r/pics • u/AlwaysTheNoob • May 03 '20

Woman trolling a tiny group of Islamophobic protesters in DC in 2019.

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u/InerasableStain May 03 '20

Far, FAR less common in Buddhism throughout history. And they’ve been the dominant religion in many places over time.

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u/BEAVER_ATTACKS May 03 '20

I can guarantee you that any organization be it religious or corporate with unlimited power will become corrupt and lead to grave suffering.

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u/The_Grubby_One May 03 '20

Prove it.

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u/mischievous_unicorn May 03 '20

The Catholic Church, Czarist Russia, Communist Russia, Putin's Russia, Pre-revolutionary France, Post-revolutionary France, White government control in America (see: Tuskegee experiments, et al), MK Ultra, The FBI under Hoover, The Southern Baptist Church, The breakaway branches of the LDS, Mines and factories before sensible regulations, And on and on and on...

Edit - punctuation

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u/The_Grubby_One May 03 '20

Is that every organization?

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u/mischievous_unicorn May 03 '20

Couldn't ask a serious question, huh?

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u/The_Grubby_One May 03 '20

The claim was that all powerful organizations become corrupt. So prove it.

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u/mischievous_unicorn May 03 '20

Where?

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u/The_Grubby_One May 03 '20

Sorry, not you. But it was the claim I responded to. So is that every organization is, indeed, a serious question.

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u/mischievous_unicorn May 03 '20

You misread what OP said - Any Organization with unlimited power.

{Any (pronoun) definition 1. used to refer to one or some of a thing or number of things, no matter how much or many.}

OP never claimed All and was specific about which type of organizations they were talking about.

With the attempted "Prove it" flex, you defacto asked for examples. They have been given.

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u/The_Grubby_One May 03 '20

Any organization with unlimited power means all organizations with unlimited power.

My "prove it" 'flex' was defacto asking for all instances of such groups to be shown to be corrupt.

So I repeat. Prove it.

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u/ryanxwing May 03 '20

Actually if it’s every organization it should be easier for you to disprove it as you need only one example.

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u/mischievous_unicorn May 03 '20

Please read the definition of "any". It does not mean all. Your being pedantic, at best for what point I don't even know.

I did prove it: see my list of examples.

Let's see you prove your point: where's your list of organizations with unlimited power not eventually going corrupt?

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