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the american system works best when the president and congress aren't controlled by the sam eparty, deadlock is good
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redneck nazgul posted:the american system works best when the president and congress aren't controlled by the sam eparty, deadlock is good *drowns due to rising sea levels*
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Who What Now posted:That anarchism is the edgelord of political theories. Becoming an anarchist is functionally identical to giving up. Except in America where the anarchists are even worse because they have overlap with libertarians and, think things like "having environmental regulations is just oppression by public interests instead of private ones" and vote against Bernie in primaries
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stalin did some things wrong
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Trump vs Clinton is a great chance for America to suddenly back third parties
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get that OUT of my face posted:weirdly, texas was the only state where any shred of electoral good news came for democrats in 2016. it went Trump but not as much as other states, and state-level Dems actually gained seats in the lower house. they chipped at the majority even further last year. this is in spite of the fact that the state party is still a dysfunctional mess Yeah Texas actually had a bunch of the semi-mythical "Romney->Clinton" voters, its just that losing by 9 points instead of 18 is functionally worthless. I think California is one of the other places those voters actually existed, which, well, lol.
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Jewel Repetition posted:Becoming an anarchist is functionally identical to giving up. Except in America where the anarchists are even worse because they have overlap with libertarians and, think things like "having environmental regulations is just oppression by public interests instead of private ones" and vote against Bernie in primaries Anarchists =! "Anarcho-"capitalists. Actual anarchists, as in "no hierarchy," realise that in order for life to go anywhere but extinct, we need to be stewards of our environment. And if you mean those goobers on /r/LateStageCapitalism, I feel like they're the flood victim from the "Two boats and a helicopter" parable. Hurricane's rolling in and the neighborhood's being evacuated amid flood concerns. All except one fellow. Neighbor asks him "Shouldn't you be gettin' up outta here too? Whole area's gonna be underwater soon!" The fellow says "Nah, I've got faith, God will save me." Neighbor shrugs and gets the gently caress onto the evac bus. 4 hours later, floodwaters have engulfed the bottom half of the fellow's house; he's sitting on the roof, nonchalantly. A firefighter comes by in a boat and calls to him "Sir! You need to come with me, this storm's not letting up anytime soon, you're gonna drown!" Fellow laughs it off. "I've got faith, God's gonna save me." "Suit yourself!" the firefighter calls as he motors away. 4 more hours pass, the water is now at the roof line and shows no signs of stopping. A FEMA agent zips up to the house in another boat and calls to the fellow "Hey friend, you need to get in this boat NOW, else you'll die!" Fellow's unconvinced, squinting through the driving rain he says "God will save me, you worry about yourself." FEMA has better poo poo to do that help people who won't be helped so they continue their evacuation efforts elsewhere. 4 more hours on, the rain has subsumed the roof and the fellow's standing on the chimney of his house, the water around around his ankles. An army helicopter flies in and hovers overhead. The door opens and a rope ladder is dropped, followed by shouts of "Citizen, get in this loving helo NOW!" "gently caress off," shouts the fellow, "God will save me!" The mission objective was not to rescue the suicidal, so the ladder retracts and the chopper takes leave of the area. Fellow drowns, he arrives in heaven. He walks up to God and asks Him "My Lord, I had faith in you, why did you abandon me?" "Abandon you!? I done sent two boats and a goddamned helicopter after you!" Tubgoat has issued a correction as of 17:38 on Jun 3, 2019 |
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Tubgoat posted:Fellow drowns, he arrives in heaven. He walks up to God and asks Him "My Lord, I had faith in you, why did you abandon me?" "Abandon you!? I done sent two boats and a goddamned helicopter after you!" I feel like if literal god is telling you a helicopter was god damned you made the right choice drowning
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ikanreed posted:I feel like if literal god is telling you a helicopter was god damned you made the right choice drowning God's very flippant when you ignore His repeated attempts to save your overly-credulous rear end.
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The Ghoul posted:Communism can never work. one of these is still true
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The joke anarchism is basing your philosophical outlook on obscure egoism and idolizing criminal gangs or people living like primitivist-scavengers in areas where order has broken down as desirable examples of anarchy in action.
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uncop posted:The joke anarchism is basing your philosophical outlook on obscure egoism and idolizing criminal gangs or people living like primitivist-scavengers in areas where order has broken down as desirable examples of anarchy in action. Nope, not seeing the problem
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It's worthwhile to engage with conservative viewpoints and follow some of their pundits because even though I may not agree with them they could have an important perspective to consider
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Tubgoat posted:Anarchists =! "Anarcho-"capitalists. But he arrived in Heaven, though.
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The God in my parables is not an irredeemable psychopath, unlike the one Americans worship, and actually practices forgiveness and love.  My other favorite is much shorter: Heaven and Hell are identical places; groups of people are seated around a grand banquet on an enormous table, piled high with all the best foods, with 10-foot-long chopsticks. Those in Heaven are happy and stuffed, while those in Hell are starving and miserable, because you can't feed yourself with 10-foot-long chopsticks.
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Tubgoat posted:The God in my parables is not an irredeemable psychopath, unlike the one Americans worship, and actually practices forgiveness and love. gj stealing a Buddhism parable lol
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Chokes McGee posted:gj stealing a Buddhism parable lol Heard in Hawai`i, checks out. 
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Tubgoat posted:The God in my parables is not an irredeemable psychopath, unlike the one Americans worship, and actually practices forgiveness and love. Just grab the food with your hands, dinguses.
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Or choke up on the chopsticks. This parable sucks.
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we don't deserve this we can change it death isn't certain
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Communism just needs the right leaders and it will work.
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Ayn Randi posted:we don't deserve this dark
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Jun 4, 2019 05:06
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socially liberal and fiscally conservative is a real thing
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its probably good to have a conservative supreme court
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conservatives are human beings
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Mao Zedong Thot posted:
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Who What Now posted:Or choke up on the chopsticks. This parable sucks. the original version has their fingers replaced with the 10 foot chopsticks which makes it make more sense
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Chokes McGee posted:the original version has their fingers replaced with the 10 foot chopsticks which makes it make more sense 
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america stablises the world and is generally a force for good
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Chokes McGee posted:the original version has their fingers replaced with the 10 foot chopsticks which makes it make more sense Jesus, that's not a parable, that's an elevator pitch for a horror movie.
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Chokes McGee posted:the original version has their fingers replaced with the 10 foot chopsticks which makes it make more sense didnt know buddhists worship chaos gods that turn them into mutants for rewards
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jarofpiss posted:didnt know buddhists worship chaos gods that turn them into mutants for rewards Excuse you, it's called "reincarnation."
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i have always just been an uneducated leftist so in 2016 i was getting yelled at for refusing to vote for hillary but couldn’t really articulate why. honestly i did not know that there was anything relevant past being more and more liberal. i really wish i had visited lf back in the day.
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Who What Now posted:Jesus, that's not a parable, that's an elevator pitch for a horror movie. they must feed each other or their hunger grows
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This thread: 
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i'm glad that nate silver segued from permanently ruining baseball discourse with his stat nerd bullshit to using his powers of pedantry for something that serves a purpose
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Nate Silver is "shook" and only doubting Abuela because of common-sense flaws with his model. The Harvard guy who gives her a 99% chance and promises to eat a bug if wrong is smarter
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Jewel Repetition posted:Nate Silver is "shook" and only doubting Abuela because of common-sense flaws with his model. The Harvard guy who gives her a 99% chance and promises to eat a bug if wrong is smarter bugman was true to his word
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I'm gay
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an actual dog posted:I'm gay I still believe this btw
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