jtrek

I see a lot of Nirvana shirts on the youth and I'm never sure if they like the band or just the shirt, either.

I did see a blue-haired youth with a My Chemical Romance shirt the other day and I'm pretty sure they were a sincere fan, though.

It's all projection. They have poor empathy and don't understand other people, so they just imagine themselves.

This doesn't matter much if they don't change their voting patterns.

The kind of people who respond to facts are already not voting Republican, or are assholes.

Facts don't matter. Emotions do. People are emotionally invested in the mythology of the Republican party.

The opposition need to work on their own mythology.

Sure, but people believe they do. They often conflate capitalism with markets and competition

Ehh. It's hard for me to relate to low executive function, but you're not wrong.

I think the key metric isn't time to reply. The stakes matter- replying quickly to a meme is less important than, like, making plans. If someone isn't responsive about if they want to go, then I probably don't get a ticket for them, and they can't come to the show with us. Sorry. You were busy.

And the quality is also important. I've got friends that will reply like a day or two later, but then we usually have a whole conversation.

If someone is replying every few days with "lol" tier responses, it's going to feel like a waste of my time.

The core of capitalism - "you do work and I keep the profits" - is difficult to see as fair and just. Stuff like lower costs and "innovation" are incidental.

You can have competition and innovation without everything being owned by a few guys who don't even work.

Seems reasonable. I've seen other people proposing that or similar solutions to the supreme Court.

I don't think natural disasters are a great metaphor. I mean, even as you say you can do some stuff to mitigate flooding.

Often, in the scenario I was describing, it feels like they just accept the flood as inevitable and don't want to do anything. Build no walls. Dig no drainage. No evacuation. Someone wants to build a dam, and they're just like "walls?? Like a prison??"

its so depressing sometimes because theres so many people who stubbornly refuse to believe it, even intelligent highly educated people.

Also frustrating when people respond with "well communism is worse!" I'm like that just skipped several important steps. If we can agree that the current system is Bad, then we can work towards a solution. But just refusing to engage and going full what-about is useless

Well then replacing Jeffries is a priority.

Name calling aside, what policies are you reacting so viscerally against? Please, share a credible (eg: not some third party on YouTube) source and explanation.