@nicholas @lain @georgia @eris It seemed to be implying that he was right to pronounce himself emperor. I don't call that merely "succeeding".
I skimmed it before writing that but didn't reread the bit about Diana Moon Glampers killing him, so either I forgot it or it wasn't at the forefront of my mind.
I skimmed it before writing that but didn't reread the bit about Diana Moon Glampers killing him, so either I forgot it or it wasn't at the forefront of my mind.
@lain I think you're misunderstanding my point
@naruciakk @lain He's probably referring to when he moved to Suadi Arabia?
@wolf480pl @r4f4l don't some Linux isos have to load things from the disk? I thought there were only a few that loaded everything into RAM
@nicholas @lain @georgia @eris Harrison Bergeron was a stupid story.
Yes, people have different abilities. Yes, a society that tries to suppress that is stupid. Ok, Harrison Bergeron is the most able of them all. So what? How does that give him the right to be "emperor"?
The kraterocracy meme needs to die.
Yes, people have different abilities. Yes, a society that tries to suppress that is stupid. Ok, Harrison Bergeron is the most able of them all. So what? How does that give him the right to be "emperor"?
The kraterocracy meme needs to die.
@PeterCxy Anything. It's all delicious (I'm a pescatarian though)
@a does the 'a' stand for 'arab'?
@lain I thought loads of people define democracy broadly as anything that gives power to the people or limits the power of government, not *just* voting
@hidden chaotic neutral
@meso What's in a name?
@lain If you define democracy as more than just voting (which is often done) this might actually be true. People go on and on about how supposedly people are voting based on misinfo and fake news, and I think if that's true maybe we shouldn't have voting at all.
I'd much rather sacrifice voting for free speech and rule of law than the other way around.
I'd much rather sacrifice voting for free speech and rule of law than the other way around.
LGBT people who don't sexually harass, "egg crack", or (worse) "pink pill" people (yes, this does happen) are welcome and safe on my account