Victoria Antoinette

People don’t upvote. You’re more likely to be criticized for a position than engaged with. Opinions that disagree with the hive mind are often quickly downvoted regardless of whether or not the position has validity.

i experience this constantly on lemmy.

deal with the misinformation in your community

capitalism superceded mercantilism about 2 centuries ago. it’s nowhere near as old as currency

communism is a wishful thinking pipe dream that turns into authoritarianism every time.

except every time it hasn’t

except all the ones you are ignoring

org mode

org mode

I expect to have more options on my ballot than that

the didn’t say they’re the same

!modabuse

the analysis shows perot damaged Clinton’s margin of victory.

that isn’t part of how mussolini defined it.

you’re either aware of the problem and want to encourage people to vote third party while pretending not to know how the system works or you’re actually just ignorant to the issu

false dichotomy

FPTP voting systems result in a 2 party system and simply voting for another party does not solve the issue.

this isn’t an immutable natural law.

copying isn’t stealing

enough people going vegan would probably have a noticeable effect on the animal agriculture industry.

certainly, but perhaps not the effect you are expecting. your assertion that you know what their reaction would be, and that it would be to accept making less money, is just not likely true.

i think most people have degrees to all of their feelings.

has anyone else ever been able to repeat your results?

so your want is binary either you do want it, or you don’t, and there are no degrees?

it is never the less there.

this sounds like a statement of faith, rather than fact.