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  • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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    15 days ago

    completely agree as an anarchist.

    But you also can take a utilitarian perspective. One of the two candidates is going to cause more suffering than the other, simple as that.

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      15 days ago

      But that’s still settling for suffering, which is always to be undertaken by those already most vulnerable and marginalised in society (E: as I mention, even when the “lesser evil” wins, they continue to actively target us).

      And this willingness to settle for suffering is partly how we got to this point (it’s functionally how the Overton window shifts).

      Aim for more.

      Demand more for yourself.

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          15 days ago

          Which is excellent.

          Just to be clear, I’m not criticising anyone who is reeling and scared right now, or you personally, or even the post itself, I just think it’s long past due that we stop wasting our collective energy and power on focusing on and trying to fix the symptoms, instead of their cause, because that’s never going to work.