It’s a good lesson. People who reach positions of power are only able to do so because they are motivated purely by their own self-interest. Keeping her position was in her self-interest. Even the people who appear on “your side” are only in that position for themselves. The higher they get the less incentive they have to make performative sacrificies. Which they all are. Always and forever.
It’s only true in this system that rewards the self-serving individual. I don’t believe this is implicit to human nature, but we have to be willing to collectively punish bad actors severely, rather than shrug and look the other way as these people misbehave.
The violent struggle is inevitable at this point, its really now just about how may times you’ll let yourself be punched in the face until you punch back.
That is the system though. The world would be a better place if we had leaders not motivated by their self-interest. But those leaders don’t get into positions of power. So, they don’t functionally exist other than to pat themselves on the back for suffering for their principles in their own minds that effect zero change or progress. I don’t say it to be cynical, either. It’s just reality. There are only a handful of people throughout history who reached high enough levels of power to actual change things for the better that were actually willing to sacrifice themselves for their principles. And most of them suffered for it and the only reward they got was a legacy.
You are not punching anyone in the face. And telling other people they are lazy or bad for not pretending otherwise doesn’t make it anymore true that you are. You’re just someone shouting a lie at a person who is sick of being shouted at and wondering why no one is doing what you want them to do.
You are not punching anyone in the face. And telling other people they are lazy or bad for not pretending otherwise doesn’t make it anymore true that you are. You’re just someone shouting a lie at a person who is sick of being shouted at and wondering why no one is doing what you want them to do.
That’s quite the story you’ve invented for me. I didn’t call anyone lazy or bad, and I’m wholly confused at what lie I’m supposedly shouting here.
I can imagine that you’re frustrated by your own inability to effect the change you would like to see. Totally understandable.
Yes and according to the conservative super majority of the Supreme Court, racism in election polls doesn’t exist anymore apparently.
I’ll never forgive rbg for not stepping down when Obama first got elected
It’s a good lesson. People who reach positions of power are only able to do so because they are motivated purely by their own self-interest. Keeping her position was in her self-interest. Even the people who appear on “your side” are only in that position for themselves. The higher they get the less incentive they have to make performative sacrificies. Which they all are. Always and forever.
It’s only true in this system that rewards the self-serving individual. I don’t believe this is implicit to human nature, but we have to be willing to collectively punish bad actors severely, rather than shrug and look the other way as these people misbehave.
The violent struggle is inevitable at this point, its really now just about how may times you’ll let yourself be punched in the face until you punch back.
That is the system though. The world would be a better place if we had leaders not motivated by their self-interest. But those leaders don’t get into positions of power. So, they don’t functionally exist other than to pat themselves on the back for suffering for their principles in their own minds that effect zero change or progress. I don’t say it to be cynical, either. It’s just reality. There are only a handful of people throughout history who reached high enough levels of power to actual change things for the better that were actually willing to sacrifice themselves for their principles. And most of them suffered for it and the only reward they got was a legacy.
You are not punching anyone in the face. And telling other people they are lazy or bad for not pretending otherwise doesn’t make it anymore true that you are. You’re just someone shouting a lie at a person who is sick of being shouted at and wondering why no one is doing what you want them to do.
That’s quite the story you’ve invented for me. I didn’t call anyone lazy or bad, and I’m wholly confused at what lie I’m supposedly shouting here.
I can imagine that you’re frustrated by your own inability to effect the change you would like to see. Totally understandable.
I am no more frustrated with it than I am frustrated with my inability to take flight.