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Old 06-10-2012, 08:57 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by spence View Post

I think they've tried this and the result was that the individual isn't very responsible. When the accumulation of poor individual decisions ultimately weighs on the masses, there is a justification for doing something.

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this reaches a whole new level of creepiness...

you could justify virtually anything on this basis....particularly if you believe the individual is subordinate to the state and not the other way around.....

I'm pretty sure that most of the planets evil dictators and oppressive regimes have operated under this premise.....depending on your definition of "poor individual decisions"...right?
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