*It is with infinite caution that any man ought to venture upon pulling down an edifice which has answered in any tolerable degree for ages the common purposes of society.*
—Edmund Burke, the Father of Modern Conservatism, _Reflections on the Revolution in France_
I never thought I'd see "conservatives" defending the Dollar fiat system just to spite a Republican politician they despise, but here we are.
These people don't actually believe anything. "Free markets," "Capitalism," "Limited Government" it's all just a giant LARP.
“Thank God everyone in my limited social circle has zero predictive skills. This is because I lack the analytical intelligence required for separating mere acknowledgement of certain patterns from endorsing them.”
@mikeand1kes@_Tanyoxarces_ Twitter is an echo chamber for people like this, people in real life don't think this thankfully. I like to think that most people are raised right to know they are utterly, indefensibly wrong
@FlamingSkull40 OK.
Going into a den of vice to indulge in debauchery there with dissolute people has the foreseeable consequence of getting raped, among many other things, that to the dismay of some, won’t go away no matter how many times you repeat “It SHOULDN’T be this way!” on social media.
@mikeand1kes So, to recap @mikeand1kes’s Guide on Dealing with Analogies:
Step 1. Build a strawman by ignoring the obvious tertium.
Step 2. Once the tertium’s pointed out, dodge it again.
Step 3. Once it’s highlighted that you’re dodging the tertium, pretend you don't know the tertium?????
Q: How do you define socialism personally?
JD VANCE: I think in reality what it actually means in the American context is you want to replace American workers with foreigners workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports
@mikeand1kes The good ol’ Xtard classic of trying to project your own illiteracy to save face after getting clowned on, by accidentally showing its deeper extent.
.@SecRubio: "Too often, these days, we build downwards. We design our standards to ensure that no one will lose. We preoccupy ourselves more with the comfort of the worst than the potential of the best. We hold the most exceptional things among us hostage to the average."
@mikeand1kes “You see, foreseeable danger only counts when it’s physics; so when a criminal is involved, predictability stops existing altogether. No, I don't understand how risk works. STFU.” Amazing.
A piece of art is political if and only if the artist intends it to be as such. The fact that technically politics affects everything we do can't be relevant since if everything is political, then nothing is. Some are attempting to confuse language in order to push their agenda.