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"If you didn't even know where Serbia is located or it's political history, how the hell can you know whether its government is full of ex-gangsters?" I know some Serbian history, but I had entangled it with Ukrainian history. When you read about 13 horrible eastern countries run by assort...

"The point is namely that greatness doesn't just come from some person emanating awesome. Great people come about because of a billion different variables, most of which are not under any of their own control in the least. They do make a contribution, but generally a relatively small one."...

"Unless one is willing to be destitute (and probably forgotten), one needs to engage with other people and try to please them to some extent in order to get what one needs and to accomplish "greatness." Hey, I have no problem with getting rich off of people's bad taste. That doesn't m...

Apparently people don't listen to the goddamn tyrants who run this joint. I said, "No dogpiling". I meant it. Thanas can reply, he's staff. Rye can reply, he got there first, unless he wants to abdicate in favour of Akhlut. Everyone else are welcome to add opinions, commentary, and origin...

"I also find it odd that you fetishize "great men" to such an extent, yet fail to realize how much of their greatness is owed to circumstance, serendipity, and infrastructure put into place by other people to allow their "greatness" to flower." I fail to see the relevan...

"That romantic nonsense has no purpose her" For one thing, I seriously doubt you have any idea what Nietzsche meant by superman/overman, secondly your casual discarding it as 'romantic nonsense' betrays your bias. Reality is not egalitarian; and the average human is all the more pathetic b...

If somebody doesn't like it I have nothing against them using whatever sort of technological aid they want to. I just don't appreciate the hubris of regular people who think they're so great just because they share the same sucky traits of the rest of this idiot species. The great mass of mankind a...

Thanas wrote:Why Wagner?

Awesome music, good philosophic elements in his opera, and very clever deployment of Germanic mythology. I suppose he went wonky in his later years, but I prefer crazy bizarre theories about Jews to the tedious, everyday crazy, bizarre stuff people believe.

"You can NOT have anything resembling modern society without also having a government." Not worth arguing about. If I want to waste time I can talk to Creationists. Thanas: You're right that Serbia isn't an Eastern bloc country. I was confused about that. Nonetheless it is true that there ...

If these Marxists think that society hasn't improved they should go live in the forests of some island in the south pacific they can have all to themselves. I promise nobody will give a flying f*ck about repressing them. Also, there's nothing wrong with people having different levels of wealth. Stop...

I don't feel the need to prove that a coercive agency which extorts your money at the threat of violence and/or kidnapping is a mafia. Translation: I'm a greedy, probably spoiled bitch who doesn't understand how government works and believes that taxes are theft. Good to know that I can just scroll...

They would argue wrongly, since a defining characteristic of a 'two-legged herd animal' is it's ability to blend easily with the herd. I'd also like to see someone argue that low-functioning autism or Aspergers is 'better' than the average quality of life. Remember, not everyone is goddamn high fun...

In my opinion, all governments are mafias with good PR and those of the former Soviet Republics most literally so; this being the case, homophobia is rather trivial compared to the fact that they are ruled over by mass murderers. Oh, you're one of those hatfuckers. :lol: Well, around here you have ...

I'd downgrade from 'genius' to 'smart guy' in a heartbeat for better quality of life. This is the kicker that's been being beaten around this thread for pages now. You don't have good social skills, rather have your hyper narrow interests than new friends or cure, which is typical of the disease to...

So in your opinion, a mob assaulting both a peaceful protest as well as the police protecting it, as well as representatives of foreign countries is not a serious problem? Even relatively speaking that statement does not make sense. In my opinion, all governments are mafias with good PR and those o...

I'd downgrade from 'genius' to 'smart guy' in a heartbeat for better quality of life. Well, as a person who's been diagnosed with Asperger's, sometimes considered a form of autism, I have to point out a simple philosophical point; that quality of life is a subjective property. Some of us who don't ...

Given that most of the Serbian government are terrorists and gangsters, I fail to see this as a serious problem; relatively speaking.

Hi, everyone. I was first made aware of this site while looking around for hard science fiction, and coming across this awesome thread: http://bbs.stardestroyer.net/viewtopic.php?t=136996 It sums up my own cranky elitist approach to fiction in general :P. I'm interested in physics, economics, philos...