While we do #Denmark #Danmark #USA #Greenland #Arctic drama, don't forget the #Inuit, the people who live there
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@grumble209 @su_liam @benroyce @TCatInReality @Pepijn
The last one was done without a war in 1992. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
I agree that disenfranchising the oligarchy isn't going to be easy, but constitutional amendments have been done within the lifetimes of many (most?) living US citizens. Also, they've been done without violent havoc.
@eswag @grumble209 @su_liam @benroyce @Pepijn
That one took 203 years
Maybe not the best example of how the US Constitution can be amended without great difficulty.
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@grumble209 @su_liam @benroyce @TCatInReality @Pepijn
The last one was done without a war in 1992. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
I agree that disenfranchising the oligarchy isn't going to be easy, but constitutional amendments have been done within the lifetimes of many (most?) living US citizens. Also, they've been done without violent havoc.
@eswag @grumble209 @su_liam @benroyce @Pepijn
That one took 203 years
Maybe not the best example of how the US Constitution can be amended without great difficulty.
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@benroyce @TCatInReality @eswag @Pepijn Harris probably wouldn't have sunk a bunch of boats and murdered their sailors before kidnapping Maduro and stealing Venezuela's oil, but Harris would still have supported Israel killing and starving Palestinians just like Trump does.
I'm too much of a pussy to look at a starving Palestinian orphan being expelled to Africa and say - hey, you have to understand I was voting *strategically*.
Instead, I get really, really pissed off at the party assholes who put me in this position for the sake of the convenience of their donors.
@grumble209 @benroyce @TCatInReality @eswag @Pepijn "just like Trump does" is the tell on the bad-faith, both-sides BS here. When *any* support for a foreign intelligence-sharing allied state is falsely-equivalated to a formal pogrom and "Gaza-Riviera" - that's how you know the speaker is a unicorn-hunter divorced from reality
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@n1xnx @TCatInReality @benroyce @grumble209 @eswag @Pepijn
Mathematical logic
I can just subtract 5-5
I dont have to do
5-1
4-1
3-1
2-1
and 1-1@TCatInReality @Pepijn @grumble209 @eswag @n1xnx @the5thColumnist @benroyce
I’ve never had the choice of -5 evil to vote for, but I do frequently have -1. The problem is usually getting enough of my neighbours to see and understand the assignment.
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@grumble209 @eswag @benroyce @Pepijn
It's a nonsense post, if you think it's about primaries.
The flaws of democracy are never fixed by less engagement in democratic processes.
Sure, we can argue people are time short - and what can we do to address that. But concluding that you abandon the democratic process instead is wildly illogical.
@TCatInReality @eswag @benroyce @Pepijn I fully believe that active engagement in the primary process can lead to incremental improvements in a functioning democracy.
But I have no confidence that the DNC and the GOP are going to let themselves be reformed by primaries here in the United States of America in the year 2026.
But primaries are like prayer as a cure for cancer - it works best when combined with surgery and chemo. You can vote in primaries all you want, and it will improve your mental health. But don't skimp on Class War.
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@TCatInReality @eswag @benroyce @Pepijn I fully believe that active engagement in the primary process can lead to incremental improvements in a functioning democracy.
But I have no confidence that the DNC and the GOP are going to let themselves be reformed by primaries here in the United States of America in the year 2026.
But primaries are like prayer as a cure for cancer - it works best when combined with surgery and chemo. You can vote in primaries all you want, and it will improve your mental health. But don't skimp on Class War.
@grumble209 @TCatInReality @eswag @Pepijn
the first thing they would tell you in class war 101 is to vote
because voting is just a tactic like any other in a broad repertoire of tactics. no better or worse than any other
even just a vote used as vandalism or sabotage
to have antipathy to voting is merely an emotional block. it's self-serving, trying to justify a bad decision
rationalizations not to vote are absurd
so instead of resisting the obvious, change your bad decision:
vote
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@TCatInReality @eswag @benroyce @Pepijn I fully believe that active engagement in the primary process can lead to incremental improvements in a functioning democracy.
But I have no confidence that the DNC and the GOP are going to let themselves be reformed by primaries here in the United States of America in the year 2026.
But primaries are like prayer as a cure for cancer - it works best when combined with surgery and chemo. You can vote in primaries all you want, and it will improve your mental health. But don't skimp on Class War.
@grumble209 @eswag @benroyce @Pepijn
Then delete or correct your "side hustle" post because you directly contradicted it.
If primaries are an important part (and not the only part) then your analogical attack on primaries completely leaves that out.
BTW, shifting metaphors is not a helpful way to have dialog. Smacks of bad faith.
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@grumble209 @TCatInReality @eswag @Pepijn
the first thing they would tell you in class war 101 is to vote
because voting is just a tactic like any other in a broad repertoire of tactics. no better or worse than any other
even just a vote used as vandalism or sabotage
to have antipathy to voting is merely an emotional block. it's self-serving, trying to justify a bad decision
rationalizations not to vote are absurd
so instead of resisting the obvious, change your bad decision:
vote
@benroyce @grumble209 @eswag @Pepijn
Again, the Mamdani win (and AOC and others) show that primaries *and a very engaged populace* are all we need to win elections and take power.
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@grumble209 @benroyce @TCatInReality @eswag @Pepijn "just like Trump does" is the tell on the bad-faith, both-sides BS here. When *any* support for a foreign intelligence-sharing allied state is falsely-equivalated to a formal pogrom and "Gaza-Riviera" - that's how you know the speaker is a unicorn-hunter divorced from reality
@paneerakbari @benroyce @TCatInReality @eswag @Pepijn I'm sorry my unwillingness to cosign the bipartisan death machine of US foreign policy makes you think I'm divorced from reality. I'm not writing these toots to offend you.
I'm curious if you've travelled much outside of the US? Because the only people I've ever met who believe that there is more than one side to how the US treats the world are people who've only lived in the US. My friends and coworkers in Europe and Asia never seem to take it seriously. God knows the military folks I've served with couldn't see much of a difference.
But maybe it's like talking to a European about the subtle differences in baseball rules between the national and the american leagues? The rules are definitely not the same, but you have to be really into the game to appreciate those subtle differences.
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@benroyce @grumble209 @eswag @Pepijn
Again, the Mamdani win (and AOC and others) show that primaries *and a very engaged populace* are all we need to win elections and take power.
@benroyce @grumble209 @eswag @Pepijn
I'm still laughing at the thought that anyone believes in top down reform of the DNC (or GOP).
Just ten seconds thought: the donors are getting what they want and the "DNC" is just made up of humans. Unless there are new donors, and/or a massive influx of progressive people, it is not going to change.
Fortunately, the MAGA assault on the senses is waking up a lot of people and engaging them. I pray there is time.
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