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    28 days ago

    Judging any population by the actions of 1-10% of its worst members is bad statistics

    I judge humanity by the outcomes of human actions. And it’s not looking good. You blame who you want, it won’t stop your descendants from being harmed.

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      28 days ago

      I judge humanity by the outcomes of human actions

      That’s bigot logic. Might as well say that all bald people are villains just because Jeff Bezos is bald.

      You blame who you want, it won’t stop your descendants from being harmed.

      On the contrary: blaming all of humanity doesn’t help anyone in any way.

      Pinpointing who are the worst offenders and what can be done to rein them in is the first step to actually effecting meaningful change to save millions if not billions of lives.

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        28 days ago

        On the contrary: blaming all of humanity doesn’t help anyone in any way.

        Why would I try to help humanity? You’re human, right? And are you someone who I want to talk to?

        You’re calling me ‘bigoted’ for being autistic and seeing the world objectively. It is objectively the case that human actions have consequences, and those human actions are fault. You pretend to make the world better by being unpleasant. It’s sad, and I want no part of it.

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          You’re calling me ‘bigoted’ for being autistic and seeing the world objectively

          Nope. I’m calling you bigoted for saying bigoted, very subjectively based things.

          It is objectively the case that human actions have consequences, and those human actions are fault.

          It is also the objective reality and much more useful to know that massive differences of scale exist between the consequences of the actions of a tiny minority of people and everyone else. To insist on ignoring that is some counterproductive edgelord horseshit.

          You pretend to make the world better by being unpleasant. It’s sad, and I want no part of it.

          This you?