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In the [[United States]], [[Democrats]] tend to be materialistic, with particularly heavy emphasis placed on race, gender and job title.  [[Republicans]], in contrast, tend to focus on principles such as [[pro-life]] or [[economics]].

Materialism ignores unseen [[opportunity costs]], and often materialists are unable or unwilling to grasp this and other abstract truths.  Materialists have trouble realizing that the deterrence effect of gun ownership yields more benefits than any harm that guns cause.  Materialists often develop obsessions with their outlook, as reflected by [[evolution syndrome]].

 

 

The falsehood of materialism causes significant harm, including:

 

*downplaying non-material causes of accidents, such as young children impulsively darting towards water or into the street

Materialism ignores unseen [[opportunity costs]], and often materialists are unable or unwilling to grasp this and other abstract truths.  [[Evolution syndrome]] is a psychological condition that reflects [[materialism]].

== Background to Materialism ==

[[Gun control]] is an issue that separates materialistic approaches from conceptual ones.  The materialistic duality is to remove guns ostensibly to reduce violence from guns or allow guns to allow individuals to defend themselves.  The conceptual approach is to evaluate the unseen deterrent benefits of guns, and to compare this value to the harm of improper use.

In the [[United States]], [[Democrats]] tend to be materialistic, with particularly heavy emphasis placed on race, gender and job title.  [[Republicans]], in contrast, tend to focus on principles such as [[pro-life]] or [[economics]].

Materialism is taught heavily in [[public schools]], leading students to undervalue [[unseen]] aspects of life.  There is a high correlation between materialism and [[atheism]] as atheism is fundamentally a materialistic philosophy.  Materialism denies that most great intellectual breakthroughs were the brainchild of men with [[faith]] in the [[unseen]].

Materialism is taught heavily in [[public schools]], leading students to undervalue [[unseen]] aspects of life.  There is a high correlation between materialism and [[atheism]] as atheism is fundamentally a materialistic philosophy.  Materialism denies that most great intellectual breakthroughs were the brainchild of men with [[faith]] in the [[unseen]].