• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 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.

        • TrickDacy@lemmy.world
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          3 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.

        • Gates9@sh.itjust.works
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          3 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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        3 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?