Do you really want me to answer that for you? Is it really that hard to think for yourself?
Alright then… You get either one or the other, there’s no way out of that whether you make a choice or not. Wouldn’t you still want to influence the choice so you get the one that hurts a lot less?
I mean at that point you struggle to escape, but assuming that’s definitely not possible, then sharp sticks hurt less. 🤷♂️ “Optimal” does not necessarily mean “good” or “desirable”.
Yeah, equally deep and long injuries with a sharper implement destroy fewer cells (since they have a smaller cross-section), cause less trauma, and are less disruptive to the surrounding tissues. I know it’s unintuitive, but it’s true.
Yes if fired the dull stick out of a fucking cannon it would destroy the eye, how many bits of criteria are we going to add to this (what should be anyway) very straightforward analogy?
I did. Marianne Williamson was shut out of the conversation and smeared by the media. Not my fault the left cannibalizes itself every election cycle. Biden might as well be a Republican
Voting for someone in an election in the US is not an endorsement of that person. You have effectively two choices in many of the elections due to how the system is designed. You vote for the best choice of those two.
Not voting, or voting for a non viable candidate, is a signal that you Do Not Care who is in power.
Voting is a tool, and a civic duty. It’s one of the few ways US society allows direct input from citizens.
If you actually are against facism, don’t use misguided idealism to encourage people to throw away the little political power they have.
voting for someone in an election is absolutely a show of support for that person. voting anything other than a third party candidate makes you complicit in genocide imo
Advocating that people vote third party supports genocide more than quietly voting for Biden because you increase the probability of more genocide, while voting for Biden decreases the probability of more genocide.
This relies on the assumption that Trump wants to commit more genocide.
I don’t think Trump will enable more genocide in Gaza than Biden. In fact, I think Trump will withdrawal all support for Ukraine and Israel to focus on starting to genocide the Chinese.
Voting for someone actively supporting genocide is less genocidal than voting for someone who advocates for ending genocide? Y’all got some serious mental gymnastics going on
i’m actively encouraging people to vote, not dissuading. and your elections affect lots of countries beyond the us, you realise that right?
you’re probably the exact same kind of guy who says stuff like “russians haven’t deposed putin yet so they’re complicit” but when it comes to biden they act like oh it’s not an endorsement to vote for him
Right now the Democratic Party’s convention and local election Primaries haven’t happened. Best that can be done is to influence the party platform through this primary season to influence or change what a ‘typical’ Democrat may be.
There’s a massive influx of money right now going towards keeping typical Democrats in line with Israel. So it appears that will predictably be a prevailing issue one way or another.
So like: most of my local elections usually feature Democrats v Democrats so I’ll likely opt for the non-Zionist or at least the less Zionist of the two. That may send a message for the winner of the Presidential ticket, if anything.
But what if I don’t want a typical Democrat in office either?
What if you really want a warm hug but you only have the choice between a poke in the eye with a sharp stick and not a poke in the eye?
You still choose “not a poke in the eye”, dumbo.
What if the options are sharp stick or dull stick?
Do you really want me to answer that for you? Is it really that hard to think for yourself?
Alright then… You get either one or the other, there’s no way out of that whether you make a choice or not. Wouldn’t you still want to influence the choice so you get the one that hurts a lot less?
I mean at that point you struggle to escape, but assuming that’s definitely not possible, then sharp sticks hurt less. 🤷♂️ “Optimal” does not necessarily mean “good” or “desirable”.
Sharp sticks hurt less…
What?
Yeah, equally deep and long injuries with a sharper implement destroy fewer cells (since they have a smaller cross-section), cause less trauma, and are less disruptive to the surrounding tissues. I know it’s unintuitive, but it’s true.
Thank you. That’s what I was trying to say.
The dull stick is going to gouge your eye out entirely. I have no frame of reference of what would hurt more, but I guess that would be it.
No a dull stick would probably fuck your eye up, a sharp stick will absolutely destroy your eye.
That entirely depends on how deep the stick goes into your eye - though at some point it won’t matter anyway.
Yes if fired the dull stick out of a fucking cannon it would destroy the eye, how many bits of criteria are we going to add to this (what should be anyway) very straightforward analogy?
Then go run for office and be better. Until then, unfortunately, pick the FAR lesser evil
Millions are unsatisfied. Should everyone run for office?
Yes
A ballot sheet with thousands of names is not the answer
Yes
A ballot sheet with thousands of names is not the answer
Nothing is ever “the answer”
All yall want to do is complain
Get more involved in local politics is a sensible answer.
Telling everyone to run for office is idiotic.
I’m telling everyone to run cause I know we’re all some lazy fucks and no one is going to
Yall just won’t stop complaining about everything
Supporting someone who is running is 10x more useful than running against them.
I did. Marianne Williamson was shut out of the conversation and smeared by the media. Not my fault the left cannibalizes itself every election cycle. Biden might as well be a Republican
So allowing babies to be bombed is not that evil got it
Nice leap there
Give it a rest.
Voting for someone in an election in the US is not an endorsement of that person. You have effectively two choices in many of the elections due to how the system is designed. You vote for the best choice of those two.
Not voting, or voting for a non viable candidate, is a signal that you Do Not Care who is in power.
Voting is a tool, and a civic duty. It’s one of the few ways US society allows direct input from citizens.
If you actually are against facism, don’t use misguided idealism to encourage people to throw away the little political power they have.
voting for someone in an election is absolutely a show of support for that person. voting anything other than a third party candidate makes you complicit in genocide imo
Clown
Advocating that people vote third party supports genocide more than quietly voting for Biden because you increase the probability of more genocide, while voting for Biden decreases the probability of more genocide.
This relies on the assumption that Trump wants to commit more genocide.
I don’t think Trump will enable more genocide in Gaza than Biden. In fact, I think Trump will withdrawal all support for Ukraine and Israel to focus on starting to genocide the Chinese.
So, in other words, you’re saying that Trump wants to commit more genocide, and the assumption is correct?
Quite possibly. My comment wasn’t intended as a refutation.
Voting for someone actively supporting genocide is less genocidal than voting for someone who advocates for ending genocide? Y’all got some serious mental gymnastics going on
Fortunately you have to be a US citizen to vote in the election, so we don’t have to worry about your opinion.
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No. Stop trying to dissuade people in a different country than your own to vote.
i’m actively encouraging people to vote, not dissuading. and your elections affect lots of countries beyond the us, you realise that right?
you’re probably the exact same kind of guy who says stuff like “russians haven’t deposed putin yet so they’re complicit” but when it comes to biden they act like oh it’s not an endorsement to vote for him
Boycotting is also very patriotic
Right now the Democratic Party’s convention and local election Primaries haven’t happened. Best that can be done is to influence the party platform through this primary season to influence or change what a ‘typical’ Democrat may be.
There’s a massive influx of money right now going towards keeping typical Democrats in line with Israel. So it appears that will predictably be a prevailing issue one way or another.
So like: most of my local elections usually feature Democrats v Democrats so I’ll likely opt for the non-Zionist or at least the less Zionist of the two. That may send a message for the winner of the Presidential ticket, if anything.
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