Zoboomafoo @ Zoboomafoo @slrpnk.net

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If you think it's really that simple, you need to pay more attention to politics

I'm saying that their moment to moment is being influenced by being bombarded with nothing except negative news.

That leads to an "everything is awful" mentality that bleeds into one's personal life.

I'm not claiming you're anything, but I've heard similar thoughts from trans people while they were still figuring stuff out.

American opposition to the convention stems primarily from political and religious conservatives. For example, The Heritage Foundation considers that "a civil society in which moral authority is exercised by religious congregations, family, and other private associations is fundamental to the American order"

No surprise there

And so you think Biden should do what they want?

You're calling for a civil war, you know that, right?

Shit, I consider myself in a good position if I'm under 50%

All they needed was a colon at the end of the article

Because nobody riots for vague goals like that?

It's always reactionary to some event.

You should be

They're in a job where they often are the first to hear significant public info that will affect the markets. This lets them make stock deals to their benefit before anyone else.

If they're being scummy, they use info that isn't public.

Progressives in the DNC are pushing for this to be reformed, so that's the best path for change.

That's the secret, one of them being a spoiler candidate is exactly the wrong thing for either of them to do. It's a safe bet

Liberal, but you'd have to give up on guns or find some pro-gun liberals to hang out with.

Good, the kids could use the tech experience

https://apnews.com/article/ballot-harvesting-early-voting-election-2024-republicans-a844f375bb86b012cfba0e67b3f77fb7

Just in time for the Republicans to realize that their actions have consequences and they need their voters to vote early

You love to see it

Is that a Turkish Van?

His fanatics seem pretty willing to forgive someone if they kiss his ring

It's France, that's a very safe bet

The reason is one half of our elected officials want the tax paying process to be as difficult as possible

How do I cope?

The media sells the idea the world is on fire. By a lot of measures, humanity is the best it's ever been:

Things do seem bad, things do need fixing. My advice is to pick one singular part of the world you want to improve and figure out how to fix it. Something like abolishing prison labor or environmentalism. It needs to be something you can make a noticeable dent in, where you can see your own contribution to the effort.

Don't change tack every time something new like Isreal-Hamas or the scuffle at the US-Mexico border happens. You picked that one thing to fix, remember? And unless you plan on going down to the border with a gun, how do you plan on making a real difference? If you can't make a difference, why let it bother you?