Comments by "Harry Mills" (@harrymills2770) on "Joe Rogan Experience #1484 - Reggie Watts" video.
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Evolution doesn't explain how we made the leap from organic soup to 1-celled to multi-celled to EVERYTHING. Missing links ABOUND in the fossil record. We're not really sure how those major leaps happen, although the fossil record indicates many major leaps.
Variation of species doesn't quite cover it. You don't have to be a wacked-out "Earth is 4,000 years old" fanatic to believe that there are huge gaps in the theory of evolution.
Look at trilobites. They lasted millions of years, essentially unchanged. Then they're ALL gone. And something else entirely filled up its niche(s). Paleontologists have no idea how things transitioned. They see the one thing. Then they see the totally different thing.
I think evolution fits the facts, but doesn't explain all the facts. Most of all, I think we're just damn short on facts.
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There's a deeply imbedded paradox in contemporary liberal thought. People want to be free, but they also want government to take responsibility for damn near everything. When you give up personal responsibility for a thing, you give up personal authority over that thing. You also agree to abide by the rules set by those to whom you foolishly gave the responsibility.
You can't at the same time be free and secure. Liberals want to be secure, but they're always surprised when they realize that it always comes at cost to their liberty. Christian fundamentalism isn't the ONLY traditional dogma that gets in the way of real human progress. Throw God out and somebody else - lately somebody POLITICAL - will eagerly supply you with a world view with its OWN dogmas.
Things like Med4All sound really good, but when you make the collective responsible for the cost of your health care, every cigarette you smoke, every donut you eat, every risky behavior in which you engage is at the collective's expense. One economic downturn, cigs are illegal. One bad year, people start REALLY fat-shaming, VICIOUSLY, because that person's self -indulgence is at EVERYBODY'S expense. Very slippery slope, as nice as collective responsibility for the weak and powerless.
The answer? A self-sufficient citizen with a little extra to give, who GIVES, because it's RIGHT, and society affirms their generosity with STATUS.
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This guest sounds like he's getting close to what Adam Smith was saying, but still operates under some myths about "toxic capitalism." When exchanges are voluntary between known individuals in a community, in full light of day, cheating is extremely rare. Word gets out. You need that person's business in the future. Businesses that last, under NO rules beyond basic protection of rights to person and property, are as moral or MORE moral than highly-regulated markets.
Only in a highly-regulated market do you see GMO products from big corporations get labeled as "organic" on the shelf. Only with the USDA weighing in does the actual organic farmer get labeled non-organic, because of how they filled out a form. Those rules are written by elites for elites. Written by big business for big business.
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I've been in rock fights. They're terrifying enough! Especially around the railroad tracks where there's an infinite supply of fist-sized rocks perfect for throwing. Bezing SHOT AT is a whole 'nother level of fear.
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Let's make peace between law enforcement and the community. Let's start by thinking about policies that put them at odds in the first place. I'd start with re-thinking our approach to drug addiction. Maybe more of a public-health approach than a law-enforcement approach. Cops already see us at our worst. Honest cops get a low opinion of the community. Dishonest cops have all kinds of drug money in front of them every day. Temptation. Some cops shouldn't be cops.
An old security guard at my college in the 1980s was your stereotypical Irish ex-cop. He could tell some stories. One he told (grain of salt) was that when he worked for a big-city police department, he got shipped into corrections almost instantly, because he wouldn't take the envelope. So his fellow cops wouldn't trust him on the street. (And he couldn't trust his fellow officers). He said that he ended up being a jailer because he wouldn't take money. I think the War on Drugs really fuels this kind of thing.
Gambling and prostitution are also corruptors of communities and police forces when they're illegal. Legalize and regulate gambling and prostitution, as well. Law enforcement would then only be there to regulate street traffic and investigate and help prevent crimes against persons and property. I don't care if somebody wants to stick a needle in his own arm. Not the cop's business, until and unless he knocks somebody over the head for money for his next fix. THEN he's meat for law enforcement.
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