First, I'd ask whether or not it can actually achieve its intentions before we start worrying about the ethical ramifications. That could just be me, but if it's clear that shit like this doesn't work, that's a better argument against it than the inevitable moral quandaries about the people who get shafted about the whole thing.
Besides, if the rise of the alt-right means anything, it shows that a lot of very powerful people won't give a shit about them anyway. And their co-opting of rationalist rhetoric has worked so well precisely because we've spent so much time talking about the blatant injustices that we've neglected to explain why it was built on utter nonsense.
Besides, if the rise of the alt-right means anything, it shows that a lot of very powerful people won't give a shit about them anyway. And their co-opting of rationalist rhetoric has worked so well precisely because we've spent so much time talking about the blatant injustices that we've neglected to explain why it was built on utter nonsense.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.