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Who, if not our "captured legislatures" is to act? "We don't need an alternative very much" today, perhaps, but I fear this may be like saying the Titanic had
by rexpop 10y ago
Who, if not our "captured legislatures" is to act?
"We don't need an alternative very much" today, perhaps, but I fear this may be like saying the Titanic had little need for life rafts _when in dry dock_.
- bigbugbag 10y agoThere are many alternatives around already. The issue is not alternatives, it is people not using and staying facebook's used.
- rexpop 10y agoIf the issue is users' behavior, then the fault lies with the designers.
- Nomentatus 10y agoThere are always alternatives to networks with monopoly power from the network effect. Which is why our Great-Grandfathers (the Great-Grandmothers weren't able to vote, then) passed those laws.
- Nomentatus 10y agoI was being ironic - I forget that Americans still don't look for irony energetically. But it's still a good question, whether we have functioning democracies, or not.
- Nomentatus 10y agoAppreciate the downvotes! Believe it or not, Murcans, when you study as a writer in foreign parts, they actually teach you quite emphatically simply never to use irony - and in particular ironic humor - if Americans are part of your audience. Never.
- rexpop 10y agoAnd this is because the American hippocampus has been rendered semi-inoperable by generations of industry-lobbied, federally-subsidized corn-syrup-induced diabetes.
- rexpop 10y agoIn fact communication is difficult, and its failure is always the fault of the communicator.
- Nomentatus 10y agoAnd using irony was, as I think I've noted, a fault on my part, given the forum population.