graenxa

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by graenxa 7y ago
I am tempted by this more and more. I'd be curious to hear from anyone who's tried it
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by graenxa 7y ago
This is such a strange sentiment. Do you ever hear people talk about states this way. Is New York, West Virginia, or Washington ever "not responsible enough" to have control over their roads, electricity, or water supply? Is any c
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by graenxa 7y ago
I have no faith that those people would respect my rights of free speech at all. It is explicitly not part of their ideology. In my view, believing that if you defend free speech hard enough the forces of fascism and hate will become intere
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by graenxa 7y ago
Gab is not a free speech social network. Gab is a white supremacy social network. Gab has actively courted white supramcists[0], white supremacists make up the vast majority of their userbase[1]. I understand and respect your deep support o
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by graenxa 7y ago
I agree with you that there is room for nuance. I do not think the government should be all consuming. Most of the topics listed in the blog post fall under social safety net. "...a lack of government commitment to provide equal access
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by graenxa 7y ago
That "something" is varies widely by party.
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by graenxa 7y ago
Who needs public services when you can have private for-profit start-ups? I'm sure the new startups will always prioritize serving the citizens over making money. After all, that's what private for-profit organizations have a long
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by graenxa 7y ago
CCL https://citizensclimatelobby.org/ in the US is working towards something, albeit in a mild and incremental way. They're pushing a carbon tax policy in the house right now https://citizensclimatelobby.org
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by graenxa 7y ago
> it seems climate change is well on its way to being solved This is laughable untrue. EMISSIONS may have peaked (I'm not certain that's the case long-term), there's still plenty of carbon in the atmosphere and continuing
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by graenxa 7y ago
I apologize for my hostile tone before, I think you and I are on the same page. There does seem to be a lot of hand wringing about the ways thing are changing and little direction on what to do about it.
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by graenxa 7y ago
I think you're right, the question now is do we learn from how it's changed and how we're changing it? Do we continue to make the planet an ever more unlivable hell-hole because "the world is a dynamic system." Or d
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by graenxa 7y ago
They eat vegetables instead. What are you getting at?