You mean all the xianxia novels aren't going to help my understanding of Marxist theory? 
IncorrigibleDirigible
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Sadly believable.
And it's by design. An Underground History of Education in America is an interesting book on the historical players involved. And guess who the main ones are (hint: it's capitalists).
I disagree. Actions are regulated by the areas of the brain directly responsible for just that. I may have had a different opinion when my understanding of how our decision making actually functions was less informed, but it definitely IS an impulse not being controlled. There is no other mystical moral ingredient that you can shoehorn into the equation. Free will is nonsense and attempting to discourage people through threats of punishment doesn't work. My own half brother was a repeat offending criminal and NO amount of consequences ever stopped him and now he's dead from his own lack of impulse control. I think it's exactly accurate to describe any behavior in functional terms.
They did allude to capital punishment though. I'm not one for revenge based "justice" personally so murdering people doesn't sit well with me. I'm probably in the minority though since seeing perceived wrongdoers suffer is a huge dopamine release for primates. I believe in a non punitive rehab/reeducation/quarantine approach to deviant/nonconforming behaviors (the things we currently label as "crime"). Neurobiology calls into question some deeply ingrained societal modes and the info is relatively new and not commonly known. I'm also not too keen on the meritocratic approach to conforming behaviors. It's pretty crap to punish people for poor impulse control and it's pretty crap to reward people for having been born into circumstances that allow them to exercise impulse control, since those factors are mediated by genetics and environmental interaction. Prenatal and early childhood mostly in fact. I like the analogy of taking away a child's toys because they caught a cold. Just doesn't seem reasonable. Creating material conditions to ensure that people don't experience high levels of prenatal and childhood stress seems like the only real actual solution.
An academy award followeth an death untimely, methinks.
I live in America and read above a 3rd grade level so probably.
There's a guy who does renditions of the rather nice music on classical guitar that I quite enjoy. Can't say much about the game itself though as it doesn't even move the needle on my want-meter.
Lol I forgot their numbering was not quite coherent. So then model trained on n versions of GTA.
Sadly it's the only real form of socialism in the US. That's how they lure the kids in. Housing, clothing, healthcare, education, food. All taken care of. Fucking tragic really. With the utter lack of class consciousness and the propagandized world views that exist in the country it's easy to sign up and feel comfortable and justified for a full 20 year career. Then they can go around and say they were in such and such branch and 99% of the time hear "Thank you for your service." in reply. It's like some nationalistic necromantic incantation.
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I am grateful for any good news these days.