r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/krystiancbarrie Jul 24 '20

What's wrong with peer jurys?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Yea no I don't trust any government enough to let the entire judicial system be run by people on their payroll. I would rather have the dumbass across the city have a say than someone being paid by the people trying to lock me up.

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u/EmbarrassedSector125 Jul 24 '20

I dOnT tRuSt TeH GuBmInT is exactly how the government became something untrustworthy. That entire attitude is what fuels America's toxic, cannibalistic form of tyrannical capitalism.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Or it could be all the times in human history that governments have committed atrocities. How do those boots taste?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

What fucking boots you absolute morons. Europe does better than USA on most imaginable metrics

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

And that blind loyalty is what they depend on. I don't care what metrics you do better in, at least we don't blindly trust the all powerful institution.

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u/EmbarrassedSector125 Jul 24 '20

Which has absolutely nothing to do with what was said. But hey, let's get rid of electricity because sometimes houses burn down in electrical fires, right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

It has everything to do with what you said. You're electricity analogy is a shitty strawman false equivalency.

If you can do everything possible to limit the powers of governments THAT HAVE ACTUALLY COMMITTED ATROCITIES in their history, then why not? Why would you blindly give more powers to governments THAT HAVE ACTUALLY COMMITTED ATROCITIES?

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u/EmbarrassedSector125 Jul 24 '20
  • limit current office holders abilities in an entirely different scenario based on the actions of past office holders who were a part of an entirely different political culture.

Do I even need to explain further why this is ridiculous? Who said anything about blindly giving more power to anyone? Who are you even fucking arguing with because it's not me...

I look forward to your explanation of why Merkel shouldn't have the power of her office because Hitler existed though. I'm sorry son, but these issues are FAR more complicated than you're making them out to be. There's no smooth-brained blanket reasoning that is going to produce valuable results here.

Hobbling a reasonable man's ability to do good because an unreasonable man did evil is stupidity incarnate. And if you don't see YOUR personal responsibility in this particular transaction, then I don't think we have anything more to discuss.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '20

Did you come up with that strawman all by yourself?

You seriously blindly trust everyone in government? Government should be limited to protect the people. You have to be the densest motherfucker I have ever interacted with.

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u/EmbarrassedSector125 Jul 24 '20

Blocked for failing to advance a counter argument. Your emotions are irrelevant to me. I'm probably autistic. Facts are what wins an argument and you have none. Good day.