@JezziiB Social democrat*
Which tells me two things 1) Yall don’t know the difference between the two
2) I don’t even see Mamdani governing as a democratic socialist. He’s a social democrat? Unless this is part of the democratic socialist’s gradualism.
@UnrealBarnet It’s called relative age effect- it’s documented in a ton of areas. The idea being that those born earlier in a selection period gain a huge head start. Sports is the obvious one, but also education. Mostly because they get more attention from trainers or educators.
@Kieran10x Also I’d argue “love me more than anyone in the whole world” reads more like “make me her #1” than “outlove everyone who loves me.” In that case Sarah was never part of the equation, the curse just took the wish and ran with it as far as it could.
@Kieran10x The wish only sets a floor tho. “More than anyone” just means her love has to beat everyone else’s, it doesn’t say by how much. So even in your reading, breaking Sarah’s heart lowers the bar but nothing says Nikki’s obsession sits anywhere near the bar. She’d still be maxed out
@Jason For years the lesson was: get a nuke or the US can erase you. You don’t a nuke anymore. You need cheap drones and a regime that never faces voters. Every country watching just learned that deterring America got a lot cheaper.
@HunterBiden you should write a book called Show Me Your Laptop. Intersection of private life, online presence, and what it means that all of us are one leaked hard drive away from being a monster to strangers/friends. Is the answer to eliminate cancel culture or double down on purity.
@PositivFuturist The spirit of your question is not for understanding.
Asking about my principles assumes I have them. Your original claim was that liberals don’t. And now you shift the convo to policy when your frame collapses.
Be more sincere and empathetic in your seek for understanding.
@Lithium_CO3@PositivFuturist In mimicking his reasoning, I'm trying to show that his first claim is lazy.
Strawmanning one side with an extreme while using ideological, practical, and legal limits to defend your own is lazy reasoning.