MostlyHarmlessFeb 26, 2023
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and then buy the pond. Tell him he can't have the fish, but he can fish for you and you will sell the fish and give him a very small cut, and then he'll say stuff like "I am hungry and my teeth hurt". Nobody wants to fish these days.
Show threadKaren KFeb 26, 2023

@MostlyHarmless As long as working people suffer and the rich get even more morbidly rich, it makes perfect sense to Republicans.

Here’s another fishing analogy to make the point:

https://giraffe-vanilla-e9ae.squarespace.com/home/gop-the-pennywise-party

GOP: The Pennywise Party — Absurd-World Country

February 11, 2023 One thing the Republicans have done very well is to convince a huge bloc of the population that cruelty is cost-effective—that cruel policies are always the most financially responsible ones. But are they, really? At best, cruelty often turns out to be penny-wise and pound-foolish

Absurd-World Country
Show threadDisco SexualFeb 26, 2023

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@MostlyHarmless
Morbidly rich - I love that. Throwing morbidly in front of anything just makes it sound extra awful.

EDIT: Great article, by the way. I don't consider myself liberal, but that article definitely lays out a better way of doing things than just punishing the (potentially) unworthy

Show threadsemiquaverMar 2, 2023
@bezorp @karenvkelly @MostlyHarmless curious why, if youlike that article, you wouldn't consider yourself liberal? honestly just curious not looking to start any kind of pie fight.
Show threadDisco Sexual

@semiquaver @karenvkelly @MostlyHarmless it's just a matter of labels. If I enumerated my values, then you might consider me liberal, but I've got too much pessimism in the status quo to apply the label to myself.

I see liberals and conservatives as playing the same game, but for different teams. Whereas to be actually progressive is to question the game as a whole.

That's a bit pat, but I'm running up to my character limit lol

Mar 3, 2023 at 3:17pmWeb
Show threadsemiquaverMar 3, 2023
@bezorp @karenvkelly @MostlyHarmless yes that makes sense. I suppose the labels are context dependent - I might describe myself as a liberal among relatively conservative ppl - as a progressive when among liberals -- and perhaps as a radical when among progressives... For a moment I had wondered if you weren't one of the elusive "persuadables"! - ppl in a conservative milieu who nonetheless respond to kindness-centered argument...