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[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sometimes you need to draw out the 'inevitable end' for a better solution to be made apparent. Grab a bucket and start throwing water overboard, we might yet make it to port.

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The problem is that the other guys are the ones busy kicking holes in the boat, while the centrists share their sincere concerns that buckets are woke, and that stopping people kicking holes and repairing them can't be done because it's never been done.

There's no satisfaction knowing you're right as you start inhaling lungfulls of water - the morally correct thing to do is save everyone by throwing that motherfucker overboard if they won't stop kicking holes abnd let you sell their hole-kicking boots to pay for a repair kit.

[–] RealFknNito@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But the problem is it isn't one or two people kicking holes, it's half the damn ship. Morally correct is, again, useless when you can do nothing with it. It's more complicated than just patching up a hole or two, it's trying to convince a force as strong as yourself that you've come to the correct conclusion while they were incapable of doing the same.

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

The core problem is a small group of people with disproportionate wealth and political power, which they're using to exploit the gullible masses. Both are a problem, but if you solve for one, the other solves itself. You also create the opportunity to solve... most of society's problems.