This is such a disappointing take honestly. Using A and B parties to make your argument sound more logical than it is. The Democrats have not in any shape or form regretted their actions, nor are they denouncing Israel and Netanyahu, Biden made his unwavering support for them abundantly clear after the ICC arrest warrant for him.
By my own definition voting C is definitely not an evil act, what kind of twisted logic is this? I don't want to vote for a party that fully supports a genocide and has done nothing to reverse republican, neoliberal policies. I'm voting for someone that I believe will fix things and I think everyone should do the same if we want to see change at some point.
Like I've already said about the poopcake and shit sandwich and the lesser of two evils(you kind of say it yourself), at some point, both parties are so indistinguishable and so very far away from any ideal and vision that I have for the world, that my conscience doesn't allow me to vote for them. Both are genocidal, both are neoliberal, dismantling the welfare state and increasing exponentially the profits of the 1%. If you vote for the lesser evil, it just means that you think one is at least a little bit satisfactory, to which I couldn't be more opposed.
Why should I keep to myself my opinions on voting? Do you not like other people expressing their opinions and throwing shade on your beloved democrats? Why shouldn't more people realize that both are extremely evil and bad and shouldn't be supported? I am not mad because I don't have a strategy, I am mad that people still support people committing and funding genocides first and foremost. I don't get mad at your kindergarten logic that is the first thing that pops to anyone's mind when they realize that maybe they shouldn't vote blue. Why should you try to help others and not me? I'm not confused or mad, I know very well what I am doing.
Btw I explicitly said I am voting based on my beliefs and ideology and you try to reduce my criteria as "feelings", as if anyone's voting and beliefs are somehow detached from feelings or that I don't use logic. Imagine thinking that supporting ideas and values you've extensively and carefully talked, read and thought about for years is somehow inferior to your highly sophisticated: blue no matter who.
I'll say it once again to make it clear: our difference is very simply that you are satisfied with the Democrats in power, while I am not. Any problems that arise are just not a deal-breaker to you, while they very much are to me.
Xi isn't funding Israel, unlike yk...the US. You really can't tell why we focus on the US rather than any other random country in the world huh? It really hasn't crossed your mind? Or you're just being extremely bad faith. Let alone the fact that noone is defending Xi's actions lmao
Xi isn't funding Israel, unlike yk...the US. You really can't tell why we focus on the US rather than any other random country in the world huh? It really hasn't crossed your mind? Or you're just being extremely bad faith. Let alone the fact that noone is defending Xi's actions lmao
Xi isn't funding Israel, unlike yk...the US. You really can't tell why we focus on the US rather than any other random country in the world huh? It really hasn't crossed your mind? Or you're just being extremely bad faith
Bro really called purists people who are not ok with the biggest humanitarian crisis of the 21st century.
Not to mention how he hasn't fixed any internal problems, he just didn't make things a lot worse, which is a pretty low bar to begin with.
Like in this case, we are fucking light years away from anything even remotely close to saving the environment and reversing the damage we have done, yet we have to applaud this party for not making things even worse? Like, have you seen what environmental scientists say about the situation we are in?
This support for fascism just shows how bad things are in the world and how there's no hope.
It's a logical reaction and I can understand it. I think having multiple imperialism poles is better than having one global imperialist power controlling everything. Of course this world situation is a far cry from anything even remotely desirable, but I'd still be more satisfied with a US loss against China, Russia, Iran etc than from a US win against them. An oligopoly is better than a monopoly.
Unfortunately we are stuck in the very unfortunate situation where the only viable alternatives are all fascists. I can understand the sentiment of supporting an opponent of the empire you are in, but people need to stop seriously supporting any empires.
This is such childish logic lol. Why do you explain the most obvious argument ever to me? Do you think this hasn't crossed my mind? It's what every democrat voter says. It's in fact the only argument in favour of the democrats I've been hearing for this election.
The truth however is that there comes a point when the lesser evil becomes evil. Just because party A is more evil, doesn't take away from the fact that B is evil as well. It sucks to admit this, doesn't it? So there are only two alternatives for this one. You either think that the biggest genocide and humanitarian crisis of the 21st century - for which they are as much responsible as Israel is - has been handled even remotely adequately by the Democrats or you don't think it's such a big deal to begin with. So which is it?
Do you have a conscience? Do you want to make them realize their atrocious actions have consequences? Or will you give them the vote that says I'm still ok with what you do? I don't care about strategies, my votes are only based on my beliefs and who matches them the most.
Who talked about action outside of voting? That goes without saying lol. You probably don't want to understand what I mean, third party voting that is.
And they kept on voting blue and both parties kept on getting more reactionary and moving the center to the right ad infimum...
So he either did even remotely satisfactory in that regard or it's not a really big deal, right?
You are right both sides aren't the same. But by absolute standards, both sides are really really bad and I think that's a fair assessment all things considered. One has to be better than the other, but both are bad.
What does it mean to be against a religion? As in you don't follow it? Or that you oppress people following it?
So it's ok to call students that are protesting against a genocide Nazis but not the people actually committing the genocide. Got it.
There's AC in public transport.
Your privacy is of no concern to us, like you could claim you want more privacy, which you can achieve by commuting with a jet(people can stare at you through the car window) - that doesn't mean the world has to cater to your unreasonable demands.
The fact that there is a park in your neighborhood doesn't mean anything, since the public spaces are simply not enough. We don't have more green instead of this sea of tar, because some people like you don't care about either the environment or the alienation of the communities or the health implications of car centric cities.
The opposite of one trip every two weeks isn't everyday, it's once a week on a bike, I'm sure you can make this sacrifice since...yk I specifically explained how our world and lives are ruined from car centric cities. And if you are not willing to make this insurmountable sacrifice, you are just a lost cause and an enemy to green walkable vibrant cities and therefore to us.
You are not fucking crazy, you are fucking toxic to comment in this place to begin with.
That's the whole deal of maximizing profit. If you can get your employees to work extra for free, you have a very successful business model.
If you think this is sad then maybe you'd agree that we need a change.
It's a pocketbook era, but this feature will work for any pocketbook model that can highlight text, because the notes are exported through the pocketbook cloud in the app/website.
Fuck them. I'd rather donate quadruple the money for premium to my favourite creators directly than give a single penny to this parasitic mega corporation.
The issue is not only the ads, it's the stupid shit it throws you to keep you hooked, it's the stupid shorts that literally no one asked for, it's every stupid little thing that fights for your attention. Basically the app doesn't work for you, it works against you. That's not the case with third party apps, they have you, the user, in mind, not their profits.
Interesting thoughts. Personally I use a pocketbook to read. It's been pretty good with a red light backlight for the dark(that is gentle for the eyes before sleep) a built-in dictionary and the ability to export notes from books. This is everything I need in an ereader. Unfortunately it has a browser, some unnecessary small games and some other features that anyone who buys relatively expensive ereaders(hence is committed to reading books) won't possibly ever need.
But the unnecessary features won't bother you too much. The UI is clean and easy to navigate.
Pocketbook is not open source or anything, but at least I don't fund Amazon's monopoly, it's a smaller company and it's definitely value for money imo.
