- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
Sorry to beat the same drum in a short amount of time, but this is where thinking Biden wasn’t doing enough has led. Perfect being the enemy of the good and all. Explicit calls for ethnic cleansing were at least not on the table with the last administration.
It’s not my fault I shot myself in the foot. Someone should have provided me with a better pair of shoes.
No I can’t be bothered to take up cobbling.
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“No, this pair of shoes must be better, it’s from that brand I like! I know it’s made of cardboard and duct tape, but I swear, it’s from that brand I like, so it has to be better!”
They’re supposed to represent us. Not the other way around.
No. They’re supposed to be a means for us to make intelligent decisions that keep the world from being as bad as it possibly could be. They’re a means of exerting our influence other than spilling blood.
Is it better when they represent us? Yes. Is it better when we have access to politicians who actually have a substantial moral compass and aren’t swayed by money? Absolutely.
But does that mean that if we don’t have that we should throw childish fits and sabotage our own world in response? Absolutely not.
Want to know a good way to make sure that politicians actually focus on representing the interests of their electorate?
…Become a politician and do it. Put your money where your mouth is. Instead of having a tantrum and letting the worst possible person literally light the government on fire, go be the change you want to see.
Or, if you’re not willing to do that, use your intelligence to make the world as good as you can with the limited power that you have instead of lying on the ground kicking and screaming because nobody’s doing it for you.
Now you see the problem here is I never expected better shoes, I knew damn well no one would give them to me. I also despise the insinuation that the democrats provided protection of any kind
So become a cobbler.