I would prefer to use Lemmy, but it simply doesn’t have some things that reddit currently has. It could in the future, but it doesn’t have the user base yet.

I basically agree. Those are actually insurance, and serve a purpose. Health “Insurance” isn’t insurance at all really…

Absolutely agree.

If you mean specifically health insurance… yeah this is spot on.

I think it’s more complicated for other kinds of insurance though.

I think it’s a good idea to separate the politicians and party leaders from the rank-and-file members.

The organization knows what it is they are doing. But the members… I think of lot of them are just completely deceived in various ways about various things.

So when someone says “republicans want a dictatorship” it can be true in one sense, and nonsense in another.

Absolutely! But to accuse them wanting a dictatorship will only drive them further into the deception, because they aren’t lying when they say they don’t want it, despite them supporting a path towards it.

Accusing a person of lying when they are not willing always get a strong reaction against you because they believe they are morally right and you are lying to them.

In supporting trump, they support someone who would gladly take that role if he could. I agree.

But the contradiction is deep within themselves not just held for outsiders to see. They aren’t lying when they say they support democracy and say they support trump at the same time. They’re contradicting themselves, but they aren’t lying. I don’t know why that happens, but I guess they have been deceived.

But it’s important to have that distinction, otherwise we dehumanize millions of people, and destroy hope of showing them the truth.

I can agree that Trump and those like him are moving towards that kind of power structure.

And yes that means that those who support trump and deny that want a dictatorship and at some level contradicting themselves.

But that is a different thing tham actually wanting a dictatorship.

Misrepresenting people will get us no where. It will dehumanize those we disagree with and will create enemies from those who could be allies.

If by conservatives you mean Americans who describe themselves as conservatives… that’s a ridiculous claim. I don’t think I’ve ever met a Republican who openly wanted a dictator. I’m sure they exist, but it’s not the majority view within Republican voters.

If you mean something else, please define what you mean by conservative.

That’s very true. But, it’s something that appears to be way more common that it uses to be.

Honestly, I bet he has the skills, he just didn’t use them because he didn’t care, or is overworked, or for whatever reason.

It’s not forbidden.

Forced relocation of more than 20 miles or so (some reasonable amount that doesn’t require a move) should not allow a company to get out of severance. That should be illegal.

Thanks I’ll give it a shot.

And Linux has come so far in gaming. The worst part isn’t the games themselves, but all the other crap companies make you install. The stupid Ubisoft and ea apps are the only reason I use windows at all.

Why do you put maliciousness in quotes?

Kids absolutely can be malicious. Sure, it’s a small scale but kids can absolutely manipulate. Asking for an apple , if they really just want an apple, is not manipulation because it’s not malicious. Little Susie telling her sister Jess to give her her soda or shell tell their parents about how the window broke is 100% manipulative though.

By my ex wife.

Sure, but usually the term manipulation has a negative connotation.

In a sense, when my kid asks for fruit, they are manipulating me. But that’s not what anyone means. They mean a kind of devious persuasion.

Oh no… Anyway…

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