Mark

Mark

@mstought.bsky.social

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Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

Interesting...Bluesky is already starting to look like FB. People rushing in with opinions based on very little or no information, only what they think, and interpreting evidence to fit their biases. Human nature is the fundamental problem, not politics. Politics just leverages human nature.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

Figured I'd pose this here, as the person I actually asked blocked me: If you believe the US is a "violent genocidal settler state", and you believe all settler states should be ended, why are you working for the US federal government?

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

This is turning out to be a much better platform than FB! It's only been twice today that someone decided I'm wrong for challenging their opinions with fact, made some sort of parting comment, and then blocked me so I couldn't respond. That's nothing like what happens on FB at all! So different!

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

If critical thinking is so important, be aware that it's easy to revise history. It was claimed Israelis have been terrorizing Palestinians for "over 100 years." Problem is, neither of those concepts existed before 1948. Saying it did absolves the British of all responsibility for their own empire.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

The actions of the British (and most of the world) are what has led to I-P conflicts in, funnily enough, two different areas, both "I" and "P"; one just turned into I, P, and B, and gets ignored a lot. Rewriting the narrative isn't always a tool of one side. Thinking it is is part of the problem.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

I am apparently "a fascist" for not supporting third parties, when every time that third parties have been significant to voting numbers, the big business party wins. Also, typical "Can't win, going to respond then block so everyone thinks I did" behavior.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

Failure to recognize root causes is going to lead to more of the same. If Democrats complain about "rigged elections", what's the difference between them and J6ers? Recent electoral history shows that we flip-flop every few years, and that candidates are not winning by much.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

So it's not surprise that we go nowhere as a country when both sides are only trying to get 50.00001% of the votes. We haven't had significant bipartisan anything since Clinton, and it's only gotten worse with social media.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

If we fail to address underlying problems in processes, we'll end up here again in eight years. If we govern for the bare minimum majority, we'll end up here again in eight years. And when we do, we will have made no progress as a nation in that time.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

So I have had two separate FB discussions with Trump supporters on tax issues. One thought the IRS had copies of everyone's donations and could prove Trump donated his salaries. The other didn't understand that if your refund goes up because your withholding went up, you don't save money.

Mark
@mstought.bsky.social

It's no wonder that you can tell these people to be mad at something, and they'll do it. They don't even understand what it is they're getting mad about, so they can't be told they're wrong.

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