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Interesting. Most reasonable people would agree that things do not exist in a vacuum and that competing values, such as they are, may need to be preserved. This can mean a lot of different things across societies as consensus is established ( because it will vary and vary wildly ). Now, there absolutely is value in a stable society, but if it is the main value that we optimize for then minimizing that belief system is a surefire way to undermine it. Naturally, if you are telling me belief systems don't matter, please say so. If you believe only some belief systems matter, please list that ones that meet your acceptable threshold.

I am not a religions scholar or social academic, but that sounds to me a bit counter productive.



> Most reasonable people would agree that things do not exist in a vacuum and that competing values, such as they are, may need to be preserved.

I don’t think this is true at all. Most people are pretty ideological and think there are certain toxic ideas that need to be expunged from society. We don’t agree what those things are but ideology is a power struggle. Pure ideological libertarians are rare.




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