Yes America Bad
Yes America Bad
@discitrus.bsky.social
-He/Him -Strict materialist -baby communist, learning a lot but also putting everything in my mouth -Midwesterner who doesn't get to see enough tornados America bad. Metal beyond comprehension good. Social media okay.
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Lol, not only does this NOT address Jessie's point but it's also just wrong. If we are to be hyperbolic and actually have a choice between 50% hitler and 99% hitler, voting for 50% hitler very well may not decrease the "total amount of evil in the system" at all!
It is, fundamentally, an exercise of choosing the lesser evil, over and over and over again, so that the total amount of evil in the system decreases over time. And you must keep doing it, because - since evil is easy - good is easily reversed.
Lol, not only does this NOT address Jessie's point but it's also just wrong. If we are to be hyperbolic and actually have a choice between 50% hitler and 99% hitler, voting for 50% hitler very well may not decrease the "total amount of evil in the system" at all!
It is, fundamentally, an exercise of choosing the lesser evil, over and over and over again, so that the total amount of evil in the system decreases over time. And you must keep doing it, because - since evil is easy - good is easily reversed.
I think some have internalized the idea that you vote only with your conscience, that your vote is literally your voice. Which is kind of swallowing the mainstream propaganda whole isn't it? Maybe it's a reaction to all of the libs who tell people that their conscience is completely irrelevant? Idk
idk why its so hard for bluesky leftists to decouple "voting for libs" from "supporting libs" in a FPTP system. im constantly called a lib for my ONE take that voters should employ some basic game theory, despite the fact that i fucking hate democrats and would kill for a socialist in charge.
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I kinda can’t get over this logic! To say it’s okay because they’re “dressed like whores,” but you didn’t pay them Shane! Sex workers don’t want to be ogled either! They do it to get paid! It’s like saying you’re allowed to steal someone’s food if they’re dressed like a chef!!
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No. They knew "mass deportation now" meant ethnic cleansing. "It just means arresting a bunch of bad people" was how they rationalised it. What made that work was the assumption that POC immigrants are likely to be bad. Which is called racism.
Quite a lot of people had in their head that “mass deportation” meant that they were going to arrest a bunch of bad people and that nobody good would be impacted. Seriously. They never thought further than that, and “get the bad people out” felt like a good idea to them.
It always comes with insane justifications too. "Some people want to live on the streets" is one of the more common ones I hear.
This is why I'm always going on about how liberals and centrists have accepted that some degree of suffering must be baked into society. 10-20% suffering... whatever it is. That's the table stakes. Refusing to allow themselves to even dream of a world where this is an obvious affront.
I hate sports betting and think this is a loss for Wisconsin but not sure how to feel about the servers being on Tribal-owned land. Is this a W for anyone here? I need to do my research. wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/gov-t...
The idea of an afterlife that people are only allowed into as long as they follow "the right rules" undermines fundamental morality. I could give a shit if people wanna get together on the weekend and perform interesting rituals, just stop selling any book as containing the "objective moral code"
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Small piece to highlight from this mess but don't you love how religion just hangs in the background of everything the government does now. It's either in the forefront or the background of literally anything and I can feel the annoying atheism creeping back in.
BREAKING: The White House today proposed eliminating the Title X family planning program. A few hours later, the health dept quietly released guidance that would shift the focus of the program millions of low-income people rely on away from contraception and toward "family formation."
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Replying to @eladn.bsky.social
Two sides of the same coin with “it’s the Israeli government, not all Israelis. Otherwise you’d have to blame all Americans for Trump” nonsense. Because they are desperately insecure about white America being blamed for this nation’s crimes that transcend presidencies and congresses.
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