> It's far better for people to simply be occupied than fight back
You are joking I hope? Have you lived or been born in an occupied territory or perhaps forgot to read some history? You can argue about every single incursion by the US or otherwise, but there are definite ‘simply be occupied’ by internal or external forces where people were slaughtered and no one ever really lived in peace until the regime was disbanded.
Maybe you live somewhere safe and do not have family members to tell you how absurd this is after they actually did live in occupied territory; for instance in the USSR.
> resisting violence itself is the primary cause of violence
> better to just lay down an let things happen.
I really hope this is sarcasm or some elaborate intellectual joke. Sitting back and letting it happen as you describe it is exactly what the German population did before the Holocaust.
divan|3 years ago
Next time russian soldier will be raping your wife or russian bomb destroying your home, please update us on your views on resisting violence.
tluyben2|3 years ago
You are joking I hope? Have you lived or been born in an occupied territory or perhaps forgot to read some history? You can argue about every single incursion by the US or otherwise, but there are definite ‘simply be occupied’ by internal or external forces where people were slaughtered and no one ever really lived in peace until the regime was disbanded.
Maybe you live somewhere safe and do not have family members to tell you how absurd this is after they actually did live in occupied territory; for instance in the USSR.
gjm11|3 years ago
That is: does Pinker actually say anything like that, or did you just say he did because it makes him sound stupid and evil?
s5300|3 years ago
bitcharmer|3 years ago
> better to just lay down an let things happen.
I really hope this is sarcasm or some elaborate intellectual joke. Sitting back and letting it happen as you describe it is exactly what the German population did before the Holocaust.
Also: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance