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Chaos like… basic social policies most of the modern world embraced half a century ago?
Oh no, a livable minimum wage! The horror!
The problem is that he's willing to alter the balance of power between labor and capital, and that's a threat to those with wealth and power.
-Martin Luther King Jr, Letter from a Birmingham Jail
This is what you sound like right now. Because it got the people in power's knickers in a twist, you'd rather have someone who didn't upset the establishment so much by... *checks notes... promising to really help people?
An unjust peace is no peace at all.
Anyone literally would. But we aren't in normal times and this win has the old fucks panties in a bunch which is a good thing. Fuck the status quo.
The current administration is using chaos for wealth and power. But many see chaos as a necessary step to rescue the country from the grip of whatever the USA is and has become more of.
The very definition of chaos means nobody can control it. It rattles around and produces outcomes which surprise many, it wrecks things many depend. And never builds what people need
Kiss the diaper you chickenshit.
Their Oligarchic stability isn't sustainable.
We had that until... you know.
You're the person MLK warned us about.
OP: The establishment being upset about Mamdani's victory is a good thing.
You: I'd prefer if it didn't happen.
That's how I, and most other people, are reading the exchange. You failed to provide any additional context.
Now, after seeing your responses, I think what you meant was more along the lines of, "I wish things never got so awful in the first place" but that was not at all clear at all.
Hey, pro-tip, when literally everyone is misunderstanding what you said, it might help to clarify instead of doubling down on "I don't understand why people don't understand."
You literally replied to a comment that implied that the establishment losing their minds was chaotic and a good thing. When you say you prefer stability over chaos in response to such a comment, it's easy to see why people might misconstrue what you're saying.
Anyway, bottom line it's not everyone else's job to figure out what the fuck you're talking about. If you want people to understand, use your fucking words to clarify what you meant instead of this pompous fucking "I don't get why you don't get it." Are you really so far up your own ass?
People misunderstand sometimes, and when everyone around you misunderstands, it's on you not them to make clear what you meant. Even if you don't understand how it's misconstrued it obviously was, by a lot of people.
I sorta on OP’s side; he said a sentence that could be interpreted hundreds of ways, and everyone assumed the worse and started attacking his character. And it’s very hard to nicely restate one’s position without some mild anger after that.
Then people attack even more. It’s a feeding frenzy.
I unblocked this community just this week; I even commented here. But this entire thing is just too much. I’m blocking politics again , and hopefully world politics changes for the better when test it out in a few months
I don't know man, I've been wildly misinterpreted, and I try to clarify what I meant, because it's my fault for not being more clear. I don't get pissed off about it and choose not to explain it replying to a bunch of people how they've got it wrong.
Like, consider you go into public social a situation with a minority group you support, and you're not part of that minority group. You accidentally say something that sounds off-color and unhelpful to the group in question, the people you ostensibly support. Now everyone is giving you dirty looks and raised eyebrows and wondering if you actually support them or if they should tell you to get lost. Getting mad at them because you are being misunderstood is never, ever going to make them think you actually support them.
On the other hand, it's valid to be upset if you've taken the time to clarify and people are still willfully misinterpreting what you have said. OP didn't even try to explain what they meant more clearly in any responses.
That stability was a mirage. They were actively creating instability
Ain't our faults you were vague, champ.