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how can one genuinely hold this position? just because it's the status quo, it's all we should ask of our public servants who demand that we vote for them? pos
by adamrezich 4y ago
how can one genuinely hold this position? just because it's the status quo, it's all we should ask of our public servants who demand that we vote for them?
posts like this make me think that democracy may have been a mistake after all.
- nawgz 4y agoWhat position exactly? That good things done for cynical reasons is superior to nothing ever done? To me that seems plainly logical I appreciate your idealistic opining but when you look at the reality of the competition, what Biden has done lately is just on another level. It’s unfortunate indeed that democracy has been so thoroughly corrupted by late stage capitalism, but it doesn’t make sense to lament the times it does something useful
- lovich 4y agoAs is said frequently on this forum, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good
- idiotsecant 4y agoI guess I concern myself less with how I think systems should operate and more with how I observe them to actually operate. If you assume that you see reality with your eyes instead of wish reality into existence I find that you generally get better results.
- adamrezich 4y agosure, but to truly observe what is actually happening, one must acknowledge that essentially nobody ever tries to truly observe what is actually happening, rather, everyone continues to willfully participate in the kayfabe delusion that elected officials Actually Do Stuff when by and large they Just Pretend To By Making Meaningless, Yet Applauded Gestures. which the not-truly-observing electorate then takes as reason to reelect them. over and over again. and nothing changes. this reality of the situation simply must be acknowledged if ones wishes to truly observe how these systems actually operate.