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Comment on For proponents of "vote for the lesser of two evils", what is your endgame? in ~talk
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Comment on For proponents of "vote for the lesser of two evils", what is your endgame? in ~talk
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Link ParentI also disagree with that characterization. Some people using that strategy dislike both but just dislike one party more than the other.you vote for the side that most closely aligns with your own beliefs.
I also disagree with that characterization. Some people using that strategy dislike both but just dislike one party more than the other.
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Comment on For proponents of "vote for the lesser of two evils", what is your endgame? in ~talk
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Link Parentyou really think Trump is the issue and not just a symptom of the deeper divisiveness in America?you really think Trump is the issue and not just a symptom of the deeper divisiveness in America?
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For proponents of "vote for the lesser of two evils", what is your endgame?
If I understand folks with that PoV correctly: if you are a democrat or typically vote democrat, you generally think that republicans are a danger to democracy, bad for the lives of minorities,...
If I understand folks with that PoV correctly:
if you are a democrat or typically vote democrat, you generally think that republicans are a danger to democracy, bad for the lives of minorities, and the disadvantaged/LGBT+, etc.
If you are a republican or typically vote republican, you generally think that democrats are a danger to democracy, divide the country with identity politics, etc.
(obviously I am making sweeping generalizations of both camps off the top of my head but hopefully the point comes across)But, I don't get what your endgame is. Like, you make it seem like if the other party wins, the country is screwed. but you can't possibly think that the country will forever vote for your party for President, right? So you think America is destined to go downhill depending on how many years the opposing party is in power?
America flips between red and blue. So the other party is bound to win at least once a decade imo. and yet I hear how democracy is more at stake now than it's ever been if "the other party wins". So I don't get the long-term viability of "lesser of 2 evils" approach.
Since I doubt America will become less angry and divisive anytime soon thanks to yallls 24 hour news networks and the social media companies that make more money the more Americans are mad at each other.
Then again, I am by no means an expert so where am I wrong or have I misunderstood something?
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Comment on I'm curious how people on here stay politically engaged and aware while maintaining mental health? in ~life
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Link Parenthmmm, interesting. the one worry I have is whether the recommendations in that thread cater towards news that is more pressing to America than other countries but will check it out.hmmm, interesting. the one worry I have is whether the recommendations in that thread cater towards news that is more pressing to America than other countries but will check it out.
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I'm curious how people on here stay politically engaged and aware while maintaining mental health?
the Israel-Palestine war has not been good to my mental health and the coverage and the treatment of the campus protests oddly is what did me in. Now one approach could be to just not watch the...
the Israel-Palestine war has not been good to my mental health and the coverage and the treatment of the campus protests oddly is what did me in.
Now one approach could be to just not watch the coverage but I have come around to the point of view that not watching meaning not knowing what's happening and you need to know what is happening if only for the hope to be more informed about the politics of the government you live in.
So I guess I am trying to understand what is a responsible way to digest news about something that enrages you? Or is there no such thing? Cause I don't do social media (aside from occasional reddit and just the frontpage when I do that once in a while) and I refuse to watch any 24/7 news networks. I only do an hour of CBC and like 1-3 daily news podcasts which each do like 10-20 min daily updates.
Cause the Israel-Palestine war doubled with the terrible way the campus protests are being treated has really shaken my faith and trust in institutions and I won't go into how cause I don't want to invite infighting on tildes and potential Islamophobia and antisemitism after what happened in that macklemore thread.
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Comment on In streaming milestone, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery team on bundle featuring Disney+, Hulu and Max in ~tv
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Link ParentSlight disagreement there. streaming eliminated one of the middle-men, not all of them; as I consider both the TV stations and your cable provider to be middlemen. unless you are able to stream...Streaming just eliminated the middle men. We're getting the bundle deals that they would have tried to force on cable companies. In that sense it is like cable.
Slight disagreement there. streaming eliminated one of the middle-men, not all of them; as I consider both the TV stations and your cable provider to be middlemen.
unless you are able to stream without an ISP :-P
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Comment on In streaming milestone, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery team on bundle featuring Disney+, Hulu and Max in ~tv
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Link ParentBe grateful you don't live in Canada (assuming you don't). one of our major ISPs (Bell) has a deal with HBO so only Bell's streaming service (crave) is allowed to have HBO content north of the...I’d say my chief complaint with streaming is bad apps in the cases of a few services.
Be grateful you don't live in Canada (assuming you don't). one of our major ISPs (Bell) has a deal with HBO so only Bell's streaming service (crave) is allowed to have HBO content north of the border. It's both the most expensive streaming service up here and also the one with the worst UX/UI and buggy af.
I am going through the process of getting an american credit card to get Max in part cause last year Bell and HBo signed a new contract and I broke a little inside (I thought Warner Bros would want to have their service up here rather than going through a middleman, but then again Zaslav wasn't around when I was predicting that).
But the one thing that makes me nervous about "cable being back" is the ad-free and lower tier ad plans. Granted we are not there yet but they keep hiking those prices higher so that they can artificially claim "growth"....
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Comment on ProtonMail discloses user data leading to arrest in Spain in ~tech
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Linkas with the previous arrest, I blame this more on the user than protonmail. they have no choice but to comply with a legal request for information they have and never claimed that they wouldn't.as with the previous arrest, I blame this more on the user than protonmail. they have no choice but to comply with a legal request for information they have and never claimed that they wouldn't.
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Comment on In streaming milestone, Disney and Warner Bros. Discovery team on bundle featuring Disney+, Hulu and Max in ~tv
b3_k1nd_rw1nd Link Parenti don't mean to be antagonistic as this is tildes and not reddit but how so? I either had a different experience with cable or different expectations of streaming services but my only 2 problems...i don't mean to be antagonistic as this is tildes and not reddit but how so?
I either had a different experience with cable or different expectations of streaming services but my only 2 problems with cable was
- if you want a specific channel, you are stuck with a whole bundle and have to pay for that whole bundle and
- you are stuck with that bundle for like 2-3 years
every time streaming services raise their prices people complain about how we "are back to cable" and I am just like, "you know you can get a subscription for a month, watch your show and then cancel? that in no ways was possible on cable"
now granted, this is news about a bundle but unless they also plan to prevent you from signing up for just disney+ or hulu or max, I don't see a cause for concern. and if the bundle is not forced with a 2-3 year contract then it's still not as bad as cable.
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Is there a documentary from a reputable source that documents the relationship between the Jews and Israel/Palestine?
Ever since the Hamas attack, I think I have understood the position of the Palestinians, that they were there first and then Britain unfairly divided up the landed and gave some of it to Jews so...
Ever since the Hamas attack, I think I have understood the position of the Palestinians, that they were there first and then Britain unfairly divided up the landed and gave some of it to Jews so they could have a homeland where they wouldn't have to deal with Anti-semitism after what they went through during WWII.
But Jews/Zionists claim that they have some ancestral right to that land and I have not found it easy to come across anything from a reputable source that explains what backs up their claim (wikipedia and random YouTube videos don't count).
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I think what I mean is the fact that America flips between blue and red and hasn't self-destructed kinda proves the "democracy will die if the other side wins" argument wrong.
And you might make the argument that "well Trump was unwilling to accept defeat and was the reason for the January 6th riots" and proves that another Republican presidency might finish the end of democracy that the previous one started, my question then becomes "so you are basically hoping that America never has a republican president again?"