Burnov - 2011-10-02
Doug Stanhope is funny sometimes, but in this case he's a complete retard.
Nationalism exists because scarcity will always be a looming problem.
It goes against every natural human fibre to not band together on some common interest to succeed against other individuals or competing groups.
It goes against every natural human fibre to voluntarily relinquish one's pursuit of some quality of life in favor of enforced distribution of resources in which everyone, while possibly not starving endure much lower living standards as a result.
Life itself is a manifestation of zero sum game, and nationalism is simply a natural consequence of that.
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HotwaxNinjaPanther - 2011-10-03 Yeah, but in a large enough group, you're bound to end up with a herd mentality. When general anonymity strikes, nobody gives a damn if you're the slowest antelope. Strangers won't hesitate to split off from you and save themselves if it means that they don't have to become lion food that day. Hell, people don't even have to feel a sense of danger to keep them from being a good samaritan. There are so many video examples of people in cars hiding in anonymity, driving past stabbing victims or ignoring roadside accidents. There are many things in our culture that reward antisocial behavior. Hell, the internet itself is a living thesis on the power of schadenfreude.
While it may seem like an evolutionary benefit for people to cooperate with one another, it doesn't mean that we're all inclined to do so under all circumstances. Humans also evolved the ability to walk upright on two feet, but I highly doubt that the neckbeards who frequent this site ever bother to use them.
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baleen - 2011-10-03 Nationalism has nothing to do with scarcity. You're dumb.
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joelkazoo - 2011-10-02
I love Stanhope, but this feels like a dupe.
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gmol - 2011-10-02
Beautiful.
It sounds like he read G.K. Chesterton,
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Tradition may be defined as an extension of the franchise. Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about.
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HotwaxNinjaPanther - 2011-10-02 To suggest that Stanhope reads anything other than beer labels is pushing it.
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memedumpster - 2011-10-02
Five for Doug Stanhope.
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Harveyjames - 2015-04-04
Discovered Doug on Baiting.org around the same time I discovered PoE.
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