• A_be_seedy@beehaw.org
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    22 days ago

    I think it’s attainable. It just requires a society that’s survived long enough to learn how to effectively educate the young, and the recognization that freedom of speech applies to the boundaries of society. As in, a believer of bigotry and/or exploitation cannot exist in society - that would tear society down.

    More equitable governments existed before the colonization and homogenization of the globe. Ones with great feats of man too. Maybe the colonialism route moved faster, but that diesht mean it was the better route.

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      22 days ago

      I’ll upvote that. I’m less optimistic concerning an egalitarian society. However, I fully agree with you on the tolerance of intolerance point.

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          22 days ago

          Power in the political sense and willful ignorance in the social sense. A concoction that when brewed results in a colossal nonsense, but sweeps up everything in its path. Its not a western problem; any one, any state, or people is susceptible given the interconnectedness of the world.

          I want to be wrong. But I doubt we are attaining something egalitarian for a long time, if ever.