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Here we go again (lemmy.world)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] 51 points 8 months ago (9 children)

I've seen tankies on Bluesky trying to convince themselves that the US would have attacked Iran under Harris, too. Anybody saying that that's just a hypothetical gets told to "prove it".

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  • [+] -31 points 8 months ago* (5 children)

    she literally campaigned for creating a more lethal us army and supporting israel

    at some point, maybe y’all should grow up and realize that your country is rotten beyond repair and do something about it, instead of burying your head in the sand with « well maybe if some internet communists i don’t like had been more quiet, then the worst of the worst could have been delayed by a few years and i could’ve gone back to ignoring the evil my country has committed since literally its founding » at every new atrocity

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  • [–] 17 points 8 months ago

    Maybe the world isn't full of absolutes?

    Maybe there would have been a 10% lower probability of war with Harris, and 80% higher probability of better protection of human rights?

    If you are only capable of treating every magnitude of behavior equally, you'll repeatedly end up with poor outcomes. You need a weighting mechanism that isn't binary.

    Moreover, you have to choose those that are most likely to align with your desired outcome, even if they don't qualify based on your purity test. Otherwise, you're just part of the, "I've got a number of strong opinions, but I'm going to do jack dick to move in that direction because that candidate isn't perfect" crowd.

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