What if the twist at the end was that most of the bad things we thought were happening were not, and it was really just a bunch of stupid globalists trying to make the world a better place and failing?

No kuru, no Satanism.

Just dumb elites disconnected from the world.

And what if Trump woke us all up?

And Farrakhan came together with Kanye, and North Korea with South, and Obama and Hillary with Trump, and us with the Jews and the Muslims.

And we each learned to live with each other, and make our countries and our world better.

Would that be so bad? It's probably a fantasy, but it's an interesting one. Would we rather all the violence and hatred of our imaginations?

If you could wake up from this dream and realize no one was evil, only broken and in desperate need of repair, would you be happier?

Just a thought experiment.

>>1545913

Yes. In their mind, I do. They probably thought the world would be better if they controlled it. Absolute power, does what it does to people.

>>1545931

It's a thought experiment about yourself and what you are capable of believing in. Has nothing to do with what you think is the truth necessarily.

>>1545932

Absolute power fucks with their stupid heads.

>>1545955

You are projecting.

>>1545953

Yes. The feeling of being right is similar. It's why we are all here.

>>1545981

Hm. Scott Adams would disagree.

Might you ever ask a leftist to imagine a world in which they were wrong? If not, why not.

>>1545984

There are many reasons to support globalism, if you simply ignore the truth that it doesn't work.

Some people can't help but ignore the truth.

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>>1546033

You two cleary do not understand how a thought experiment works.

Step 1 is NOT "refuting select parts of it and not learning a single thing."

>>1546048

They think they know better than you.

You think you know better than them.

They want to take away your power.

You want to take away their power.

They think everything you believe is wrong.

You think everything they believe is wrong.

They hate you.

You hate them.

>>1546064

What, pray tell, are the good parts?

>>1546068

Exactly the point.

Consider the implications of that last sentence. What does it say about what we want?

>>1546084

Well, if you ignore the fact that it doesn't work (that was the stipulation), it's a great idea. Lower trade barriers mean cheaper products, which overall should improve the quality of life for everyone. If people could get along, free movement of people across borders would mean greater access to good locations and services, which should allow market forces to push countries and companies to improve their offerings to attract higher paying taxpayers and customers, which in turn would improve overall quality of life and spread wealth.

The concept is partly based on "a rising tide raises all ships" mentally, which is easy to believe if you are very poor and stupid or very rich and stupid, but obviously false if you are smart.

>>1546099

Would we sacrifice all that?

That's the great question, of life, the universe, and everything.

>>1546129

Free market includes social forces, which have determined slavery unacceptable. Demand is high for companies who don't use slaves.

Only issue is lack of awareness. Where awareness is low, companies aren't accountable to social pressure. Those places can utilize slave labor.

>>1546131

And yet.

>>1546149

Nah. Kinda interesting actually. I mean, aliens.

>>1546155

I wonder many times if I would rather there was no evil. I've punched someone who deserved it once, and it felt great. Would I take back what they did? No, because it was worth getting Justice.

A city has to decide, knowing how many more people will die each year, to cut the police force or raise the speed limit for cost savings or efficiency.

Everything has a trade-off. I bet some people here would prefer there are aliens eating babies just so we can destroy them. They'll never admit it.

>>1546195

My equation assumes there are none. So my equation doesn't apply in the case of evil people.

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>>1546249

These seem like bots

>>1546254

>>1546250

Bots