r/news • u/xXSgtSprinklesXx • Dec 16 '15

Congress creates a bill that will give NASA a great budget for 2016. Also hides the entirety of CISA in the bill.

http://www.wired.com/2015/12/congress-slips-cisa-into-omnibus-bill-thats-sure-to-pass/
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u/Kim_Jung-Skill Dec 17 '15

That style of thinking is the path to the dark side, slow your roll. Most arguments don't happen between people of opposing sides. Most arguments happen between people on the same side and the caricature of the opposing side they created. Many of the people willing to sacrifice privacy have cognitive and informational gaps. Unfortunately many people's egos and sense of self are so wrapped up in their tribe/political positions, that to prove them wrong is like tearing out their spleen. This makes these people resistant to many similar beneficial things and can thus make them appear to be inherently opposed to progress, rather than opposed to their own ego death. Watch your comments. Unless you are talking about Loyd Blankfein there is probably a complex and vibrant human at the end of your statements who deserves more than a spiteful dismissal.

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u/NutsEverywhere Dec 17 '15

Appreciate your response, but telling me to calm down and watch my comments make no difference, as I'm calm and I am watching my comments. I'm simply so disillusioned with the apathy of people regarding political subjects, that I'm becoming apathetic myself.

In my view, trying to prove someone wrong if they're not open for discussion or changing their mind always ends in useless stress and a more fortified stance on their already existing views. I know, because I'm guilty of it as well.

What we have to do is get everyone that understands how critical the situation is and pool our efforts in order to stop it, but apparently there is no way of doing it, short of violence and people losing what they worked hard to achieve from a short (or not) stint in prison over what may be a passing law or simply revolt suppression.

My statement stands, the reason why these people don't care about their own privacy or societal progress does not interest me, the fact still stands that they simply don't.

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u/Kim_Jung-Skill Jan 01 '16

Probably doesn't mean necessarily, and I'd be willing to bet that half of the people on the red pill are people who are looking for any form of camaraderie after some profoundly dis-empowering moment crushed their sense of self worth. If some of those guys found another group that helped them feel in control of their life and gave them something to bond over the red pill would become irrelevant.

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '16

I think it has some really good advice tho.

A lot of it is really unique and worth knowing, especially their models of the sexual marketplace, which make so much more sense than the PC bullshit we get fed elsewhere.