So many have been brainwashed that DNC is the “left”.

Hitler also got roughly the same third of votes…

So as of now it’s none?

As of now. But there are some who are already making a push back and even Fox news are starting to question Trump. After all, Trump keeps flip flopping because obviously some are already expressing frustrations behind closed doors.

If the silly tariff threats goes on long enough, enough people will become overtly angry.

Honestly, I did not think it would work!

Will be many if the stock market does not rebound soon enough.

You are in .ml, of course they would advocate for someone further left than Bernie and AOC no matter how implausible their ideas are.

The only reason that Fox News is pushing back against the Republicans is because their stocks are going down.

Who would have thought that greed after all can be used for good at least once?

If America isn’t stuck in their own Orwellian version of language suppression (Americans only think with binary terms “liberal/Democrats” and “conservative/Republicans”) and have a multiparty ranked choice voting, the person screenshoted would be able to articulate his thoughts and say he is a conservative supporting the centre right party that is the Democratic Party. I met people from different countries who are gay, but have no problem identifying as conservative or right.

Conservatism is as broad of a term as liberalism. That said, there is a brand of conservatism that do support progress, but wants to do so in an incrementalist way, which is basically the Democratic Party now that I think about it.

We can see how we can benefit from it, once most of the value it produces no longer ends in the owner class’es pocket.

Yup, indeed. Remember when social media was celebrated as what enabled bottom up revolution in the Middle East ¹ ? Well, a lot of people forgot about that, since big brained profiteers realised they can commercial people’s personal data and sell them to entities that will weaponise the innate dark insecurities of the people to influence public policies.

¹ I am aware that the Arab Spring largely failed, but so did the Revolutions of 1848. In spite of failures, I believe that the ideas have been planted and will be nurtured for future generations to reap. Even though the liberal revolutions failed in Europe, the liberal values they tried to champion are now in place in Europe. I believe the same will happen in the Middle East but it will take generations to materialise.

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Say what you will about Will Smith, but his movie iRobot made a good point about this 17 years ago.

(damn I’m old)

I agree with Frrchazz and if it works, it works.

She was one of the most influential political theorists of the twentieth century.

I am going on tangent and say that her seminal and widely praised book, “Eichmann in Jerusalem: The Banality of Evil” is one of the most boring books I have ever read. I was expecting a more philosophical discussion and more focused about Eichmann, but it turned out to be more like an objective journalism, or even a bureaucratic administrative report that would make you sleep. So many jargons and names it is hard to keep up. The little bureaucratic details unfortunately bores me. I had to skip to the end where it finally talked about banality of evil. I appreciate that the book gave insight into the logistics and intricacies of the Holocaust, but sorry if I want to read a history book, I would buy one. I was expecting a more abstract and philosophical discussion about the nature of evil.

Another worth noting is if an antivaxxer says “we don’t know what they put into vaccines”, respond with “we don’t know what they put in painkillers and yet you take them no problem”. Nine times out of ten, these antivaxxers would take painkillers willy nilly without question. Saying this makes them question their line of thought. Heck, the same could be said just about anything. We don’t know what cooks in restaurants put into the food we ordered, and yet there is no significant movement advocating to stop ordering takeaways or eating outside of home.

“Vote with your wallets” is a common expression among Americans after all.

Where is the love for Chrisjen Avasarala? The UN General Secretary Queen of the Earth from The Expanse lore? The Space Iron Lady!

I admire her more than other traditional depiction of bad ass action stars who are either a man or a woman. I realised I admire mental acuity more than raw strength. Avasarala is Machiavellian but a pragmatist, and ready to get her hands dirty if needs be in spite of her privileged upbringing. Her main drawbacks though is that she is too willing to get her hands dirty, especially at the first episode when she personally oversaw the torture of a Belter in a blacksite. She was also willing to use her family image to gain political sympathy. But one could argue it’s for the greater good, not that I am excusing both of her egregious and questionable actions. As I said, she is a pragmatist after all and looks at the bigger picture and have long term scope. She was right about slowly colonising the New Worlds. Avasarala is an anti-hero but she’s right in more ways than none.