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volkris

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I think the most pressing and fundamental problem of the day is that people lack a practically effective means of sorting out questions of fact in the larger world. We can hardly begin to discuss ways of addressing reality if we can't agree what reality even is, after all.

The institutions that have served this role in the past have dropped the ball, so the next best solution is talking to each other, particularly to those who disagree, to sort out conflicting claims.

Unfortunately, far too many actively oppose this, leaving all opposing claims untested. It's very regressive.

So that's my hobby, striving to understanding the arguments of all sides at least because it's interesting to see how mythologies are formed but also because maybe through that process we can all have our beliefs tested.

But if nothing else, social media platforms like this are chances to vent frustrations that on so many issues both sides are obviously wrong ;)

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1 day ago • •

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1 day ago • •

This is why I've been saying #NoKings suffers from terrible branding.

The branding makes it incredibly easy for folks outside of the choir to brush it off.

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I'd be more likely to go to an anti-this-war demo than an anti-Trump one.

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in reply to Stephen Brooks 🦆 • 1 day ago • •

@sjb honestly, the demonstrations don't really matter. They aren't going to change anything.

What matters is that we keep reelecting the same ineffective representatives to Congress.

We can demonstrate all we want, and it ends up just being a tailgate party if we're going to turn around and re-elect the same representatives that sanction all of this.

So I guess go to whatever demonstration you want to.

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