• astronaut_sloth@mander.xyz
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    11 hours ago

    Those who stayed home hold some responsibility

    Second most of the responsibility, actually (actual Trump voters take the most responsibility). They screwed up, and now we’re all paying the price.

    But now we have bigger fish to fry. There’s a constitutional crisis on, and a united front is needed against the right.

    Also true. If Trump voters and non-voters realize that they screwed up badly and want to work to fix it, then we need to accept their apology, forgive them, and let them stand with the rest of civilized humanity in countering Trump, Must, and their goons.

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      23 minutes ago

      I’m talking specifically about the left side of the aisle. And there were two sides to blame. The centrist Dems and the myopic Palestine folks were playing chicken with each other, seeing who would blink first. Neither blinked, and they rammed head first into each other. If a game of chicken results in a collision, both sides are to blame.

      You do understand that it is possible for both parties in a conflict to be equally at fault, do you not? The Palestine supporters had a very good point - the Dems were fucking stupid for supporting Israel the way they did. And the Dems had a very good point - myopic Palestine supporters were fucking stupid for focusing on that as the only issue that matters. They both had a point, and they were both fucking stupid.

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      2 hours ago

      Also true. If Trump voters and non-voters realize that they screwed up badly and want to work to fix it, then we need to accept their apology

      I totally would. I have yet to hear one.

      They’re still holding on to their moral superiority, which is all they cared about to begin with.

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      4 hours ago

      They will never realize this. They think game theory isn’t real and voting 3rd party means they’re better than Dems even though they enabled trump. It’s the worst virtue signaling possible. Gaza will pay the price for their hubris.

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        3 hours ago

        Hey, what’s the most famous example of game theory, and what’s the correct move to play if your fellow prisoner is saying they’ll betray you? How would you rate the strategy of the player announcing they’ll betray?

        You trot out the term like you’ve unlocked some higher level enlightened objectivity that the unwashed (minority immigrant) masses have failed to comprehend, but then fail to actually apply even the most well known thought exercise. It’s not a synonym for rational thinking or having good foresight. It’s about how multiple actors make choices. For some reason your “game theory” philosophy seems to not consider the candidate as a participant.