My objection is narrower: calling atheism a “nonstance” can obscure the fact that, in practice, people often do move from “not convinced” to “probably false,” and those are logically different positions.
Also, I’m not denying people can engage in philosophy, ethics, or theology without making a truth-claim about God’s existence. That’s fine and unrelated.
And the people who do have time for that tend to be wealthy or unemployed or retired or below voting age. I get it. Working poors get no respect. Essential workers are treated like commodities to use and discard.
She's 'vetted and battle-tested' according to the DNC.
"Spiritual and physical maladies thrive on one another, the solution must begin with a spiritual question”, of personal responsibility and inward vigilance against the dark forces that would keep Americans “sedated” and “compliant”.
Darth Vader not wrong....
As a Democratic socialist this is the biggest problem I see in America. We have a whole bunch of people - the majority of people - that want change, they want social programs, they want better education, and they want better health care. We want prison reform. And on and on. Civil rights. Lgbtq rights. Immigrant rights. And on and on.
Yet people don't really organize. Even at the protests people don't organize. They don't come together. They walk around in their little groups/cliques carrying stupid signs, wearing stupid costumes, and other stupid shit. They might as well have their heads firmly up their own asses.
There's no unity. And it'll be our undoing.
And that's why the right is going to win. They have unity. They have loyalty ... even if it's to a pedophilic demagogue... They have shared spirit and purpose.
United States is extremely divided. Join a club my fellow Americans. Whether that's a church or a community garden or sports team or fishing club or bicycle collective or chess club or maybe an improv group. When we get together and we can see past stupid political divides and we see what really matters in life then democracy thrives.
Highly suggested documentary: https://joinordiefilm.com/
I've worked in market research. It's just like the Internet. Bad faith respondents are very common and very eager and they all give exactly the same inane responses.
They just passed legislation in the house (it'll pass the Senate probably) that allows them to spy on anyone anywhere in the world.
They have everything to lose and they're one missed pay check away from homelessness.
Surprised they didn't turn it into yet another AI!