Doubledee

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[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

Lol, imagine going to this length to figure out a way to vote how you want without changing the preordained outcome by just making your decision. No, in real democracies you have to engage in the political equivalent of a suicide pact in order to not feel guilty about voting for what you like.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Nah, whatever fella. We saw how you felt about it. Why are you returning to the trough now, weeks later?

Are we rent-free?

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

I don't think China wants to be the enemy of the US. They are the largest trading partner of the US. They seem genuinely interested in cooperating and bettering their own society. USians seem to be the ones bent on enmity. The US apparently thinks building infrastructure and developing the economies of other nations is 'malign influence.' The US killed citizens of allied nations through propaganda to ensure they wouldn't become friendlier with China, who was offering them vaccines while the US and Europe were hoarding their own.

The US sees 'being a large country and having influence' as threatening, there's no way to peacefully coexist with a country that sees everyone else as a threat by default.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well we could devote those resources to solving the problems they are criticizing maybe. It would improve the lives of USians and undercut the arguments being brought up.

Spending billions to tell other countries that more infrastructure is actually bad is probably counterproductive and wasteful. Like how we spent money to kill Filipino people by telling them to avoid the Chinese produced covid jab.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

M'Liege, I have retrieved yon bill for ye.

improve-society

“(3) ACTIVATIONS OF AUTHORITY.—

“(A) DISCRETIONARY ACTIVATION.—The Secretary may activate the border emergency authority if, during a period of 7 consecutive calendar days, there is an average of 4,000 or more aliens who are encountered each day.

“(B) MANDATORY ACTIVATION.—The Secretary shall activate the border emergency authority if—

“(i) during a period of 7 consecutive calendar days, there is an average of 5,000 or more aliens who are encountered each day; or

“(ii) on any 1 calendar day, a combined total of 8,500 or more aliens are encountered.

Now you may say, "Aha, we have you hyperbolic hexbears now, it clearly says that the president doesn't just get to shut it down until they figure out 'what the hell is going on'!"

smuglord

Which is correct. What it does is tie their hands such that they must shut the border down when an arbitrary number is reached, so they don't have to actually do anything and can plead their powerlessness when it happens. After all it's not up to them, it's just a mandate of a conservative law... that they want to pass.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

What's more it makes me suspicious of you.

Genuinely curious, do you think it matters to anyone in an online forum if you are vaguely suspicious of them? I'm not sure why you would even say that. What are you trying to accomplish?

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Uhm actually, if you think about it it's still harm reduction:

Think about how many Republicans Trump would appoint? Checkmate

smuglord

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

"Would you please disarm yourselves while we aggressively posture and arm your neighbors? It would be very uncooperative of you to refuse. "

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Nobody seems to recall how we got here, how this move was being pulled by the same people 4 years ago, except then it was begging for you to sympathize with the poor migrants being caged on the border. AOC even cried and got some beautiful PR photos made.

Now it's all secure the border and pass the Republican plan to lock it down and hand every subsequent president the button to immediately shut the border down at their discretion.

And however Israel escalates, however many Lebanese or Syrians or Palestinians or Iranians we kill defending them, no matter how high the bodies stack they will be back in 4 years telling you that if they don't win the human toll will be unspeakable.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago

Uhm, isn't there someone you forgot to ask?

biden-troll

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

They can win if you vote for them. I don't know how everybody is going to vote.

If we assume polling is an accurate indicator then depending on the state you live in voting at all is pointless because only one party will win.

Were you stepping aside and letting the fascists strip minority rights in 2020? Because they appear to be doing that currently, and presumably you voted for Joe who is president while that is happening.

[–] Doubledee@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

PSL also does not want you dead. I'm confused, I thought you wanted dialogue. I'm genuinely not sure what you mean. You can not believe me if you want but you haven't given any reason for what you're claiming.

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