brianary

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[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Self-righteousness is the root of the greatest evils.

[–] brianary@startrek.website -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't understand the "we were to small to matter" argument I've been seeing. If that's true, why on Earth would you expect to matter enough to move the Democratic platform, or to shape society after leftists "burn it all down" (whatever that means)?

[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't understand the "we were to small to matter" argument I've been seeing. If that's true, why on Earth would you expect to matter enough to move the Democratic platform, or to shape society after leftists "burn it all down" (whatever that means)?

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

you blame the voters but you do not want to put an ounce of blame on the party that would rather lose an election than offer meaningful change

Uh…

the DNC is out of touch with voters.

What is this, if not shared blame?

[–] brianary@startrek.website 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the same argument I've heard about the "complexity" of Mastodon: too many choices, which is I guess why people largely stopped going to websites outside the major social networks. Monopoly over competition, it's like everyone is pining for a monarchy.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

How are you dealing with those people? Converting them is incredibly time consuming, and has to be done individually.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe, unless the replacement is immediately worse based on who seizes control. It's the devil you know vs the one you don't.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm thinking more about the plurality of Americans that aren't on board, for whatever stupid reason. Until they are convinced, destroying the system won't really stick, if it's even possible.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/one-third-of-americans-agree-with-trump-s-poisoning-the-blood-comments/ar-AA1suf7p

[–] brianary@startrek.website 9 points 1 year ago (15 children)

Any solution that starts with purges is bad.

[–] brianary@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Democrats aren't authoritarians. It's a bad comparison. Democrats are always fragmented, it's virtually a defining characteristic. Post-Biden unity has been quite unusual.

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