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As a trans girl, I really don't get to live my life in peace without "social engineering" as you call it. Also for being bisexual. Also for being in an interracial relationship. Also for being an American citizen. More to the point, I would argue that the conservative desire to prevent...

I think these are two distinct arguments. People wanting safety and security without having to personally carve out your own personal dominion with tooth and nail is what civilization is all about. It's not wrong or cowardly, and it's entirely different from wanting to be told what to think.

His story was very badly written, but it had elements of that. However, I think Anakin wanted both of these things while not wanting to acknowledge that they were often-contradictory ideals that had to be balanced against each other. Look at how much he resented the structured environment of...

For all that the movie dialogue was terrible, Anakin Skywalker did a good job of expressing this exact thing: Anakin: "We need a system where the politicians sit down, decide what's in the best interest of the people, and then do it." Padme: "That's exactly what we do. The, the trouble is that...

I disagree that authoritarianism is driven so much by fear, as opposed to sincerely believing that you are right and from there deciding that since you are right, it's equally clear that the best way for the world to operate is for that rightness to be imposed on all. Or in more colloquial...