funeralxempire
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16 Oct 2017, 7:58 pm
leejosepho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Only when one's survival is secure do [things like ideology or other abstract concerns] start to become important.
No, that is when people tend to become complacent unless they have already assumed responsibility for their own security.
You're certainly entitled to believe that.
leejosepho
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17 Oct 2017, 7:40 am
funeralxempire wrote:
leejosepho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Only when one's survival is secure do [things like ideology or other abstract concerns] start to become important.
No, that is when people tend to become complacent unless they have already assumed responsibility for their own security.
You're certainly entitled to believe that.
From where or from whom else might you suggest the security had come?
funeralxempire
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17 Oct 2017, 3:43 pm
leejosepho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
leejosepho wrote:
funeralxempire wrote:
Only when one's survival is secure do [things like ideology or other abstract concerns] start to become important.
No, that is when people tend to become complacent unless they have already assumed responsibility for their own security.
You're certainly entitled to believe that.
From where or from whom else might you suggest the security had come?
Either individually or through participation in a relatively secure society, or both.
Do you have anything resembling a point to get to?
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