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  • If I’m understanding correctly the argument against her competing hinges upon a genetic test that the article provides no information for.

    The evidence that she’s a woman seems overwhelming. But the article doesn’t provide the necessary information for an reader to understand and defeat the objection. We’re not to reason for ourselves. Instead, we’re to rely on ad hominem: The objection itself doesn’t matter because it came from Russia. The article also ignores fallacy fallacy: There’s also a very small possibility that Russia has reached the “good” conclusion for entirely “bad” reasons.

    I know three things:

    1. She’s almost certainly a biological woman.
    2. She won.
    3. The author thinks you’re stupid.




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    19 days ago

    So essentially, you will vote for whatever will have the greatest potential good effect.

    Yes.

    Deep red state? Green, Dems won’t win so why not pressure politicians?

    Deep Blue? Green, Dems will win, so pressure them.

    These are the easier ones.

    Swing state? Blue, best not to let the fascists drag everything further to hell if you can.

    I’d probably vote for Kamala if I lived in a swing state. But, shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. I could respect other choices based upon the reasoning and lived experience presented with them.

    Find a party even more likely to drag the overton window back to left, if they exist.

    Sure, if electoral means is the way one wants to contribute to our future. But, the Greens are doing fine holding on to a framework of ballot access and I discourage party loyalty. Critically right now, and relative electoralism, there’s more meaningful alternative contributions individuals could choose.

    The furthest left sane option is likely to win?

    That’s what we’d like to think about ourselves. The truth is that when movements scale they suck. The best humanity can seem to do at scale is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

    Protest vote of nobody as now you can tell them the system itself is the problem

    I thought about doing this. But, by time I got through the line I realized I’d waste two minutes of a hundred people’s time for nothing. I voted my races and got out of the way.

    I can respect that

    Thank you.






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    20 days ago

    He didn’t have to choose to take corporate money. Once he had then he didn’t have to choose the mansion. However, he chose both of them.

    He doesn’t live the life of his constituents. Maintenance of his quality of life and that of his family is now dependent upon representing the will of the corporate donor. He’s very “in touch” with the exploitation of his constituents or he’d not be a candidate for DNC VP.

    Just a suggestion: You should ask more questions.


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    20 days ago

    Thank you for asking a rare question.

    Yes, he should have left the mansion empty. To stay connected to the lives of those he represents while maintaining his well-being and safety, he should live off his $127.6k salary and very nice health and retirement benefits. I’d have enough respect for that choice to possibly forgive him for his choices so far.