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In the [[United States]], [[Democrats]] tend to be materalistic, with particularly heavy emphasis placed on race and gender.  [[Republicans]], in contrast, tend to focus on principles such as [[pro-life]] or [[economics]].
 
In the [[United States]], [[Democrats]] tend to be materalistic, with particularly heavy emphasis placed on race and gender.  [[Republicans]], in contrast, tend to focus on principles such as [[pro-life]] or [[economics]].
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Materialism ignores unseen [[opportunity costs]], and often materialists fail to grasp the concept and its importance.
    
[[Gun control]] is an issue that separates materialistic approaches from conceptual ones.  The materialistic approach is to remove guns ostensibly to reduce violence from guns.  The conceptual approach is to recognize the unseen deterrent benefits of guns, and to compare the unseen value of that deterrence to the harm of improper use.
 
[[Gun control]] is an issue that separates materialistic approaches from conceptual ones.  The materialistic approach is to remove guns ostensibly to reduce violence from guns.  The conceptual approach is to recognize the unseen deterrent benefits of guns, and to compare the unseen value of that deterrence to the harm of improper use.
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*"[T]he greatest failure of materialism is that it simply cannot explain the existence of [[information]]!" [http://cosmicfingerprints.com/iidb.htm]
 
*"[T]he greatest failure of materialism is that it simply cannot explain the existence of [[information]]!" [http://cosmicfingerprints.com/iidb.htm]
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== See also ==
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* [[Unseen]]
 
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