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Utopian ideologies are psychopathic and arise from an inability to inhabit reality (at least without treatment).
Psychopathy and the Origins of Totalitarianism
James Lindsay
“If you are using more words than somebody wants to hear, do you want that person to pretend to listen or to stop you?”
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg
He had been droning along about „value,“ comparing the Marxist theory with the orthodox „use“ theory. Mr. Dubois had said, „Of course, the Marxian definition of value is ridiculous. All the work one cares to add will not turn a mud pie into an apple tart; it remains a mud pie, value zero. By corollary, unskillful work can easily subtract value; an untalented cook can turn wholesome dough and fresh green apples, valuable already, into an inedible mess, value zero. Conversely, a great chef can fashion of those same materials a confection of greater value than a commonplace apple tart, with no more effort than an ordinary cook uses to prepare an ordinary sweet.
Starship Troopers
Robert A. Heinlein
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