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"Sure, the situation sucks, but imagine how much worse it _could_ suck!" That, uh, is not where I hoped we'd be as a society in 2024. Sure, I guess I could be g
by fancytaco 2y ago
"Sure, the situation sucks, but imagine how much worse it _could_ suck!" That, uh, is not where I hoped we'd be as a society in 2024. Sure, I guess I could be getting kicked in the nards every hour, and it's great that I'm not, but surely we can demand better.
- kibwen 2y agoIndeed, we should demand better. But it's important to emphasize the bitter lesson that a lot of naive people don't want to learn: identifying a bad thing and then tearing it down will often just cause it to be replaced with a worse thing. Power abhors a vacuum, so before you create that vacuum, you better be prepared to replace it with something that will resist the influence of the powers-that-be.