Mike: If anything ironic nihilism would favor anarchism, never the ruling elite.
Ironic nihilism favors passivity. The last time people weren't passive, we had the clean water act and a bundle of other populist legislation ... which took a whole bunch of lobbyist to undermine.
Mike: None of us believes what we believe through reasoned discourse, but only through what our parents taught us.
This List alone has helped me change my opinion on a range of issues. Guess that makes you a father figure or something...
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