This is a gross misunderstanding of why it worked for the Republicans. But okay.
I'm not suggesting more compromise and more moderate politics. I am suggesting we stop building strawmen.
Glide
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They'll choose not to vote again.
Is the goal change or smug self-satisfaction?
Right, and that is awful, but it's ignorant and self-defeating of us to make enemies and play the blame game instead of seeking conversations and understanding.
If you tell people this is their fault and make them into the enemy, they will gladly act as the enemy. And they'll blame everyone but themselves, a fact Trump has been far too happy to exploit.
Conversation. Understanding. Not creating enemies out of moderates.
Trump won because he appeals to people that we choose to neglect as simply ignorant, uneducated, stupid, etc. We have to accept that these people get a say, and show them that their decisions with Trump were not in their best interest, instead of continuing to insult them while their ego leads them to shoot themselves in the foot to spite us.
technocratic fascist dystopia
Technocratic is such a high hope. I like to think of it as capitalcratic fascism, or just capital-fascist. Rule by power of wealth.
I get why you'd remove the names for posting here, but I hope you've forwarded the unredacted versions to the police. Even when this laws are in place, visible evidence of abusing these laws to justify sexually abusing minors will remain a crime. In fact, these statements remove the "in good faith" part from the equation, and turn it back into illegal abuse.
It's fucked that we even have to toe this line, but action should still be taken.
We need a term for a Freudian slip caused by mobile autocorrect. Because "wallet garden" is extremely accurate, even if it's not the intended word choice.
The game can collect data, if that's what they're after.
My theory is that it's all about advertising. It's another point of contact with the consumer, and another opportunity to make sure every new release is presented to every potential buyer.
I think I disagree about the severity and urgency of some of the things you're talking about, but I do agree with your sentiment. I restate: the only thing I am criticizing here is the ambiguity of language. It's the "side quests" that give life flavour, and to give them up to deal with the "real problems" would be choosing to stop living because you're too worried about surviving.
But still, strange headline choice.
Smug self-satisfaction it is, I see. Good luck.