ToastedPlanet

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[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago (13 children)

That is correct. The Democrats need to get rid of the filibuster, since it's unlikely for them to get 60 seats. It is another mechanism in our government that perpetuates minority rule. Another reason why we need to vote Blue in record numbers.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 months ago (20 children)

It is not useful for Harris to call the genocide a genocide because it would hurt her chances of being elected. If Trump is elected instead of Harris, the genocide will continue until all Palestinians are dead.

Since we want the genocide to end before all Palestinians are dead it is not useful to demand that Harris calls the genocide a genocide because that hurts the chances of the genocide ending while Palestinians are still alive.

I like Krave jerky. Lately I've been eating from these smaller bags, but I don't remember the brand name. All the fancy homemade stuff people are talking about sounds really good though.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I am not arguing anarchy is comparable to forcing everybody to follow the same political ideology. I am arguing that it would be harder for the user to impose a consensus on everyone else if they lived in a stateless society.

The user claims they want a national ice cream flavor, but then asserts anarchy is the only way to get the national ice cream flavor they want. My point is that isn't want anarchy does. The analogy is comparing apples and oranges. Being able to eat what ice cream you want and being able to form a larger consensus around which ice cream is best is not the same thing. It's an attempt to shoe horn in what the user actually wants while claiming it's anarchy.

And what that user wants is an ice cream dictatorship where the teaberry dictator enforces a teaberry consensus. Currently, in a democracy, anyone can eat whatever ice cream they want. To achieve a consensus around which ice cream is the national favorite we would hold a vote. This user wants a smaller dictatorship in the mountains where there is an imposed teaberry consensus and is willing to claim this dictatorship is anarchy in order to get it.

The analogy is a false analogy and a bait-and-switch. The lure is a promise of whatever consensus anyone wants but then swaps it out for a collection of dictatorships erroneously masquerading as anarchy.

In a stateless society, there would not be any passive consensus like a national ice cream flavor because there is no state. Everyone would have their own favorite which might happen to overlap with someone else's or might not. Everyone could get their favorite ice cream and essentials as if they were in a state based society. There would be only active consensus where people could agree to work together to avoid existential crises like a large meteor or famine.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago

Purse of Holding

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Political science, social theory, and ice cream. blobfox, blobfoxnomicecream

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Definitely, I saw in I think another comment section people talking about seeing Christmas decorations for sale on the 30th. We must turn back the tide of Christmas cheer, back to the depths of December where it belongs! edit: typo

Woo! Vote Blue!

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Anarchy is not a smaller country in the mountains where everyone agrees with you. That's a dictatorship. And if it's just you, you're not getting very much ice cream if any.

You're the one wanting a national ice cream flavor. edit: typos

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It’s adorable that you think Harris is the anarchist teaberry I’m looking for.

No, Harris is the neoliberal who will incrementally improve society who is currently one point ahead. Trump the teaberry who wants to genocide as many people as possible, satisfying the condition of fewer people laid out in your argument, is currently one point behind. In other words, not in never being chosen territory.

Maybe read what we wrote when you're not drunk and tired. You aren't looking for an anarchist teaberry, because what your describing isn't what an anarchist teaberry does. But it is what a teaberry dictator does.

But don’t worry, I already voted for the gallon tub of store-brand vanilla-flavored frozen dessert over the turdcicle

Congrats and thank you.

[–] ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 2 months ago (15 children)

With Republican obstructionism, the only way for Democrats to get anything done is to control the House, the Senate, and presidency. Without all three, Democrats will have an ineffective government that is incapable of passing laws to solve problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ8psP4S6BQ

There are limits to executive orders but they have their uses and a cool song too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUDSeb2zHQ0&t=7s

For them to be invaders they would have to be from somewhere else. These are home grown domestic terrorists spawned from our society and late-stage capitalism.

They are invaders in the sense they've invaded the minds of our friends and families with their fascist ideas.

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