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in praise of individuals

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:23:27 No.23111322 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>23111324 >>23111326 >>23111338 >>23111339 >>23111344 >>23111353 >>23111356 >>23111361 >>23113070

Well /pol, what do you do when an individual of a despised group does something you can't help but appreciate as quality?

Case in point, this song, which I know you all enjoy:

https://youtu.be/AIOAlaACuv4?si=sfXv0mVVvuqobBj-

What system would be better at praising and raising individuals that have merit than the one we have now?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:24:32 No.23111323 Report

Quoted By: >>23111325

I don't like that song

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:25:04 No.23111324 Report

Quoted By: >>23111327 >>23111341 >>23111345

>>23111322
>Tracy Chapman's Greatest Hits
>Fast car
>Fast car
>Fast car
>AND HER NUMBER ONE HIT SINGLE
>Fast car

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:25:13 No.23111325 Report

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>>23111323
FUCK!
TND, I guess

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:25:57 No.23111326 Report

Quoted By: >>23111328

>>23111322
Lauryn Hill is 9000x better

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:26:04 No.23111327 Report

Quoted By: >>23111357

>>23111324
There are actually a couple of other bangers on that album

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:27:57 No.23111328 Report

Quoted By: >>23111329

>>23111326
Lauryn Hill has done nothing I want to listen to

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:30:11 No.23111329 Report

Quoted By: >>23111330 >>23111354 >>23111358

>>23111328
Shes the best female lyricist of her generation maybe all time.
Shes a bitch but she knows how yo make music.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:32:05 No.23111330 Report

Quoted By: >>23111331

>>23111329
while I disagree with you (I don't like hip hop), I wonder why you're not answering the second question in my post...?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:39:57 No.23111331 Report

Quoted By: >>23111332

>>23111330
Do you want an offical board of talent that judges the merit?
Then you have american idol.
People are too dumb to even understand technique or skill/talent.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:43:11 No.23111332 Report

Quoted By: >>23111334

>>23111331
I'm talking about political systems and talent in general. If individuals -- not groups -- are the ones with merit, then how best to recognize and reward that merit? Is it not liberalism, which puts the individual above the group?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:43:30 No.23111333 Report

Quoted By: >>23111335 >>23111359

For me, it's Scott Joplin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxk9qwCFf8s&t=8

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:46:06 No.23111334 Report

Quoted By: >>23111336

>>23111332
I think some kind of natural sense of morals is necessary to even be a judge of merit.
Meritocracy has only worked in waves or just might makes right.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:46:56 No.23111335 Report

Quoted By: >>23111337 >>23111347

>>23111333
So you agree that individuals -- irregardless of what group they belong to -- should be rewarded for their merit?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:49:29 No.23111336 Report

Quoted By: >>23111351

>>23111334
But you agree that individuals should be judged on their merit, not based on the actions of some group they belong to? You realize all the arguments for racism on this board are about generalizations, rather than the actions/merit of individuals?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:51:16 No.23111337 Report

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>>23111335
They should be rewarded by their group and keep to themselves. I don't think we should have cities this big, or emperors so far away dictating what I should or shouldn't do. I answer to my father and my local community Priest. People within my fists reach. If I have a grievance with them, I can punch in the face. Inb4 you wouln't do nothing. Doesn't matter, there's something primal about being within arms reach of a roided monkey. If the guys still cons me, well, he has balls, which current "leaders" don't have. And we work for our local guilds instead of some faceless berg corporation. Again, all within arms reach. There's this guy at Church who plays violin nicely. I have a liberal aunty who bakes good pies. I don't think there's a need for some globalism to have me even know or hear about Scott Joplin and recognize his talent. The old lady at Church plays the piano good enough to me, I can recognize that. I don't need more.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 14 Aug 2025 23:59:01 No.23111338 Report

Quoted By: >>23111340

>>23111322
I liked some Adam Sandler movies, and since he only has daughters I assume he hasn't mutilated their genitals, but I also don't have any reason to think he wouldn't still participate in and even promote the practices of the blood cult he was born into, so it would be irresponsible to just let him run around. Extend this outlook to whatever level of triviality you're looking for, no offense to Tracy Chapman.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:00:05 No.23111339 Report

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>>23111322
>which I know you all enjoy
I do not enjoy this song.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:02:36 No.23111340 Report

Quoted By: >>23111346

>>23111338
Sounds like you favour a law to ban circumcision. Seems like a reasonable argument could be made, and people won over. The only problem would be if a group of people opposed to the ban for irrational reasons had captured the votes of your representatives.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:03:58 No.23111341 Report

Quoted By: >>23111342 >>23111343

>>23111324
>HER
I honestly thought it was a dude this entire time

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:05:28 No.23111342 Report

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>>23111341
>i can always tell

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:06:28 No.23111343 Report

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>>23111341
Thought the same thing the first few times I heard Fast Car, not sure if it's the low range or just a racial thing. Nice voice either way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:15:11 No.23111344 Report

Quoted By: >>23111348 >>23111360

>>23111322
I like later Miles Davis' and Charles Mingus' music
doesn't mean I have to like the dudes
I also like older Metallica despite them being used up douches
or Death, despite Chuck Schuldiner being a homosexual jew

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:19:45 No.23111345 Report

Quoted By: >>23111348

>>23111324
Give Me One Reason has been a beloved song to me ever since I was little. Too bad the music video is so terrible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:23:14 No.23111346 Report

