Zuzak
Absolutely. These people have no interest in negotiation or compromise, they're just gonna keep throwing their weight around (whether it's in domestic politics or the world stage) and by the time they realize they're not strong enough to do that (if it ever happens) it'll be too late.
It's wild how much better the right is at playing the system, despite both sides being filled with out-of-touch, soulless geriatrics. From what I can tell, every right-wing personality has their own "brand" and many of them aren't "ideologically pure" at all, but still break right where it matters and pipeline people in that direction. But I guess at the end of the day, dems don't want people getting pipelined to the left in a way they don't 100% control, because then they might start getting funny ideas about "having healthcare" or "not killing people."
I mean, they do desperately need to do something about things like the fact that virtually all the top politics streamers are right-wing. But rather than trying to artificially promote someone whose message they can control (which people will easily see through), they should probably start by buddying up with the one big politics streamer who isn't on the right, Hasan Piker. But that would require engaging with someone who doesn't perfectly pass their shitlib purity test, so they'd rather pour money into tame mouthpieces that everyone will ignore because it's not how the current media environment works.
They're almost certainly going to lose in 2028, unless Trump nukes the economy and maybe even then.
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I do self-criticism constantly because I’m trapped in a MAGA cult where patriots (white terrorists) criticize me mercilessly for having a communist credit card (VISA Silver Signature Rewards)
They won’t let me order meatlover's pizza anymore because the phone is Chinese and “relying on others to deliver pizza with a communist app” is “woke”
Wow, if these Russian bots ever consider running for office on that platform, they've got my vote 100%
Picturing a Russian soldier at a computer talking a dysphoric teen down from suicide and helping them connect with support resources. Like, please, Russia, send us more bots, maybe we can actually get people rights.
Does this finally settle the question of whether Russians are considered European?
I fucking drive, whaddya think?
I 100% agree with your stance on antinatalism, but I'm confused about condemning utilitarianism. I don't know if I'd call myself one, but certainly I fall into the broader category of consequentialism rather than deontology, that is, the morality of an action is determined by the consequences you can reasonably expect that action to have, as opposed to morality being about abiding by a set of rules and fulfilling moral obligations. To me, as a vegan, this is fully compatible with a vegan perspective, consuming animals or animal products leads to the consequence that animals will suffer, and I don't want that to happen, so I don't do it.
I don't see how utilitarianism in general would imply antinatalism. You could make a utilitarian argument for it, I suppose, but it's possible to "make an argument" in favor of just about any position from just about any moral framework. That doesn't mean that the framework actually implies that position. It's fair to critique utilitarianism, but I don't think it's appropriate to draw a hard moral line against it, because individual utilitarians can still be good people who agree on specific issues like veganism, like being against antinatalism, etc. There are good and bad people who subscribe to just about every broad philosophical framework like that.
Moreover, I'm not sure what moral framework you're proscribing here.
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THX 1138, Lucas's first film
Wow, crazy how we just found $175 billion between the couch cushions like that for this vanity project.
Say, maybe we could use some of that money to feed the homele- hey, where'd it all go?
Uhh uhh what I mean to say is, maybe we should use it to feed the homeless hot lead. Oh hey, it's back all of a sudden!