And naturally when the king dies, the throne will go to his heirs.
Every rhetorically cautious bone in my body doesn't want me to say it, but I think we elected the king.
I'm saying rhetorically cautious because I feel if I said "careful moderation" people would think "politically moderate" where I mean being careful not to jump to conclusions and make wild claims (extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence)
My non-anuerism take on this was it feels like it's the car lobby trying to pass off driving alone as an inclusive thing to do. Kinda like when I saw a BP float in Chicago's Pride parade this year.
Am I getting it right?
Edit: I think the term I'm trying to find is "corporate performative allyship"
I'm thinking the outcome of this may be even more sinister.
I know there is already plenty of corporate hands in science, doing what they can to fund research they want and making it more difficult for potentially damning results to come out.
Fun wild experiments won't go away, they'll still get funded, but only at the mercy of the corporation that bankrolls their study.
I hoped that 2016 was a fluke, that Americans weren't that dumb and hateful but rather we got caught unprepared by a personality we didn't expect to run for president.
I hoped that 2020 was the true thoughts of Americans, that the insurrection represented the dying grasp of an extreme minority.
I don't think Trump stole the 2024 election. I think it proved that yes, this is America. Whether you think America has changed into this or was always this, it doesn't take away the fact that a majority of Americans will believe anything so long as it makes them hate. Good news doesn't drive votes. Fear and anger drives votes.
I've tried so much to try and be a middle of the road voice of reason and moderation with my friends and family. I didn't want to be a knee jerk conspiracy theorist, I was always patient with people, listened to them, told them the places they were right, and asked them questions hoping they would ask themselves. I'd say "be like Mr. Rogers. And if someone isn't acting like Mr. Rogers, be like Mr. Rogers."
It started to hit when a friend of mine who is very left wing told me that people with college degrees are brainwashed by the deep state. I had just told her I had a degree in political science.
I ordered another drink and changed the subject but it hurt. Now I know she is representative of a majority of Americans. I'm worried civil war is all but inevitable when facts just don't matter as much as anger.
Edit: Lord grant me the strength to be like Mr. Rogers in this comment section.
Normie here, Lemmy is pretty easy to use imo. I think the transition is happening now kinda like the Internet in the 90s or online dating in the 10's.
Ofc I just got here and I'm using Voyager.
A theory I have is that everyone who hates reddit eventually left leaving the milk bags brains. I was mod of r/mapporncirclejerk and left when I saw my mod queue get exponentially worse. My friend told me it was because the decent people left for Lemmy.
It also will make your house smell great! I'd also suggest making enough for friends and visitors.
I'm in Chicago and it can get lonely if you decide to stay couped up in your house for too long. Make sure to be intentional on inviting friends over and becoming close with your neighbors. I noticed comments here are focused on the physical aspect of winter, but it's also important to take care of your mental health.
My theory is the Midwestern kindness is just a regional Stockholm syndrome. We're all in this together.
So you spent the day outside shoveling snow, maybe you had to walk 20 minutes to get to a friend's house, maybe the cold itself just took it out of you because your body was burning calories just to stay warm. You finally get home and you are out of breath and just wanting to dry off and get warm again- and that's when you thank your past self for what you did on meal prep Sunday:
French onion soup.
You can look online for recipes, but here's what I improvised last Sunday (probably not definition french onion soup, but at least a variation on a theme). Mine takes about 1 hour to make (10 min prep, 50ish minutes to cook)
Ingredients:
1/4 cup butter
1 tablespoon fat (I use leftover bacon grease)
Onions (I used 4 but you could do more)
garlic (I used 1 bulb, but you could always do more)
Apple (I used 1, but you could always do more)
veggies (I like zucchini and carrots)
mushrooms if you like em
protein (stew beef, ground meat, chicken, turkey, hell even sandwich meat will do)
cardamom
Curry powder
vinegar (I use white balsamic, but apple cider vinegar or anything flavorful will do)
chicken broth
Cut up the onions into thick chunks, no need to get precise, just hack 'em quick so you have less time being in a tearful agony
Peel the bulb of garlic, but leave the cloves whole- don't crush them.
Heat up your butter and fat, then add in the onions and garlic. Let it sautee for like... 30 minutes? If you have time to do a proper caramelizing then do that, but it's still good if you want to make it faster.
While the onions and garlic do their thing, prepare your meat in another pan. Of course if you use ham or something pre cooked you can skip this step.
Slice your apple(s) however you want, I like thin slices but cubes are good too.
Add in veg and apples, let them cook for 15 minutes or so
Add meat
A couple dashes of cardamom and curry and also pour in your broth to desired consistency
Give a taste then add a dash of vinegar to see how it really cuts through the fattiness
Dish and serve! If you want to really clog those arteries, go ahead and add some cheese on top, I like smoked Gouda. I also use a pipe sweater to torch the cheese and give it a little melty/ crispy texture. This soup should be thick and hearty to restore your energy and give you the gumption to brave the elements again. If you were link in legend of Zelda, you're getting at least 10 yellow hearts from this.
That and a hot tody will give you the coziness that will lift your spirits in the dark cold months.
You are pretty darn passionate about voting and 3rd parties and that's great. I read your comment so I was replying to your comment.
Sometimes tangents happen online, and sometimes topics change. Please understand that I am also passionate about these things, so in a Lemmy thread we can end up in many different places. No need to get upset.
I think the challenge this argument has is that it ignores the spoiler effect that is the biggest problem in FPTP, and it assumes party changes have happened because a third party successfully unseated a traditional party in a sort of coup.
First, the spoiler effect is very real. You'll notice the better a third party does, the worse it is for that whole faction of the electorate. It's a bit of a paradox but you can see it with the notable 3rd party runs. Teddy Roosevelt got Woodrow Wilson elected. Ross Perot gave the election to Clinton by splitting the right. Ralph Nader solidified Bush as president. The better the third party does, the stronger the spoiler effect. It's not a conspiracy, it's just the math.
Next, when there is a party change, such as the fall of the federalists or the whigs, it is because they fell apart due to losing a war or their positions (such as opposing manifest destiny) became moot and they no longer had a purpose. This created a void that was then filled with a new party. This was not because a 3rd party arrived and had a David vs Goliath situation. In this metaphor Goliath was already dead when David showed up.
Some questions to ask: what does it mean to have a politically diverse election? How does FPTP or RCV have impact in a time where we have more tools for social engineering (like social media and surveillance tools)? What assumptions of the Republican and Democratic parties are we making? What assumptions are we making on the electorate that they are composed of?
Gib bless I hope u are doing good tel Barbara stan died xo 😂