• Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    That just means they’ll have to make it so big that it literally shocks the U.S. into believing they’re dealing with an existential threat.

    You know all that uranium you keep hearing about on the news…

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          5 months ago

          This is such an annoying reply that I see everywhere. Yes, you need to treat a disease, but sometimes a single symptom can be the most threatening part of a disease.

          If I’m having a heart attack, I don’t need a diatribe about diet and exercise to fix the disease, I need CPR to fix the symptom.

          He may just be a symptom of a greater problem, but he’s a pretty big fucking problem by himself.

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            5 months ago

            Well said. I don’t get the impulse for people to be like “there is no solution here. Trump gone won’t change anything” which is just stupid. Yes there is a huge systemic problem… but your metaphor here works well to explain why the take of the other person is not helpful.

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            5 months ago

            Yeah, well, you don’t take care of yourself after a heart attack, eventually you’re gonna die from one. We’ve had several heart attacks.

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          5 months ago

          And yet he is the worst president in history. Are we to give up because the corrupt system and idiotic public, both of which give him power, exists?