29th December 2019, 11:51 AM
Let me just ask you this. If Sanders or Warren ended up the nominee, would you stump for them? Would you rally for support of them? Would you vote for them?
And let me go further, if Sanders started asking his supporters to rally outside capitol buildings across the country and protest en masse, would you join them to accomplish things? That appears to be his plan after all, to send his supporters as an army across the country and demand that representatives get on board.
As for my comment on war, I was merely making the point that if it isn't forbidden by physics, it is compulsory. Human nature has changed dramatically over the centuries, we can change it again. This isn't impossible, it's entirely possible. We're not talking about escaping the horizon of a black hole, we're talking about changing public opinion of a bunch of apes on a dust mote suspended in a sunbeam. Don't overstate the problem.
However, you miss a critical point. I want a candidate that actually tries. Biden won't try. He's actively disparaging medicare for all, he doesn't even want the middle ground. He's straight out said that people complaining about things today have it "just fine" and it's thanks to him, so yeah. I would rather try and fail than never have tried at all.
And let me go further, if Sanders started asking his supporters to rally outside capitol buildings across the country and protest en masse, would you join them to accomplish things? That appears to be his plan after all, to send his supporters as an army across the country and demand that representatives get on board.
As for my comment on war, I was merely making the point that if it isn't forbidden by physics, it is compulsory. Human nature has changed dramatically over the centuries, we can change it again. This isn't impossible, it's entirely possible. We're not talking about escaping the horizon of a black hole, we're talking about changing public opinion of a bunch of apes on a dust mote suspended in a sunbeam. Don't overstate the problem.
However, you miss a critical point. I want a candidate that actually tries. Biden won't try. He's actively disparaging medicare for all, he doesn't even want the middle ground. He's straight out said that people complaining about things today have it "just fine" and it's thanks to him, so yeah. I would rather try and fail than never have tried at all.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)