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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: ig who wrote (188759)12/6/2006 10:28:42 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793998
 
Are their any -ists who don't think the world would be a better place if everyone thought like them?

I doubt it, but I don't think that's the point.

Non-ists may also think the world would be a better place if everyone thought like they do. I certainly think the world would be a better place if folks would adopt my paradigm. I wouldn't have adopted it myself if I didn't think it preferable. But that doesn't make me an "ist."

I'd be an "ist" if I were trying to impose my paradigm on others. There's a difference between thinking the world would be a better place "if" and using power to establish or maintain dominion. If you think other people are entitled to find their own paradigms by their own criteria, then you're not an ist.
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