nickwitha_k (he/him)

The House is supposed to provide proportional representation, per the US Constitution. It has not since the early 20th century. Instead, it gives significant increased representation to people in lower population states.

I wish I could have the day that I voted for.

Not to mention the fact that he nearly always renegs on “deals”.

This has been what adherents of the Accelerationism religion have been pushing for a while. They love to talk the talk but want other people to die for their utopia.

This is the same tactic used by the KKK to fight reconstruction…

It’s the same group of people so, shouldn’t be a surprise.

They really need to stop the passivity in headlines related to these atrocities. “Murdered” is the word, not the passive “killed” which could imply a lack of intent.

He has too much slaver (for-profit prison) support to even come close to that.

And that was signed by Trump.

I really think that “killed” is the wrong term. It is far too neutral. The correct word here would be “murdered”.

When you realize that most extremely to ultra wealthy people are idiots propped up by their underlings, it makes more sense.

Oh, I meant that one can start a new community on the new instance to remove the problematic mod from the picture. Not that one should try to engage in ban evasion.

Eh. I see arguments both ways. Public votes makes it easier to catch bad faith (downvote bots) and manipulation. However, it allows abuse from touchy or unscrupulous mods. TBH, I’m personally more concerned with the bots. Everything is federated to one can pickup and move elsewhere of they’re on the receiving end of such a mod.

Conservative morality is generally based on one’s place in the hierarchy. They see him as a moral person for being higher in the hierarchy than them, actions don’t come into account.

I would say that it is cowardice to demand that others risk their lives while enjoying relative safety. And anyone attempting to force another to risk their lives for any reason is attempting to rob others of their agency over the most fundamental thing that any human has right to: their life.

Maybe it’s nice sentiment for a healthy teenager or 20-something that isn’t responsible for anyone else’s well-being. However, is that reality doesn’t fit neatly into black and white; bravery and cowardice (and glory is just a lie that the rich and old tell the young and poor to get them to fight and die for them). Sometimes the braver and more just thing is to fulfill one’s responsibilities to their spouse, children, or dependents and ensure that they are able to live to help others. And other’s have had so much taken from them by a place that asking for them to also give their life is pure sadism.

Beyond that, not everyone is physically, mentally or socially equipped for warfare, which is a good thing because humanity also needs farmers, doctors, teachers, and other builders.

If, somehow, US democracy survives, it’s going to take generations to undo the damage. Noone alive today is likely to see life “as good” as even 2015, in the US.

Everyone has one life to live. Most people younger than 60 have had next to no control over the US government through any phase of their lives - hard to rationalize this being “their own” mess. Telling these people that they must risk their lives, rather than seeking better ones is pretty ethically problematic.

And on the other side of the coin, that is the exact same rhetoric used by racists and xenophobes to argue against asylum seekers.

(Note: This really doesn’t apply to the tax-dodging shitheads who are avoiding paying for the societal benefits that they enjoy.)

Unfortunately, the gutting of USAID and foreign aid programs is projected to kill millions in the developing world.

Now, either knock it off and get those nonvoters on our side

I honestly don’t believe that is possible. These are people who refused to oppose fascism in the least dangerous, lowest effort manner. I have no faith in them putting themselves in any actual danger to help, when they still do all manner of mental gymnastics to absolve themselves of any responsibility for their actions.

The other guy might not be mad but I am. Maybe when they accept responsibility for contributing to the millions that are going to die globally and the genocide ramping up domestically, we can talk. Until then, they’re just a step shy of collaborators, having refused to do the bare minimum to oppose fascism. There were only two possible outcomes in the general election:

1. Fascism.
2. Whoever the dems nominated

Pretending otherwise is just the fallacy of Denying the Correlative. There were no other options and abstaining only increased the chance of a fascist win.

They have a lot of supporters in the Evangelical Doomsday Cult that actively seeks to destroy the world.