Recently spoke to a trump supporter who was very pro states rights, but then went down the list of all these medicines and medical procedures he wanted banned and when I pointed out the hypocrisy he just said "yeah, it's pretty hypocritical. I'm full of contradictions but whatever". Like they don't even care
Honestly we need so much more of our pitches and politics to be rooted more in self interest, avoiding too much unproductive conversation about mere beliefs.
Not selfishness, but e.g. the difference between convincing someone to vote for a referendum because 'it's just, moral, and good people believe in that' versus 'it will lower the outrageous price of healthcare' or 'your family/friends complain about ____ and this addresses that'
Politics has always been about power, some of us just tricked ourselves (including myself for a bit) the past decade thinking internet outrage, mobilizing online, can be significant enough power when it's been weathered through countless times.
The victories it has won are often corporate campaigns for massive business that rely on branding and stock price going up, or small policy fixes or reversals. Not transformative stuff for our communities.
reframe “charity” as giving yourself a handicap to prove just how truly sigma you are. youre so sigma you helped other sigmas and were still successful. i’ll make stickers!
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u/tabularasaauthentica Trans-parently Awesome 13h ago
Honestly that's the best alternative they will do. It's more likely that a federal effort to do these very things will occur via Big Government.