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I give lemmy 365 days, tops, until we utterly despise the man for making political compromises.
I've already seen comments here that say he's toxic, simply because he's a politician.
Australia has the right idea. If you can't operate a car, you can't operate social media.
I can dig that actually. I'd be willing to wager SM is worse for a developing brain than weed or alcohol.
100%
Teenage drug use is very dangerous, but fixable with a lot of work and TLC. Even the most sober teenage brain on SM however, breaks them on a deeper psychological level that is almost impossible to reverse unless social society as a whole moves away from SM.
Great idea but I've no idea how they're going to implement it. Our digital security is abysmal.
You either die a hero, or live long enough to become a politician.
Referring to tankie users/communities is cheating.
Had a pretty good government teacher in high school. Scored one of the only D grades I every got in life. (Unthinkable!) But she really nailed how politics work IRL. Not even realpolitik, merely, "This is how Congressmen live and operate. Here are the benefits and powers of their position." Nothing partisan either! Eye opening.
Raise your hands if you know the word "franking" and what it implies. :)
Other great points were that money doesn't mean the same thing to them as it does us. (SEE: Franking.) Need a new suit? Tailors will line up to make you one for free! "We serve the best of the best!" Need a table at a high-end restaurant? "Of course we have room ma'am! On the house!"
I am hardly concerned with US Congresses' pay. They get plenty of benefits.
I mean, that is fair criticism.
Everyone is chronically upset on the internet is what I have learned
Some people hate things as a hobby. I say that a lot, and I'm really serious.
Some people play video games, watch movies, or read books, and other people just hate stuff. That's their whole thing. They seek it out. They doom scroll until they find something to hate, and then they latch onto it and spread that hate wherever they can. Most of them don't even realize they're doing it.
I've seen so many good things fall apart because of this internet hate machine. It's sad.
I wish it wasnt so easy to hate all those things. Video games getting bastardized with monetization, movies being the same recycled shit year over year, and books getting censored so that kids won't even know what the originals are anymore. It all fucking sucks. I wish it was easier to just like things and enjoy them but god damn they make it so hard sometimes just to enjoy the little things we used to love. But that's just capitalism for ya
/rant over
There's still plenty to like out there.
I dislike exploitative games as much as anyone else, but I just don't play them. But that's not really what I'm talking about, since that's a legitimate complaint.
Movies being recycled year over year isn't a thing.
Books being censored is an example of conservatives hating things.
It’s just the new innovation in hating. Instead of yelling at the TV it’s broadcasting your hate to others via social media.
It makes you sad, doesn't it?
you sir have impugned my honor. pistols at dawn?
Well adjusted healthy people living a happy life don’t waste their time arguing in comment sections.
that's the way. not ironically or sarcasm. leaders aren't our allies, they are intrinsically antagonistic to the public.
we must elect who we will fight against. then keep the pressure on them.
might elaborate later. can't write an essay rn.
~~leaders~~ rulers
not all rules are bad some are lesbians
Semantics: an absence of rulers doesn't mean an absence of rules, and those are lesbian but not lesbians.
yhea, you need at least two of those for them to be lesbians, not even semantics just grammar
Like slides rules?
Friend just made a funny. I like funny, especially when it has the bonus of teaching me something new. No need to harsh on that buzz.
They're also teaching you that "anarchy means no rules"
Oh jesus christ.
Cant yall motherfuckers chill out?
I get it. You would love to live in a utopia where nobody ever, ever, ever, tries to grasp for power. So would I.
But.... come on. Reality is a sonofabitch. And maybe you should try and live in it every now and again.
At no point will we ever experience someone not trying to grasp at the roots of power.
Yeah, but we could live in a society where those people grasping for power just for the sake of power would be shunned and cast out. Cause that’s how it used to be according to historian and philosopher Rutger Bregman. Admittedly, that’s been some long time ago, but still.
What a naive take. Wow.
Dad was always taken aback by people who lust for "power". LOL, he was mad at people who designed parking lots to herd us around!
But I get it. A leader has to have some bit of narcissism to say, "I can do this. I'm smart and capable enough to take the reigns." Comes with the job.
Perhaps consider reading a few Wikipedia articles about anarchism. Have a pleasant day.
I agree, to an extent. If you decide not to support them because of one thing though, and decide you won't change your opinion, that isn't helpful though. If you aren't winnable then you don't matter. You need to hold them to account, but not be so strict you're a waste of effort. You need to be a target that they can actually hit, or they will move to a group that is winnable (or they'll lose and you'll get their opponent).
I've never seen a legitimate complaint about either her or Bernie. People will make grand claims about how they sold out or some shit and then back it up with the weakest sauce imaginable. It's embarrassing more often than not.
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My dude he's the mayor of New York, that's literally his job. The mayor of New York is a lightning rod for all the frustration people experience living in the city. Mandani just took the most hated job in the world, sure he can do some good for the city. He's still going to be hated for it. That's just New York.
I guess. But I still admire Bernie and AOC, so what do I know?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
the expectation of a single charismatic leader to solve everything is basically "great man theory" and pure fascist rethoric.