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@h4890 @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

And that's Sapir-Whorf in a nutshell.

Our real problem is not politicians, but the herd.

The herd likes easy answers.

Those are always lies!

@monarchist @h4890 @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot >Lots of words have been ruined by democracy.
Pragmatism doesn't mean compromise, these two are sort of adjacent and can work together, but definitely not synonyms.

@h4890 @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

Lots of words have been ruined by democracy.

The reason I emphasize hard realism: look at what actual changes are made to physical reality, not what we can sell to people politically or is likely to happen.

Aim for a real goal, not a compromise, in other words.

@h4890 @Palky55 @heretical_i @freepatriot

We agree, but that is consequentialism, and only of the realist variety (there is a social variety as well that came _after_ the original, of course).

Generally in the vernacular "pragmatism" means compromise.