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
The absurd part being, of course, the assertion that you would offer people food they really want and their behavior wouldn't change.
These guys are dumb as rocks with no sense of self-reflection at all.
Again, so many influencers that are influencing conservatives in the US come from backgrounds as sportscasters, and it shows.
#ClayAndBuck, on #NYC owning grocery stores:You know why you never hear the term food desert anymore? Because it was always about people wanting s...
@light came directly from his radio broadcast.
@violetmadder Yes, exactly!
@RD4Anarchy start anywhere!
If my reply is so packed with falsehoods, it shouldn't be hard to start laying them out.
Please! Show me the errors in my ways!
@skoombidoombis I do remember Bush 41. And I don't remember what you're talking about there.
Comes across as gaslighting.
@RD4Anarchy Yeah that sounds about right, you really don't seem to understand the concept that here's a thing and only one person can have it at one time.
That's the underlying fact behind property. And yes, you don't seem to appreciate it.
The point is, if you can count to one, you can understand property. That is, if a person isn't just too busy trying to use government to force to their advantage.
@ForBritain That's pretty foolish.
There's no particular reason to think that advertisements should be representative of the ethnic breakdown of the market.
It's not a conspiracy, it's just reaching different markets.
@Sonikku let the voters vote for who they want.
If voters really want to elect a really old person, well, that's democracy.
@samlitzinger I don't like the politicization, but at least it's accurate.
When the left stops blocking the funding legislation they can get back to doing things like updating government websites.
There's no need to stretch things. No need to look for any kind of conspiracy theory.
It's simply that, here's a thing, and we can count the number of things that this thing is, it is only one thing, we can count to one, and that's that.
All of these theories that complicate trying to reach some political objective, but no, we can count to one. No need to stretch, we'll count these, and we get to one, and that's the end.
Sometimes simple realities are the way to go.
@thesquirrelfish not really.
Contrast it with something like copyright. Copyright is a function of state regulation saying that only one person can claim ownership of ideas, an artificial restriction created by the state and delineated by law.
On the other hand, it's not the state saying that, I don't know, only one person can drive a car at once. That's a result of nature. Only one person can control a physical item at once.
Private property arises out of the natural concept of scarcity. Here is a thing. It can only exist at one place at a time, it can only move one way at a time. That is physical law of nature territory.
Property law is merely recognition of that reality.
@BryanLastRedDrop I think in general any use of the term fascist is inflammatory. So anyone using that term has already crossed the line into inflammatory.
But yes, anyone who is for empowering government really needs to realize what they're saying, more government power is something to be very concerned about.
@yoasif that gets it exactly backwards, though.
It's one thing for government to stay out of the way and let us manage our lives. What we're talking about here is government amassing more power and working with corporate entities to set their operations.
It's the exact opposite, and that's the point.
@wkfry Yeah the problem is that we elected officials who have positions that they should sanction it.
We should stop reelecting those same people.
@shriramk I think a whole lot of people from around the world have strong opinions about the guy without actually knowing how the city government is structured, how it works, what the mayor actually does, etc.
I know I certainly don't know how that government is structured, so I don't have an informed opinion. But a whole lot of people have strong opinions than I know aren't informed.
@RnDanger Yeah, so if they had accurate reporting then I would watch their news, and a lot of other people would too!
So they would get money!
So they should knock off the inaccurate reporting!
@RnDanger I think that if we are clear about not watching because what they say is false, maybe they would improve and actually be more accurate because that would get them viewership and money.
That's why I focus on their news being factually false rather than anything involving Trump or whatever.
We will watch news that is accurate. They need to make accurate news. They can get money by making accurate news. I just want to really focus on that.
@usluck Trump is awful, but this kind of post is really the sort of thing that got him re-elected.
Every item in the list is factually misleading, and people spreading this stuff instead of just calling him out for being a bad president encouraged voters to come out and vote for him in response.
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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