I think having random civilans and infrastructure bombed for the next weeks is pretty fucked. That the US isn't going to accomplish any plan, in so far as there even is any, is not a consolation.
God would smite me right now if he hadn't forgiven all my sins
the white supremacist political party lets white supremacists join
yes, both because standing up to trump is a collective action problem where people are afraid to be the first and because trump doesnt distinguish between pretense and "real" opposition
yes in that its trying to evoke a nostalgia for a better future, but no in that its not the same future
why would you guess such a thing
was she not the better option, or was it simply not reasonable to see that?
Have you considered VAR, or vileness above replacement?
Answer2: "You are trying to extract a principled stance from X and applying it to Y, but X and Y are not the same thing."
Interesting, I was writing this with the intent that the second is trivially true, but not sufficient for the first which is where I think most opposition stems from.
do you mean stop as in resolve the problem or stop as in causally improve the outcome by any amount?
liberty to do as you please with what you have
what does it even mean to be "wary" of electoralism? It's not like a dog that's less likely to bite if you stay away from it.
he just usually does both damaging and racist things, one is not a distraction from the other
claimed error bars are 2.7 percentage points
I like this more in explaining the general principle
is he and the people who advance that argument actually saying that though? In my experience I feel like that part is a legitimising caveat that can't actually be fullfilled today and arguably never has.
Actually very relevant to niche bluesky bickering over kinds of effective protest
Solid joke
tbf this is not actually a problem, because they are just lying when they say they want immigration through the legal path.
and people are his host
In fact there was a point in time when it seemed like shumer wouldn't prevent a shutdown and his left opposition felt like its cruel to leave americans hurting for electing trump.
Touch the stove is not really a "leftist" invention.
you never left
How low is your bar for 'benefit'?
you functionally could not have seen this, because it was a dem incumbency
Democrats are your mom and the GOP the fun uncle
The issue now is of course because any democrat will win, we can no longer point to electoral necessity for why [our preferred candidate] should be the nominee.
I really don't think that's an accurate assesment
