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49 minutes ago, August1991 said:

Surprisingly,

I favour Gorbachov - or as he referred to the TienMeng Square people - "Hot Heads".

Like, Deng Xiao Ping - I'm a pragmatist.

But when it comes to change, I prefer evolution. I'm conservative.

That is a surprise because evolution is progressive. Evolution wouldn't be very pragmatic if it was regressive.

A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.

Posted
6 minutes ago, eyeball said:

That is a surprise because evolution is progressive. Evolution wouldn't be very pragmatic if it was regressive.

Evolution is not progressive.

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Eyeball, do you know the origin of the word "progress"?

Henry VIII and his court/entourage travelled - they progressed.

 

Posted (edited)
19 minutes ago, eyeball said:

That is a surprise because evolution is progressive. Evolution wouldn't be very pragmatic if it was regressive.

Evolution isn't actually very progressive at all.  In fact progressive ideology tends to be an effort to minimize the harm done by evolution.

Evolution says those who can adapt and are most fit for their environment thrive and those who are not wither and die. The progressives would hate that

Edited by CdnFox

There are two types of people in this world: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data

Posted
10 minutes ago, eyeball said:

That is a surprise because evolution is progressive.

If there were a H-Bomb, a meteor - if we screwed this up - I suspect that some life form form would survive.

Is that progressive?

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People like Obama refer to the "arc of justice" as if it is natural.

I strongly disagree.

Posted
37 minutes ago, August1991 said:

Evolution is not progressive.

 

35 minutes ago, CdnFox said:

Evolution isn't actually very progressive at all.

Go tell it to these guys.

On the Origins of "The March of Progress" | Washington ...

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Eyeball, do you know the origin of the word "progress"?

from the verb progredi, from pro- ‘forward’ + gradi ‘to walk’

A government without public oversight is like a nuclear plant without lead shielding.

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