2026-07-30 13:09 UTC
@rameshgupta@mastodon.social
"Good cop / bad cop" -- I've often called it that, yeah.
I agree that if the Dems were the only party, they would soon become as corrupt as the GOP, or worse.
I would counter, however, that if we made the GOP irrelevant, that would remove the spoiler-effect -- leaving space for a less-corrupt 3rd party to emerge.
And on your last point:
If a person of good intention makes decisions which most informed people understand to be bad ones, what are they if not misled?
If you're arguing that they're not actually well-intentioned, then you need to say that.
@ashwin@defcon.social @claralistensprechen3rd @SeanCasten@mastodon.social
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@rameshgupta@mastodon.social 2026-07-30 13:24
⬆️ @woozle@toot.cat >> If a person of good intention makes decisions which most informed people understand to be bad ones, what are they if not misled? If you're arguing that they're not actually well-intentioned, then you need to say that. I have just as much evidence of them being not misled as you have of them being misled 😀 And misled by whom? If you and I can sort through disinformation, why can't they? They can but don't want to for #bipartisanGrift @ashwin@defcon.social @claralistensprechen3rd @SeanCasten@mastodon.social