Who’s justifying?

It’s what we call an abstraction. This particular abstraction highlights a moral point.

Not bullshit. Useful and interesting.

Ok, why is the trolley problem bullshit? Seriously.

Yeah the logic is clear. But consider the lesson of War Games.

The riddle can also be a mindfucking trap. The first, implicit, assertion of these kinds of riddles is that you must solve the riddle because the riddle is important (because it accurately represents reality or something)

But that might not be so.

So if we’re gonna cut through the riddle then that might be our access point.

That’s some good rationality there. Well done.

Your emotions are getting in the way of your thinking

Yeah I guess that’s the ultimate math of it. I’m new to chewing this riddle. I think the most popular answer is to shout that the riddle doesn’t exist. I’m still chewing on it.

Sharp as a bag of fresh mozzarella you guys

Why not call it a magic trick. I mean, technically it underlays science. So it’s transcendent to our scientific way of making sense of stuff. Which is a pretty good definition for magic.

You could say that people with this personality trait are inclined to become artists, scientists and engineers.

And you could call this personality trait a magic trick.

(first, thank you for achieving the straightforwardness that has escaped so many others here)

What is the difference between online society and irl society that makes dictatorship preferable in one and democracy preferable in the other?

Is it the size? The complexity?

If the dictator was you, might that make dictatorship more attractive?

Ten-thousand Lemmy and Reddit moderators say otherwise.

Why do you dance around like this instead of just answering the question?

Actually somebody else got their shit removed and I wax philosophical on their behalf. I’m sophisticated that way.

Everybody says democracy but given the opportunity to be dictator they will choose dictatorship every time.

Is that a realistic assessment?

Every moderator on lemmy, apparently.

How about for lemmy communities?

You’re making a show about killing money men. Good luck convincing the money men to fund it. And that’s how it works.

Otoh, making video is pretty cheap these days.

Then allow me to enlighten you.

A system of laws is not human. Tho built by humans. Much like a car or a toaster. And as such lacks the intelligence, depth and flexibility of a human. And is subject to gaming, breaking, and all the other problems of machines that interface with reality and humans.

That is my point.