> but in terms of self-defense, it's probably better to treat all lefties as though they are malicious rather than misguided. this sums up my mindset. as humans, we simply do not have the capacity to full understand every individual's motivations and must operate based on heuristics for our survival. modern computing would be a nightmare if we didn't have heuristic based anti-malware/anti-virus solutions. modern society is becoming a nightmare because we are being deceived into believing that heuristics are inherently bad. there's a balance to be struck, but blind acceptance of all certainly is not it.   regarding the last section, this makes perfect sense. sometimes those in power simply make everything worse for everyone, especially when they have been fully corrupted by power. there is one important thing to note: power can corrupt those that were not initially corrupt. that said, we will never reach a truly perfect world without corruption, but we can certainly get much closer to it by instituting a legal framework that removes people that abuse their power from society in a manner that strikes fear in those that are only beginning to attain power.
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