politics

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https://x.com/mtracey/status/1849468868906897614

Let’s assume this was a blunder. 

Curious why you never cast any of Trump’s which are 100x, not just in quantity, but in magnitude? 

Obama birtherism, attacking McCain for being a POW, calling for a ban of Muslims, FALSELY stating Haitian migrants are eating dogs and cats. FALSELY stating they’re here illegally. 

Stick with building and stop antagonizing your users. Many of came here to *get away* from it all.

Read the room.

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Because he's elon-light and enjoys trolling libs on his own network.

It isn't interesting content. 😂

But hey, if he wants to put that slant on the blockchain and embarrass his descendants, I guess that's his prerogative.

Agee. If you want an answer to your question, I recommend /moz and their podcast. Worth a listen and will help you understand what's going on.

I’m anti-institutions. I think they are incompetent. Washington DC is at the top of the stack. 

Plenty of coverage of Trump.

I find mainstream liberals an easy target because they rationalize their political beliefs to an absurd level.

Whereas average conservative is honest: I’m voting for the non-liberal candidate. I don’t care about the rationale or logic.

If average liberal: I’m voting because it’s my team and I don’t care about anything else, I would have more respect. Pure tribal affiliation. Politics is to help those you like and hurt those you don’t. Very Lindy.

perhaps having spent my formative years in the military gives me a different perspective, but I don't understand why so many voters don't seem to take claims like this more seriously 

to become a general, you must study history and understand the textbook definition of words like "fascist", and you most certainly don't use them lightly

I'm especially concerned by the people in Silicon Valley, tech and Web3 spaces who seem to think it's okay to vote into the presidency a person whose demonstrated actions meet the definition of fascist, and who admires and aspires to emulate dictators – all because they seem to think that they and their business ideas would prosper more under his administration

the US is facing an existential crisis because of one man's cult of personality and an alarming number of people in this space only seem to care about their bags

shame on us all, America - we should be better than this

my QC highlights concerns about increasing normalization of dangerous political behavior that echoes historical fascism

Paxton's recent shift on this issue (see NYC article) reinforces that it's not just about a charismatic leader but the way these movements tap into underlying discontent

Paxton, a preeminent historian on fascism, acknowledges Trumpism as "the real thing", driven by a mass phenomenon bubbling up from below, much like the early 20th-century movements it resembles

this growing discontent doesn’t change the fact that such movements are fundamentally dangerous

Trump’s ability to harness and amplify these sentiments for political gain poses a significant risk, and it’s alarming how many still dismiss this for the sake of perceived short-term economic or business benefits

as Paxton notes, focusing on the social base that fuels these movements, rather than just the figurehead, is crucial to understanding the real threat
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/magazine/robert-paxton-facism.html

my policy preferences lean towards progressive, although I've voted across both mainstream parties and independents (but often more Dem than Rep because of progressive values)

my view: the two-party death grip on US politics is the single greatest threat to national security, as both parties seek divisive issues to split the electorate (interesting read: "The Polarizers – Postwar Architects of Our Partisan Era" by Sam Rosenfeld)

what are your thoughts about the recent chorus of people who view Trump as presenting a clear and present danger to the nation because they have sworn oaths to the Constitution and refuse to swear allegiance to a man who wishes to be a monarch/dictator (I'm biased; choose your preferred term, both are being used among protractors/detractors)

or am I rationalizing my political beliefs to an absurd level?

context:

my policy preferences lean towards progressive, although I've voted across both mainstream parties and independents (but often more Dem than Rep because of progressive values)

my view: the two-party death grip on US politics is the single greatest threat to national security, as both parties seek divisive issues to split the electorate (interesting read: "The Polarizers – Postwar Architects of Our Partisan Era" by Sam Rosenfeld)

what are your thoughts about the recent chorus of people who view Trump as presenting a clear and present danger to the nation because they have sworn oaths to the Constitution and refuse to swear allegiance to a man who wishes to be a monarch/dictator (I'm biased; choose your preferred term, both are being used among protractors/detractors)

or am I rationalizing my political beliefs to an absurd level?

context:
https://warpcast.com/eirrann.eth/0xeb7fcf77
https://warpcast.com/eirrann.eth/0x8d0edd9f

Im with you. 2 party system is essentially a 1 party system with some minor policy differences.

On the big stuff—nothing ever changes. No matter who is in power, it will always be:
- more war
- more spending 
- less oversight 
- less freedom

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respectfully, I think genocidal* and nuclear-armed demagogues like Putin are a greater threat to international security

while a second Trump administration could potentially change this depending on the extent to which the US system of checks and balances would perform as intended, I don't think Trump has the capacity to focus on one thing long enough to emulate Putin's level of acting as a global destabilizing force

besides, Trump only cares about protecting his own interests

Putin wants to restore an empire

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* Russia's war against ukraine has definitively genocidal goals, aiming to eliminate the Ukrainian people

under the United Nations convention, genocide includes acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group

Putin’s stated goal of ‘de-Ukrainization’ and actions like targeting civilian populations, forced deportations, and attempts to erase Ukrainian identity through cultural suppression and violence clearly fit this definition

and to the extent that the u.s. remains a major global power, we might even reasonably revise this to say “greatest threat to both national and international security”

the two-party system fosters polarization domestically but a convergence toward hawkish action in foreign affairs, it seems to me