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Victoria Antoinette @ VictoriaAScharleau @lemmy.world
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YSK that apart from not having a car and voting, the single greatest thing you can do for the climate is simply eating less red meat.

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  • If a corporation reduced their production of for example red meat, another one would simply scale up their production

    how can you prove this claim?

    • Cornel West can't be on Pennsylvania's presidential ballot, court decides

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  • marginalizing an accomplished academic and political activist as a lunatic is gross.

    • Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's in College. Here's What We Know

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  • McCain was a Republican and Kerry is a Democrat. Of course they were viable!

    they didn't win. the label of "viable" is a myth.

    • Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's in College. Here's What We Know

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  • Unless you are introducing a viable candidate

    viability is a media myth. kerry was viable. mccain was viable.

    • Harris Claims She Worked at McDonald's in College. Here's What We Know

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  • You are actively supporting all the negative things about the candidate you agree with least by not voting for one of the two primary candidates.

    that's not what active support is.

    • Harris proposes raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, rolling back a Trump law

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  • this isn't science, it is story telling

    • How is Lemmy better than Reddit?

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  • People don’t upvote. You’re more likely to be criticized for a position than engaged with. Opinions that disagree with the hive mind are often quickly downvoted regardless of whether or not the position has validity.

    i experience this constantly on lemmy.

    • 'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate

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  • deal with the misinformation in your community

    • 'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate

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  • capitalism superceded mercantilism about 2 centuries ago. it's nowhere near as old as currency

    • 'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate

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  • communism is a wishful thinking pipe dream that turns into authoritarianism every time.

    except every time it hasn't

    • 'Neoliberal capitalism' has contributed to the rise of fascism, says Nobel laureate

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  • except all the ones you are ignoring

    • What's a good habit you developed you'd like to share?

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  • org mode

    • Open source laser microphone picks up laptop keystrokes

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  • it's heuristic, so it doesn't matter what layout you use.

    • Harris picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate

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  • that is not the correct analysis. the correct analysis is that strategic voting in a fptp system leads to party consolidation. the solution is values voting

    • AOC says many who want Joe Biden off ticket also want to remove Kamala

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  • it is . you are presenting my argument in a way to make it seem silly.

    • AOC says many who want Joe Biden off ticket also want to remove Kamala

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  • this is a straw man.

    • AOC says many who want Joe Biden off ticket also want to remove Kamala

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  • it's a clear-eyed understanding of what to do about party consolidation under fptp.

    • AOC says many who want Joe Biden off ticket also want to remove Kamala

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  • first past the post isn't responsible for that. it's a tactic called "strategic voting" and it results in the consolidation of parties under fptp. the solution is not to vote for people you don't want to win.

    • AOC says many who want Joe Biden off ticket also want to remove Kamala

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  • until he's gone, every other name is moot.

    • FACT FOCUS: Heritage Foundation leader wrong to say most political violence is committed by the left

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  • You counted that as an act of right wing violence.

    i didn't count it at all.

    edit: aw fuck. you got me.