volkris @volkris@qoto.org
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
If the Fediverse fails to organise itself, the future is #Fascism
@freeschool What in the world? That argument is extremely weak, hand waving its way to run counter to the normal paths of entropy, as disorganization doesn't give strong centers handles through which to implement fascism.
If we fail the future is anarchy, not fascism.
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The Harris-Walz campaign was quite a racket.
#uspol #uspolitics #politics
@david_megginson that has not been my experience.
@evan The thing about decentralization is that we don't have to settle on a single governance model. That's one of the most important parts.
There's no one size fits all that's right. And with decentralization there doesn't have to be.
@europesays Well that's pretty nonsensical.
Democrats absolutely built an ecosystem of influencers, just look at the influencers that Harris's campaign is citing for evidence that she was out and about visiting in response to criticism that she didn't do enough interviews.
The problem was not that there wasn't an ecosystem of influencers. The problem was that she was just a shit candidate, so the general public saw her and the ecosystem and rejected her.
I'm sorry they chose her. When they chose her I was yelling that it was an awful choice, and it turned out yes, she was an awful choice.
The Democrats absolutely have the ecosystem of influencers. It does no good to pretend otherwise. The problem is the powerful in the party lacked understanding of the population.
@europesays That's the problem, The US hasn't had a really good option in a while.
It doesn't do any good to pretend otherwise. Instead we need to be holding accountable the ones that chose to present crappy options.
It didn't have to be that way. But it was.
@davidbisset It's an enormous problem that this is a non-technical person talking about technical things and getting them wrong.
Most importantly, when I see the section header that everything is public on BlueSky it raises the issue that effectively everything is public here in Fediverse accept that people don't realize it if they're not technical, which is one of my axes to grind: people here have a false sense of security, which is even worse!
I think it's a major problem that people here are submitting content without realizing they're making it public.
But right, unfortunately that's a non-technical person commenting on technical things and getting them wrong.
@eilah_tan but "offloading" implies that it was appropriate in the first place.
Id go the other way.
@3dcandy competitive in terms of what it can do, separately from user count
@3dcandy competitive in terms of what it can do, separately from user count
@tdverstynen so much of that simply isn't consistent with the opinions the Court handed down.
Yes, it's the story told by so many special interest groups and click-bait news outlets, but it's debunked when you read the actual rulings and understand how the US system actually works.
A lot of people simply aren't taken in by the misinformation.
@Nonilex he didn't try to ban Mifipristone nationwide.
He tried to have the FDA follow the law in its drug approvals, or at least call them out for breaking health safety rules.
That story of bureaucratic process just isn't as sexy, though, so reporters found a different angle.
Keep in mind that Elon isn't really doing half the things breathless reporting is claiming. He doesn't have the authority to do much at all.
Everything he's doing is legal because he's just not doing much.
This is all trolling from him and a PR stunt from the administration. We need to emphasize that to avoid actually giving him more of the influence that you're worried about him having.
It's a Streisand Effect sort of thing.
Terrorize their citizens by... asking them to pay normal tax rates?
That's not what this dismissal means. It's basically saying that the SCOTUS is taking no stance, not agreeing with either side.
But really, this is all based in the misunderstanding--widely distributed in the press--over what happened back in CA.
In reality, CA didn't steal user data. Users handed it to them. I was there, and back in those days users were happily handing over information to these third parties.
But that doesn't make for such a sensational story, so as usual, the drive for click-bait lead the investigation.
This is still cleaning up that mess.
No, that's not what the Supreme Court said in Bruen v. NY Rifle Ass’n, and it's not how originalism works in general.
For one, much of the amended Constitution was not written at the time of the founding. It would go against originalism to interpret text in a context besides that from which it originated.
But more importantly, this sort of analysis is only needed when there's reasonable dispute over what the text means, as in the 2nd Amendment cases but not as in such free speech cases.
That's not the right read on it, though: it's not taking the institutionalist path but taking the only legal path.
After Trump's election the DOJ had no practical legal path forward.
Rather than waste everyone's time, including his own, he filed the appropriate motions to the court.
You say that as if Garland wasn't the one who appointed Smith.
It's not as if Smith acted on his own. Yes, things were being done behind the scenes before Smith, including the behind the scenes work to make that appointment itself.
There are questions about why Garland moved so slowly, and arguments that it was strategic timing that didn't work out.
As for Cannon, we can be pretty certain that they DID move in that direction internally, but the removal of a judge in a situation like this is nearly impossible, so they were still building the case.
That's not quite how the Supreme Court works in the US system.
The SCOTUS doesn't *do* or undo anything outside of the judicial branch. It only writes opinions, for what they're worth.
It was intentionally deprived of actual power on its own, and it's vital to understand that.
SCOTUS can't change the Constitution, for example. If it rules in opposition to the Constitution, then the ruling is invalid; it doesn't change it.
If the other branches want to act on an invalid ruling and the general public wants to stand behind it, well, we'll do what we do.
@TomWellborn@universeodon.com
I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.
The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.
Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.
So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.
But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)
Joined Dec 2022
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