NorthOfNorth wrote on Jul 13^th, 2021 at 12:52pm:


Don't forget to look in the mirror, to see what effect your individual sovereignty delusions are having on your ability for introspection.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jul 13^th, 2021 at 12:49pm:


.....with your full support, of course....

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The possibility of such action is one thing, the motivation behind the comment and the fact you would cheer exposes your moral compass.

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I'm aware of that; meanwhile  your Libertarianism based on an egregious individual sovereignty delusion is also on full display. 

Hint: there are no 'individual rights' or 'individual sovereignty' in nature; those concepts are (erroneous) human inventions created in the evolved human neo-cortex.

Nature endows all creatures with survival instincts, and that's it.  Humans will eventually have to create well- ordered community relations via rule of law (including an international rules-based system), or perish.

thegreatdivide wrote on Jul 13^th, 2021 at 4:32pm:

That's repartee. With a metaphoric reference.

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jul 14^th, 2021 at 10:07am:


You can't debate it, but you don't have to; universal sustainable prosperity is desired by all socially evolved humans, and in fact is a necessity on an ecologically finite and bio-diversity limited planet, and that's why the goal will be reached, by instituting co-operation at all levels while  managing creative competition among naturally self-interested individuals. 

thegreatdivide wrote on Jul 10^th, 2021 at 1:40pm:


No, the foundations of Western culture is not "greed is good"

Now, how do you explain that China has 626 billionaires, and more millionaires than the US has? That might be "greed is good", have you thought about that?

At the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in 2020 alone, deputies to the NPC put forward 506 motions and 9000 suggestions. The people's Congress system is the cornerstone of China's law making, not just “rubber-stamp”.

Democracy should be a process of universal participation, and every citizen should participate in the formulation of national policies. At the same time, the formulation of national policies should not only listen to public opinions, but also be based on reason and science.

Take China's 14th five year plan as an example. After the government put forward the draft, the NPC solicited opinions and suggestions from the whole society through the Internet and the media. More than one million suggestions have been received from Chinese citizens, many of which have been adopted.

In daily life, any dissatisfaction, complaint and suggestion of Chinese citizens to the government can be submitted through the "12345" system of each city. According to the law, any government department must reply and deal with it within 72 hours until the citizens are satisfied. If some government departments treat it negatively, the performance appraisal of their officials will be greatly affected.

Whether it is democracy in which the president is directly elected by vote or multi-level representative democracy in China, I think it’s just different form of democracy.
According to the Munich Security Index in 2021, Chinese people have the highest sense of security in the world. Isn't that exactly the purpose of democracy?

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jul 15^th, 2021 at 11:09pm:


IT especially has resulted in billionaires all around the world.
It's  time governments put an end to the BS, no-one can legitimately think they deserve to "earn" that much wealth.   

Meanwhile China is increasingly dealing with the fake financial-industry economy (note the cancellation of the ANT group IPO), which in the US has destroyed the real economy..., so much so that Biden can't even build 100 kms of HS rail in the US.

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Isn't Oz smart enough to produce its own doctors?

Karnal wrote on Jul 16^th, 2021 at 9:40pm:


A gibberish reply which didn't address any of the points made.

Fail.