The difference is we can’t predict the next ten years let alone the next century, so to assume our heinous actions can be cancelled out by some potential future that makes it all worth it is simply a silly argument. You’re betting the lives and well being of others that we win. There is no guarantee a revolution results in successful, sustainable communism. It’s quite likely a revolution results in millions of dead, massive environmental damage, and a generation with PTSD, only to result in fascism.

Our voting system is “first past the post”, this means there are mathematical realities that are not ideal.

We live in a world with entrenched powers that take advantage of this voting system to maintain power. The fact of the matter is, third party candidates have little chance of winning in a normal situation, when it gets as heated and tribal as it is now, there’s no realistic chance of ONE third party candidate pulling enough votes to win the election. The result of this is diluting votes for the major two candidates. The one with more diluted votes loses.

I don’t like Biden, I don’t like Democrats, but I’m not going to risk a Trump presidency (which will undoubtedly be even worse, I mean, you don’t think that the guy that moved the embassy to Jerusalem is gonna end the genocide do you?) by voting third party.

If you want this to change, push for voting system reforms, there are mathematically superior systems out there (proportional representation, ranked choice, etc), we just need the political will to change the law, but too many people on the left-ish have become convinced that accelerationism and willingness to put others at risk for ideological purity is the righteous position.

Let me be clear, the righteous position NEVER involves harming innocent people or putting innocent people at risk.

We are trapped in this system, the way out is to bust the trap, not ignore it and expect to win.

Yes, but Trump voters are more likely to vote so the effect isn’t equal.

Modern Republicans are authoritarians, they do what they are told, Democrats are less so and as a party must form a coalition of sorts. It’s easier to convince subgroups of potential Democratic voters that voting is pointless, especially when that subgroup is themselves authoritarian (e.g. “tankies”) and not only are the Republicans putting out that message, but their own leaders are telling them that voting is pointless effectively throwing the vote to the right.

I’m pretty sure this position is intentional, most tankies I’ve spoken to are effectively accelerationists even if they won’t admit it.

If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice – Rush, Freewill

Not choosing equates to choosing the default. You may not care about game theory, but you and others cannot get away from the consequences of it.

In this election, not choosing = voting for Trump

Genocide Joe is choosing support of Israel over the future of the U.S.

It’s not a devs vs admins, this was a failure on both sides. This is early days for the Fediverse, I’d imagine this will shake out over time as unreliable instances are abandoned and we get more devs and they learn to or get what the resources needed for better testing.

Microgravitational revolutionary physics?

He has the same stupid haircut I had when I was 7. About the same maturity level as well.

Imagine being screwed over by the U.S. for decades and now their puppet is genociding your brothers. Not everyone is ok with sitting and waiting their turn to be destroyed. I back the people, never the governments.

I think Biden should put forth “plans” for staying in office forever if presidents become immune.

It seems like weak minds, such as those religious memes are able to successfully colonize, tend to see meaning coming from external sources higher on their perceived hierarchy than they are.

My job as a Linux admin/automation engineer has become way more difficult now that a primary tool has become nearly useless. I didn’t go to college, I learned from 0 to computer automation engineer essentially googling my way, I don’t think that would be possible now.

(probably invented by GenX)

Sounds like it.

Gen X here, “pegging” meant hitting your target, like with a ball or something. “Ah! you pegged him right in the leg!”

A new word! Thank you!

I’d say you’re both right. Power exists in a relative scale, if there is nobody below you to coerce then there is no power. The causing of suffering is an expression of power, it’s a way of saying “I am entitled to a life without suffering, you are not”.

A real easy way to tell good people from bad… the bad ones make claims that they are doing the will of god. No good person needs to say that

What’s not sustainable is having a class of people that exist as leaches, doing no actual productive work but instead claiming authority and causing/enforcing inequality.

Get a real job bitch!

I mean, it didn’t work before, it’s gotta work this time right!?

It’s not North VS South, it’s urban v rural

IMHO it’s compassionate vs cruel. And like the paradox of tolerance, showing compassion for the cruel is the way to a cruel world.