my personal yacht, or whose children work 20 hour shifts in my commemorative plate factories, just as long as the job gets done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I'm a 'libertarian socialist' whatever the fuck that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 21 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: I'm a 'libertarian socialist' whatever the fuck that is. You'd like to provide everyone with an adequate supply of sandwiches and, what's more, you're not going to hassle them if they ask for wotsits and marshmallows as a filling. That's an election winning manifesto promise right there, just in case you were thinking of standing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, VinnieK said: That's an election winning manifesto promise right there, just in case you were thinking of standing. Only way I'd ever stand was if I could take the Stalin approach and start fucking shooting people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinnieK Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, TheTeapot said: Only way I'd ever stand was if I could take the Stalin approach and start fucking shooting people. I missed out the 'shooting' when I first read that, which led me to think it was reference to a very strange instance of a 'Confessions of a. . .' sex-comedy. You never know though. Start small on the backbenches and work your way into a position where you have a reasonable chance of getting the 'teapot's going to fucking-well shoot you act' passed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheTeapot Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I might start by growing the mustache Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevster Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 Democratic Socialist - I'm happy with that description Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Down Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 13 hours ago, TheTeapot said: I might start by growing the mustache It will never be better than your wife's moustache... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chinahand Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Sadly the original link doesn't work for me ... it might be being blocked due to work so I'll try later on my personal computer. This seemed an appropriate thread to post this image which popped up in my Twitter feed recently: My daoist side comes out when looking at things like this - what is the natural order of things? If you have to structurally distort things to enforce an ideal of equality - say gender quotas for engineering or dietician jobs this can be against justice. The image assumes the tree has been returned to its correct position ... but governments and entrenched interests are just as good at forcing them to fit their particular ideology. I'm not entirely against affirmative action, but am very aware caution is needed. It ain't as simple as it looks. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uhtred Posted June 25, 2020 Share Posted June 25, 2020 14 hours ago, TheTeapot said: I'm a 'libertarian socialist' whatever the fuck that is. It's like Libra and Virgo but with more empathy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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