Quoted By: >>23111348

>>23111340
Not sure if chatbot or subtle joke.
More to the point, I have absolutely no faith in existing systems of law to usefully separate the "despised group" 's individuals from the conditions which caused them to be despised, as those systems have been totally impotent thus far. An individual must separate themselves from the group when the group cannot change its ways if they wish to be treated as a separate individual. Small tokens of contribution to culture or science, however much I like them personally, are not reasons to become careless about causes of agony and disaster.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:28:49 No.23111347 Report

Quoted By: >>23111350

>>23111335
Yeah sure, but the reward system should be organic. There will never be a perfect meritocracy but deliberately trying to "correct" a flawed meritocracy will just make it far less merit based, which is what DEI and similar measures have done. That's demonstrably the logical conclusion of liberalism/anti-racism in a multicultural society. Once again, there can never be a true meritocracy because the people in charge of hiring and promoting people will always have both personal and collective preferences, but you can maximize merit by ensuring that representatives of the majority population are in charge, as they are less likely to show preference to their in-group compared to a smaller minority.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:28:52 No.23111348 Report

Quoted By: >>23111349

>>23111346
Hopefully I'm not a chatbot.
>>23111345
Good song
>>23111344
I don't care whether you like them, I a curious about what system allows those with talent to rise to the top. Hitler had something to say about this, namely that the Catholic church had defeated nepotism by demanding priests be celibate

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:31:14 No.23111349 Report

Quoted By: >>23111350

>>23111348
rising to the top has little to do with talents
it's mostly about pleasing a jew
most often on all fours
so there's a lot of clean up to do if you want to fix that

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:34:49 No.23111350 Report

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>>23111349
It's the thing most worth fixing as far as I can tell
>>23111347
I thought DEI was cultural marxism, not liberalism though

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:39:50 No.23111351 Report

Quoted By: >>23111352

>>23111336
Of course. I am white.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:44:49 No.23111352 Report

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>>23111351
Meritocracy is part of the white identity. Interesting proposition. Can you defend this further?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:49:19 No.23111353 Report

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>>23111322
unlike you i never heard of this nigger bitch
it comes down to muh nigger musician exist so you have to tolerate them
muh poojeet food exists so you have to accept them
we can survive without nigger music is not an important aspect of our lives
music is just entertainment so i rather give my money to a local musician than to a nigger
I prefer our local popular music
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FzOHbtfbQF8&pp=ygUdYW5jdXRhIG1paGFsaSBzaSBpb251dCB0cmlmb2k%3D

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:51:28 No.23111354 Report

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>>23111329
I don’t like her voice. And if you listen to the lyrics of that song, it’s a bullshit song about a bunch of illegal immigtants who drink drive in America, work illegally, neglect their children and then get divorced and carry on the cycle. Its lyrics are dog shit.

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Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:51:36 No.23111355 Report

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Y'all Cowards Don't Even Smoke Crack

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:52:50 No.23111356 Report

Quoted By:

>>23111322
NIGGER
TALENTLESS FORGOTTEN NIGGER

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:53:29 No.23111357 Report

Quoted By:

>>23111327
what I HATE WHITE MEN !?
niggers are shit

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:54:03 No.23111358 Report

Quoted By:

>>23111329
all GCD songs
zero complexity
zero catchiness
totall nigger failure

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:54:36 No.23111359 Report

Quoted By:

>>23111333
>a nigger makes other niggers dance
ok bro who cares

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:55:16 No.23111360 Report

Quoted By:

>>23111344
ENTARTE MUSIK
lmfao nigger noises

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 00:56:11 No.23111361 Report

Quoted By: >>23111362 >>23111363

>>23111322
>bowl of m and ms
>99/100 are actually just spray-painted dog turds
>but there’s one real one so you have to judge them all on their merits, stop generalizing you chud!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 01:09:48 No.23111362 Report

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>>23111361
View this from the opposite perspective... there's one jewel amongst a handful of dirt. Do you keep the jewel or throw out everything?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 15 Aug 2025 01:10:25 No.23111363 Report

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>>23111361
Your average disingenuous nigger shill
Most of nigger music is trash shit
https://youtu.be/Cb2Am6xYfvM?si=Qnob48HEAH84tDCQ

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Anonymous ID:yFJS/2Qa Fri 15 Aug 2025 01:26:07 No.23111542 Report

Quoted By: >>23111573

I AIN'T THE CAPTAIN OF THE YACHT BUT I'M ON THE BOAT

https://youtu.be/qKdS2WHUsIE?si=l2pqcX2g0WLWa_YJ

Anonymous

Anonymous ID:UGvxw9VG Fri 15 Aug 2025 01:31:18 No.23111573 Report

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>>23111542
kusanagi <3

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Anonymous ID:5gv+uas6 Fri 15 Aug 2025 06:41:50 No.23113070 Report

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>>23111322
>Well /pol, what do you do when an individual of a despised group does something you can't help but appreciate as quality?
I could have bought an international album and she could live with her own people in a non-white country.

>What system would be better at praising and raising individuals that have merit than the one we have now?
Possibly any. We have unprecedented technological, industrial, and informational capacities yet we excel at turning people into mentally ill indolents that will never reproduce.

>Don't like demographic replacement? Well what about this billboard no. 6 ballad from 1988 that was written by le nigger?
This is why you faggots rely on bans to avoid arguing with racially aware whites. Your arguments are weak trash.

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