• The Octonaut
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    414 days ago

    OK but the first guy is still going to kill you

    I’m really hoping that this wasn’t the reasoning people had for throwing the planet under the bus

    • @[email protected]
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      214 days ago

      People have been screaming at you for 8 years that “Not Trump” is not a viable election strategy. You need to offer an actual, concrete alternative. Until the Democrats start actually offer real alternatives, they will continue to be shocked these results.

      • The Octonaut
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        414 days ago

        I don’t need to offer anything. I’m from a country with a parliament, ranked choice voting, proportional representation. But if you still don’t get that not Trump should absolutely be better than “whatever, I guess”, you deserve what’s coming.

          • The Octonaut
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            313 days ago

            Punishment? No. To get exactly what they actively chose to make happen? Of course.

            Interesting that you’d frame “consequences if their actions” as “punishment”. Because punishment is usually a consequence of your actions, while not all consequences are punishment.

    • @DokPsy
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      113 days ago

      I agree with most everything you said.

      Except, the planet will be fine. We’re killing our ability to live on it for sure but the earth will go on even if it’s just microbes for a few million years

      • The Octonaut
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        113 days ago

        Yeah cool Malcolm, it’s been 30 years, you don’t need to give this speech every time uses it as shorthand for “in the context of our continued survival on it”.

        • @DokPsy
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          113 days ago

          It’s an important distinction, imo. “Everything dies” vs “humans die”