Re: more electoral defeats for the feudalists


Bob Kolker wrote:
ruetheday@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Now you seem to be building a morality based upon instrumental
rationality. Nothing wrong with that per se (Gauthier makes a good run

We calls it pragmatism, preciousssssss.

Pragmatism certainly isn't "might makes right".

at it in Morals By Agreement), however, it's not the same thing as
"might makes right".

conVINCE. The root is VINCE = conquer. Wars can be won by stealth and
guile as well as by brute force. Not all conquest requires brutish force.

Which is the better instruemnt? The scalpel or the bludgeon?

It depends on what you're trying to accomplish.

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