Aurenkin

joined 2 years ago
[–] Aurenkin 42 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Only a sith deals in absolute paths.

[–] Aurenkin 45 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I didn't realise until I read that comment, your comment and the other comment about slash direction.

[–] Aurenkin 76 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Aurenkin 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The lack of quality control may the the only believable part.

[–] Aurenkin 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Thanks for taking the time to come back and clarify your position in detail like that, I think I see where you're coming from here and I have to disagree with you. I think the trolley problem is still the best analogy and I'd go so far as to say some of the assumptions underpinning your view here are very dangerous.

Firstly, I would say voting is absolutely an irrevocable one time only choice from the simple fact that the past is immutable. Trump will always have been the president from 2016 - 2020 and now he's going to be the president for another term. No amount of voting in the future can ever change that. Roe v Wade is still overturned for example and the supreme court is still stacked as far as I understand.

Just ask Josseli Barnica's loved ones how easily the damage of some of Trump's decisions can be undone.

If someone thinks that the price is worth it for sending a message to the Democrats then that's up to them. Let's not be under any illusions though that we can simply change anything in the present day to undo history. That's why the trolley problem is the more apt analogy in my view because you must choose between two different bad outcomes irrevocably.

[–] Aurenkin 6 points 2 weeks ago

Agreed there too, my friend, nobody is

[–] Aurenkin 20 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Anyone who gets their house fire bombed for exposing corruption is deserving of respect in my book.

[–] Aurenkin 5 points 2 weeks ago

I would like to be your friend please

[–] Aurenkin 8 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

What about an empty ceiling?

[–] Aurenkin 8 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

LAN parties were always a great place to hang out.

[–] Aurenkin 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

That's true but I didn't mean it as a choice of who you'd rather see killed, just that the system is set up in such a way that as a rational voter you are forced into a situation where you must act to prevent the worst outcome rather than voting for your interests and what you believe in.

[–] Aurenkin 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tariffs on oil and microchips, should make a nice dent in cost of living.

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