Post B2NDsue7QLZO3HbTZA by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #B2NDsue7QLZO3HbTZA by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
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       Random thought:I think basically nobody agrees with my political perspectives because:1. The left has a very narrow orthodoxy, and if you don't agree with it 100% then they claim to think you're a not-see. To anyone outside of the leftist bubble, this is self-evidently garbage.2. The right has a tenancy to over-simplify problems and is attracted to "big hammer" solutions - like as if everything will be utopia if we just send the blacks back to Africa, take away women's vote, evict the jews, etc. The problem with these "simple" ideas is that if things were so simple, somewhere at some point in history, some country would have accidentally stumbled on them, thrived, and made them a universal standard.If you approach things from a first principles perspective based on the assumption that governance is a hard problem and the best countries to live in today are already solving it as best we know how - conclusions and proposals end up being a lot different from anything that is typically discussed in the political arena.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NDsvFLBxLNuj1CaG by amerika@annihilation.social
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       @cjd IMHO the mistake here is that assuming mass delusion does not rule politics.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NGtuqkS4ckpsgGu0 by nanook@friendica.eskimo.com
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       @cjd I agree with your takes on both parties.  I'll add I think the people really in control aren't elected at all and switch loyalties to which ever party they feel has the most political capital they can exploit in the moment.I want to get away from politics that direct 90% of our pie to fighting other parties over the largest slice and direct those resources instead into making more pie in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner.For these reasons I've stopped voting for "parties" and each election I research each candidate and vote for the candidate that best aligns with my values and priorities.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NGtvMeXS92QpbkdE by cjd@pkteerium.xyz
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       I generally don't vote at all. For one, I live outside the US so I can't vote here and I wouldn't vote for people where I don't live. Secondly, even if I could vote here, I would be reticent about doing so because I moved here because it's better - I don't claim to know how to improve it further. Chesterton's Fence can be subtle. Also to some extent, I simply refuse the humiliation ritual.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NH1tVbK0pQzdasAC by amerika@annihilation.social
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       @cjd @nanook Democracy makes people go insane, but the important point: it is humiliating. "Here, throw in your choice among those of many others who will drown you out, every time, especially if you know better."
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NHMTHu0Q31kezwxs by Humpleupagus@eveningzoo.club
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       What if we just send black women back to Africa?