Ratchet effect rule
Ratchet effect rule
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This is just generally why ideology is important and anti-realism is dangerous. If you don't have any actual beliefs then this kind of conflict resolution is way too deceptively attractive.
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Yeah. And that doesn’t mean you can’t be a moderate. Multiple moderates sacrificed their careers for the haymarket martyrs. But you have to actually believe in something and that some things are unacceptable. Tactics are valuable but it’s a valuable tactic to get your opponents thinking so tactically they give up their goals
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If the libs could read they'd be so pissed
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There’s no good faith discussion to be had with people who want to dominate
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So true and even the demand of the unjust man is an argument to moderation fallacy. Theres no reason to ever presume the middle to be the correct place, simply due to its middle-ness.
For example, if I said the sky was predominantly yellow and you corrected me saying "no, the sky is predominantly blue" would it be reasonable to conclude that the sky is predominantly green?
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Exactly
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The ratchet effect is real, but it least it buys us time to try to solve problems for real outside of electoral politics. The alternative effectively immediately eliminates any chances of solving any problem.
If you're worried about the ratchet effect it's because you've pinned your hopes on electoral politics; interestingly this argument often comes from people saying they don't believe in the power of electoral politics to effect change.
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Also it's not like the far-right never had to adjust to the current political climate. There's a quite good reason why there's now blacks and Latinos working with white supremacists.
We also could benefit from the ratchet effect, but a lot of liberal politicians are trying to win over the right. That's why some back out from trans issues unfortunately, or double down on tax cuts to the rich.
The whole "we need to win over the moderates from the other side by making compromises" is an astroturf, see the Lincoln Project. All we need is better communication, and to reveal that "the cruelty is the point" of many of the far-right's socioeconomic policies, not concerns about "the transes" (previously "the gays") might regretting their "lifestyle choices", or "giving money to drug addicts that they'll use for a lethal overdose".
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You put Groucho marx on anything and I'll agree with it. You have cracked the propaganda code. Congratulations. 🏆
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Groucho > Karl
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Illustration of the effect alluded to in the title:
Yes, that's accurate.
Biden definitely hasn't supported unions, supported green energy, or lgbt rights.
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I swear there is a short-sighted concerted effort to elect trump on lemmy.
Fucking idiots.
Criticizing Biden doesn't imply the person criticizing him won't vote for him. Let us criticize and pressure him to do better.
Biden blocked the railroad strike in 2022, which was asking for sick days and improved working conditions for rail operators
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/biden-signs-bill-block-us-railroad-strike-2022-12-02/
Coincidentally, that was shortly followed up by the East Palestine train derailment a month and a half later, caused by a mechanical failure due to safety standards being ignored in favor of maximum throughput
https://dep.wv.gov/key-issues/Pages/East-Palestine.aspx
Additionally, East Palestine still has not been cleaned up properly. Residents are dealing with insane medical conditions because their homes have been poisoned and their government has abandoned them.
More fossil fuel has been extracted during biden's administration than any other time in this country's history
https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=61545#:~:text=Crude%20oil%20production%20in%20the,than%2013.3%20million%20b%2Fd.
550 anti-trans bills have been proposed or passed across the country since 2020. Mr president has done nothing to stop that flow and protect trans people.
https://translegislation.com/
True.
Ok, those he has but nowhere near as much as the left wants and in the case of the former, there's almost always privatization of public infrastructure and/or gifts for the fossil fuel industries bundled with it, making it 2 steps forward, 1 step back at best and usually worse.
Yeah, it's called "pretending Biden can do nothing wrong and is the best possible candidate".
I want Trump to lose. With Biden as the only alternative, there's a huge risk of that not happening.
Yes, you and your fellow Biden apparatchiks sometimes are.
I don't see how saying that the democrats aren't achieving enough is an effort to elect Trump.
I'm avidly against the dictator Trump, but calling the opposition fucking idiots is part of why our nation is so divided
That’s the one, thanks!