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
@colorfiend You're kind of proving my point here.
Republicans aren't nearly as obsessed with this topic, and if you realize that, then you can fight more effectively for your issues.
@stacked_automation Well, kind of says all we need said, then.
@MarkhamHislop I mean, what exactly did they get wrong?
It's one thing to just say nu uh, but it's more compelling to actually point to the errors and correct them.
@cnbc_rss it really reflects the glut of cash in US pocketbooks during the COVID era, that's finally being drawn down.
Everything from the employment population ratio, the unemployment stat, and the inflation rate dovetail with that observation.
@techhelpkb it's pretty funny since Fediverse has no data privacy and is therefore wide open to user exploitation.
Well, the other side of the coin is that this shows how Republicans aren't as obsessed with the topic as so many claim.
"They're coming for our bodies!!!!" is a bit out of touch considering that they themselves aren't that interesting in those bodies.
If more people realized this they'd be better positioned to fight back and win. It's a know your enemy sort of situation.
@lauren or if Republicans decide they'd prefer to win rather than watch a WWE fight.
It's a reasonable hope, but I'm not holding my breath.
@stacked_automation now link to Casey that showed Roe v Wade to be unworkable.
Honestly, I'd say it's more about competence than political ideology.
Left? Right? Moderate? First we need someone who can actually do the job without screwing it up, no matter what their political persuasion.
From the economy through foreign relations through military matters #Biden has just failed over and over, and that lost him the confidence of the American people.
Most political matters are decided in the other branch, the legislature, in the US system. The president's job is primarily to manage the executive branch. So Biden's failures to manage overshadow his political ideology, whatever it may be.
@wiseguyeddie I love how you're making assumptions about me instead of addressing real problems of hunger, all while carrying water for the powerful president, for some reason.
So I guess... what does that make you?
@RebelGeek99 the revenues from loan payments were budgeted to go toward subsidizing healthcare.
@wiseguyeddie I'd say that discounting peoples' wants to feel themselves is pretty averse to pragmatism and reason.
@wiseguyeddie yeah, we like to nitpick little things like people going hungry because they can't afford food.
I really don't care about Biden. I do care about the hard times my friends are dealing with.
@RebelGeek99 as you can see from the screenshot, Tlaib wasn't censured for being too outspoken, but because she was spreading false narratives from her position of power.
And student loan repayments were needed to fund government. Folks need to be clear that those revenues were part of the funding plan for social services.
@paul_hutchinson yeah, and if you're not familiar with the history, the red/blue color codes were settled on surprisingly recently.
I believe it was in the 90s, if I recall correctly.
Growing up I believe I remember the colors changing back and forth a bit.
@wiseguyeddie I mean, some of us care about the costs of living?
It's tone deaf to so dismiss peoples' complaints about increases in the costs of food.
@wiseguyeddie the alternative to pure democracy isn't fascism, though, and the Democratic party sure isn't in favor of pure democracy either.
Heck, Republicans have been opposing Biden's efforts to skirt democratic processes through executive action, going on the record to support more democratic ways of running the country.
Realistically, it's not all or nothing, democracy or fascism. For a country the size of the US there is a ton of middle ground to set up institutions that include expertise and civil servants to manage day to day operations.
@drrjv A simpler explanation is that Musk is just a troll with lots of money, who's had a ton of success trolling, as he gets attention exactly like this.
We don't need to search for connections deeper than tha.
Occam's Razor.
From listening to mainstream #conservative commentators I get the impression that core #Republican voters are very insular, an enormous echo chamber that doesn't recognize the positions of even Republican leaning independents in the country.
This is interesting because it's one thing for a small group or faction of a movement to be an echo chamber, but this seems to be basically an entire major political party buying into confirmation bias.
The midterm elections and then yesterday's VA election highlighted this, as Republicans were excitedly predicting a sweep, that they told themselves was coming, that didn't come.
The implications for the presidential primary process are significant, as the primary process exists to overcome the wasted ballots of the voting system, but that doesn't work if a party is so disconnected from the larger voting population.
@Linux_Is_Best@mstdn.social
Polls tend to be bullshit, yes, but that isn't the proof of it.
And it's funny because she effectively conducted a bullshit poll to prove that polls are bullshit, but then she was engaging in the exact same bullshit.
I might as well counter that I haven't been part of this The View poll, nor was anyone I know in the audience that day, therefore this poll about polling was bullshit.
In reality pollsters do poll humans in small numbers and use statistical models to make inferences about the population. That's legit so far, and Raven-Symone doesn't seem smart enough to recognize that with her stunt.
The bullshit comes in the modeling, not in the polling.
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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