original_charles

joined 2 months ago

The most vulnerable are the only ones that people can get away with hurting.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What's your basis for believing that it's going to be linear? Was there a leak or something?

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Well, science tends to disagree with them.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Shhhh... the big money donors might hear you.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

They're desperately trying to pawn him off.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago

The vast majority of people who built the pyramids were paid laborers.

Source

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

Doesn't mean that they shouldn't try though.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

"Empathy" is what the right completely lacks, and it's what Democrats have begun abandoning because it's not in vogue. However, empathy is the one thing that helps us unite across boundaries that the right tries to convince us are unsurpassable. Empathy is what makes us strong.

I get that being angry is easier than being productive, but we really need to be productive right now, and writing off large groups of people because of their perceived failings is not helping.

Most of the people being sent to these camps are going to be undocumented, so they couldn't have voted in the election if they tried.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Nobody deserves this. These people were suckered by a conman who has decades of experience conning people. That doesn't warrant a death sentence or even imprisonment.

If a successful coalition is to be formed, it has to be made up of former Trump voters. We won't have the numbers otherwise.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

Cops are worse.

[–] original_charles@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

unless you're trying to build death trap, concentration camp housing for them as well.

Just you wait, I'm sure that's in the works too.

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