bastion

fusion lol

the "obvious and important differences" are obvious and important to you because you drink the left's koolaid while the right drinks your milkshake.

the reality is that the Democratic party exhausts it's voters' emotional reserves, and consequently is ineffectual at winning hearts and minds, Then they blame the public for apathy.

That is a strategy that is basically guaranteed to put fascism in power. Who knew?

The centrists knew. And when we tried to engage you in conversation about it, you ridiculed and attempted to maneuver with rhetoric, instead of truly engaging.

the funny thing about this is - or sad, maybe, I'm not sure which - is that centrists often have the emotional wherewithal to handle extreme situations. We've been dealing with extremes all of our lives. We see how they feed into each other because we actually grapple with the things others would rather blame other people for. We see that what the left is doing is ineffectual. We see that what the right is doing is vile. We act on it - actually take action, not protest - in the ways we can, in our own lives.

So.. ..if the right wins, and it really goes poorly, it'll be a fucking shit time for all of us. But it'll be beyond that - it'll be hell for you who have ridiculed others instead of growing, because not only will you have to face the physical reality, you'll have to face the psychological and emotional realities you always refused to, in the middle of everything else going to shit.

Grow, or suffer. Grow, or repeat. That is the law you are bound by, and yet you don't make a rational choice.

absofuckinglutely.

We voted, alright. it's called a vote of no confidence.

the left general public: let's alienate the people that might agree with us, but be shocked when the right wins.

Subtle.

I never knew twisted pride could feel so good.

ok, here:

put it in a blender, and then put the resultant powder in a pepper shaker that's about 1/4 full. Use it normally to heavily for various meals until fully consumed in order to have maximal sd/poop dispersion.

this, exactly. That the communism site is being sold to the highest bidder is karma, just like the oppressive action of capitalism driving escapism into communism is.

the raw reality is that neither pure communism nor pure capitalism will work. It's like saying "top-down architecture is better than peer-to-peer architecture," or vice-versa. it's foolish. the right architecture depends on the situation being addressed.

Wokeness is not the issue with disco, et al. It's terrible writing, poor science even for soft sci fi, and too many cringey moments.

I get that some people love it. But the emotional resolution porn is, to me, just icky.