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
@piebob That's what we get for electing and reelecting these congresspeople.
We should really stop empowering them over and over.
The problem is, a significant proportion of the population can't actually see that he's such a loser at this point.
I think it's important to realize this because that portion of the voting population is substantial enough that they need to be engaged with so we can change course.
Had we engaged with them before he would never have been reelected.
@CindyWeinstein sounds notably lacking in self-awareness...
Well right, plans for healthcare need to be developed in the other branch of government with support from professional expertise outside of the White House.
God help us if the White House ever has a plan for healthcare....
The way Trump works, some low-level uninformed person within his earshot had to say it, and he just jumped on it without any thought as to how it would be done or what implications it would have.
So we haven't heard about it before because it's not a plan that was particularly developed, just the latest thing to pop into his head and fall out of his mouth.
It's his normal pattern.
@askans funny, the video won't play here saying "sorry, can't get the video due to follow constraints" or something like that.
It's like Fediverse is protecting itself!
But really I probably agree, we do have algorithms here, we just pretend like chronological is not an algorithm.
@askans funny, the video won't play here saying "sorry, can't get the video due to follow constraints" or something like that.
It's like Fediverse is protecting itself!
But really I probably agree, we do have algorithms here, we just pretend like chronological is not an algorithm.
@lispi314 have you checked out IPFS?
@Snoro meh. The science says otherwise.
@Zardoz probably because the opportunity costs of locking up capital for that loan are just not really practical.
@moira citation needed
@markmetz this really doesn't make much sense considering that both Trump and Vance have been pushing for Congress to fund SNAP.
@FluentInFinance But the bank also loses because the money it loans out can't be used for other investments.
A diversion of capital for half a century is worth something after all.
@yogthos can you be specific as to how it has enabled genocide?
Yeah... right...
sarcasm levels are 46% and falling (46%) ■■■■□□□□□□
@LevZadov Well more importantly, I didn't realize they had asked the third question that actually did involve overturning the previous decision.
I suspect that they will not accept the third question, if they accept the case at all, but we shall see.
The third question is a bit of a reach outside of the main issue being brought before the Court.
@museumphile a lot of the things that he said here are just not factually true, though.
This is sensationalism, we need to call it out when we see it.
Heck, we have a real problem in the US right now with the public losing faith in experts, and this sort of thing does not help.
@fromjason What in the world?
I think you missed when I said there's a whole lot of people who see through the snake oil.
Oh it's not just me, and that's the whole point as to why this stuff doesn't fly in the rest of the country.
It's not that people don't want things to be better. It's that there are A WHOLE LOT OF PEOPLE who know better than to believe politicians selling the same old policies that necessarily end up being so regressive.
New York seems to have a history of electing politicians who really can't get the job done. Just look at Democratic leadership in Congress right now. We could be doing so much better, except for some reason we keep electing these guys who can't seem to manage anything.
Democrats could be running Congress right now, except we keep electing these guys who really don't know how the world works.
@LevZadov No that is not what's happening in this case.
The legality of same-sex marriage is not at all being questioned by this case. Instead it's a case about procedures and penalties to be applied under state law toward ministerial offices. It has nothing to do with whether same-sex marriage is legal.
Unfortunately there are a lot of very misleading sensationalized headlines going around.
@Slyence No, that is not at all what the Supreme Court is weighing.
Yes, there have been a lot of clickbait headlines, but that's not the question before the Supreme Court. They are not talking about overturning that ruling at all.
They are talking about a procedural issue involving a lower court engaging with a particular ministerial punishment. Completely different thing.
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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