Voice of Reason 2024

Paying attention. Trying to keep an open mind. I'll debate with traditional Conservatives and Libertarians, but the fascist GOP has become indefensible.

[Voice of Reason 2024 @VoteReason2020]

Over time, I've come to the conclusion that Republican policies make the most sense when seen as billionaires' tools for maximizing their profit from their free-range livestock. They want to grow their herds, but they don't really care about the health of their beasts of burden.

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@HRBlockAnswers FYI, mine just went through after several failed tries this morning. I haven't seen any updates from H&R Block saying they've fixed the problem yet, so maybe it's a bit of a crap shoot at this point. They did say to try later, not that that inspired confidence.

[Sidney D Johnson @SJohnson99]

When we are talking about famine, the actions of Hamas should not be tied to whether a 3 year-old can eat. The actions of Hamas do not justify forcing hundreds of thousands of people to eat grass” - @RepAOC

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She's not wrong.

[Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @RepAOC]

There is no world in which the forced famine of 1.1 million people cannot be considered genocide. And that is exactly what we are watching unfold in Gaza now.

We must enforce U.S. laws and halt weapons transfers to the Israeli government to stop an atrocity in the making.

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@BradMossEsq @ungubunugu1274 He doesn't believe in governing. In his 16 years in Congress, he hasn't put forward a bill that has been signed into law. (Billionaire benefactors are more free when the government does less.)

I think his strategy is to wait it out, w/o giving any concessions, until others cave.

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@CollinRugg @CensoredMen I'm pretty sure building a wall isn't going to stop hurricanes and tropical storms.

On the other hand, slowing down climate change will reduce extreme weather and the number of migrants fleeing the global south.

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

"School choice" sounds great, but it's a euphemism for defunding public schools and funneling the money to private, for-profit schools that don't have to accept all students, are not accountable for their curricula, and can use your tax dollars for religious indoctrination. #GOPDebate

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

13 years ago the Supreme Court decided corporations are people under the First Amendment.

Today, sold-out politicians block progress on all fronts to appease their corporate donors.

Citizens United is among the worst decisions in history. It corrupts our system every day.

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@charliekirk11 Well, he is trying to start a civil war for his personal gain.

But, you're not wrong about the neocons. The country would be better off without greedy regressive old-school conservatives, imperialistic warmongering neoconservatives, and fascist MAGA conservatives.

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@SunnyDfan4eva @3d_historian @1VeryChillDude @atrupar It might have something to do with this. I.e., there are parts of the world where populations are expected to keep rising, but you might not be considering them.
https://t.co/KgaEQKwDdh

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@SunnyDfan4eva @guycole @1VeryChillDude @atrupar It just occurred to me that you seem to be confusing what's best for "your world" with what's best for "the world".

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@TaritaC @SunnyDfan4eva @guycole @1VeryChillDude @atrupar Yes, I'd say that, excluding the remote chance that we're struck by an asteroid, most of our existential threats are driven by overpopulation. And that includes the threat of escalation of conflicts to nuclear war.

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@ChristySimm23 @1VeryChillDude @atrupar Since you're such a history buff, it may shock you to learn that before Ho Chi Minh turned to China and the USSR, he asked the US for help escaping France's colonial rule. We, of course, said no. Similar story with Castro and Batista in Cuba. Short-viewed failures.

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@SunnyDfan4eva @guycole @1VeryChillDude @atrupar We've got 8 billion people, the internet, and AI. I think we've got enough smart people. What we need is more equal opportunity so that people have a chance to think about making the world better instead of grinding themselves away into oblivion just trying to survive.

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@ChristySimm23 @1VeryChillDude @atrupar Ok, I watched your video from 1992 after the first gulf war. He's criticizing the Reagan/Bush administration and the CIA for creating the monster that Saddam was. He could have been talking about bin Laden at the same time. I don't see how that Bush or his son look any better.

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@ChristySimm23 @1VeryChillDude @atrupar So even after the Bush administration admitted there weren't ties between Al Qaeda and Hussein you still want to believe a secularist dictator helped jihadists that wanted to establish Islamic states? That never made sense, not for a second.

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@SunnyDfan4eva @guycole @1VeryChillDude @atrupar I like STEM, and automation could really help humanity if the benefits are shared, but don't expect technology will solve the world's problems. The salvation of our species lies in conquering our genetically programmed selfishness, not in technology, the stock market, or god.

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@SunnyDfan4eva @guycole @1VeryChillDude @atrupar The stock market is not the economy. Since the wealthy own the vast majority of the stock market, then rises in it are inherently measures of expected growth in wealth inequality. 401ks are trickle-down economics realized.

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@ChristySimm23 @1VeryChillDude @atrupar If Bush hadn't been declared the winner, then climate change, an existential threat, wouldn't be nearly as bad and we wouldn't have invaded Iraq, killing 100,000's, based on BS reasons. Everything would have been so much better.

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@ChristySimm23 @1VeryChillDude @atrupar I'll look into your allegations if you skim through the report I cited. It's long, so here are highlights on felons list name matching:
1. The state made first and middle names interchangeable.
2. They only required 90% matches.
3. Conflicting testimony on use of race & gender.