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
That's not correct at all.
It's not illegal to recommend something. In fact, such recommendations are outright recognized by law noting such advisory roles.
Musk simply wasn't in charge, regardless of the incompetence and obliviousness of the president who doesn't know what he's doing.
The real adults who actually are in charge in this government are the ones with legal authority to be scrutinized.
Just because he's not in charge doesn't mean he wasn't provided with legal access by those who were.
@Ninguem I imagine it's people simply wanting to see what you post.
Mainly I'd say it's the opposite of spam since their following you means your content gets to them, not the other way around.
But I'm reminded of the known issue of people having trouble finding content here. I can imagine that leads to folks following more strangers.
@stacescases2.bsky.social yall are giving Trump way too much credit.
He doesn't know or care what that the SCOTUS says or does because that's not necessary to his ranting. He'll spew out the same nonsense regardless.
Well right, because that's how US law has been set up by Congress.
If we want the story to go differently then we should hold to account the lawmakers that we elected, that haven't fixed this law in all this time.
It does no good to blame SCOTUS for the action, and inaction, of the congresspeople that we keep reelecting.
@Nonilex I'd say it's only shocking to folks who don't really know how the federal government or the law involved here actually work.
No, this was a very expected outcome. If we want a different outcome, then we need to stop reelecting lousy lawmakers that don't make better law.
Typo?
In the image it talks about the president issuing an illegal order, not SCOTUS issuing an illegal order.
Listening to the unedited #SCOTUS argument over the birthright citizenship process, the #Democratic appointed justices continue to be just the worst. Just want to pull my hair out, these justices are completely unqualified, making a joke out of the courts.
Just right off the bat they were making arguments, not asking questions making arguments, that went against history and went against even how courts themselves work. It's like, somehow you managed to find yourself on the Supreme Court but... have you ever been in a court? Because that's not how this works.
From not knowing the role of courts in the US system through seeming to be unaware of other parts of the judicial system through asking bizarre questions about why they themselves don't do things that they themselves can do, they are just bizarre and just pathetic.
But we knew that when they were up for confirmation. Democrats confirmed se these people that clearly were not up for job.
In the end they just came across as children stomping their feet and asking why they can't just make the whole country do what they want to do.
And it's just really a shame.
We need better people in that position to counter #Trump but unfortunately we just have these small-minded justices who can't carry an argument.
@LeslieBurns It's because his trolling behavior scores him points with voters.
@ryan It's not that he cries on tinder because people are calling him names. It's that he resonates with his voters who take that perspective.
He's just playing to his crowd here. The problem is the crowd.
@david What are you talking about? That's not how his role works in the House.
The Speaker just does what the House tells him to do.
If they don't want to pass a bill then they don't, but it's not skin off his back, so he doesn't really care.
Democrats are happy with this setup, so his job is secure.
@kevbob No, this was hilarious!
@GhostOnTheHalfShell But there's the fundamental problem that the doctors whose hands provide the healthcare are private.
There's just really no way around that.
@s1m0n4 bad news, boss, it's the America you love that voted him in.
Maybe the America you loved was always a bit of a mirage? You always loved a sentimental lie?
@gottalaff.bsky.social for their roles it's more important that they are pro-law than pro-life.
They didn't have the authority to intervene legally.
Even better, just look at how quickly Trump spoiled his own deal with Ukraine over minerals when he couldn't shut up for twenty minutes in the Oval Office.
@jwcph follow the money, though:
Often enough those businesses are just proxies for the people. We actually LIKE some of this stuff, and businesses are just happy to sell us what we want.
Trump often neither knows nor cares about stuff like this.
We've seen the leaks and events coming out of the administration showing that the folks around him call most of the shots, and organize stuff like this, while Trump is only interested in the flashy, headline stuff that gets him personal attention.
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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