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<p class="MsoPlainText">Glen writes:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">< As for Harris' argument, he's relying on a common trope amongst people like him (including Pinker's recent book, Shermer's standard presentation, etc.). As horrific as the local 7-Eleven parking lot might be, it doesn't compare to
what's happening in places like Yemen or Syria. ><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Maybe. I think you could make the case that ISIS terrorists are terrorists because it has given them something to believe-in and something to do with their lives.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">It is only with the application of a prevalent value system that we equate terrorists with badness. Many junkies outside 7-Elevens are lost souls and will have abbreviated lives. They are unable to thrive. In contrast, a military
commander in Hamas living in the Gaza Strip may have miserable conditions to cope with, but they are respected by a group of people and aren't depressed. This was sort of Ted Kaczynski's point that technology raises the bar to the point many people can't
function any more. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Another example are the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/opinion/911-lessons-veteran.html">
stories</a> of (U.S.) soldiers who live in terrible conditions but bond tightly with their peers, people they might never be close to in civilian life.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Objectively they are in danger every day, but psychologically they crave the bond and the engagement in the fight.
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Either moral relativists or full-on nihilists see that threads of subjective reality can and sometimes should be independent. I would argue that is useful on average at a universal level because it expands understanding rather than
being prescriptive. Peterson’s own arguments about how men rise to greatness in organizations admits that things can take care of themselves.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="color:black">Marcus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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