• Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Fuck it. Chips on the table, china taking over america would be a net positive at this point. I’ve never bought into the “country bad because ideology different” bullshit we’re fed here in the us. As I can see from here, just about any other large nation assuming control would bring me everything I ask my government for as a default.

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      1 day ago

      Trading late stage capitalism for mid stage capitalism and a pre-existing merger of state and corporate power doesn’t sound like a permanent fix. Also, deposing a strongman in favor a system that has reestablished it’s leadership as a strongman is not an improvement.

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        19 hours ago

        I think you underestimate the term “improvement”. Lossing two fingers instead of three is an improvement. 8inches from the ledge is better than 4inches from the ledge even if either measure isn’t even one whole step. If in never going to see best then I’ll take any better I can get.

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          6 hours ago

          Yeah but any invasion probably pushes half of the country over the edge before the war would be over.

          I wouldn’t wanna risk death and destruction for a mere potential 4" further from the edge.

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          16 hours ago

          A permanently better world is possible so why settle for a temporary better situation with little hope for further improvement? Why insist people have to lose fingers when no one losing fingers is achievable and not at all far fetched?

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            2 minutes ago

            “Unless you’re creating an instant utopia you should not change to the status quo”

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            13 hours ago

            That’s like insinuating that I refuse to lose weight because I can’t lose 60lbs today. I’m literally saying I will take any movement what so ever if it means movement.

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              5 hours ago

              It’s more like offering someone a weight loss pill that will work for a couple months and then make you gain more weight than you started with.