When everything’s a logic block, nothing will be
When everything’s a logic block, nothing will be
Reject tradition
Embrace scratch
This is pretty much what’s happened with my latest character.
I’m playing a reborn/dragonborn, who had previously tried to fight Strahd but lost. And a part of that loss means that my character lost a good chunk of his memories of fighting Strahd before.
But Strahd still remembers my character. So it has lead to some interesting interactions.
purely on the basis that they work elsewhere.
Do you mean working elsewhere, with elsewhere being other levels of government, or elsewhere being other countries?
Either way I disagree, but I want clarification first.
I’m rewatching it again, this time with my girlfriend because she hasn’t seen it yet. We’re currently 3/4 of the way through Matt Smith’s doctor.
So maybe this time he will grow on me.
And then you promptly split the vote, allowing a party ideologically furthest from you to dominate.
Ah, that would explain it. I checked out once Capaldi joined.
That must have been the old Doctor Who, because I don’t remember seeing an episode like that.
But that’s a very Doctor Who style plot line lol
but either one of two things is true:
It’s worse. It’s both, which is in part why third parties don’t ever work.
And the solution is election reform, not yelling “just vote for what you believe”. Because people just voting for what they believe causes spoiler candidates to spoil elections.
we’d probably see a third party in American politics…
No, we wouldn’t. There are still people who’s closest candidate is one of the two main parties.
By the time you knock a hole in the wall with your own body, you’re gonna be a bloody pulp.
Yeah, I checked that off my bingo/drinking game as well
I know you’re joking, but if the U.S. does actually collapse, very few people on the planet will have the fortune of being unaware.
Predictably, it was a shit show. Trump was doing his normal routine of batshit crazy stupidity. Harris was level headed and sensible, minus the bit about the “most lethal army” and pro fracking stuff. It’s mind boggling to me that to think that it will sway votes. How could you possible look at these options and change your mind only after the debate? But at the same time I know it doesn’t matter, I know that there are still people who will somehow be swayed.
you don’t think the arm population would immediately be on edge?
Not meaningfully. As we’ve seen time and time again, the 2A crowd is perfectly content to allow the state to be as authoritarian as it likes, so long as it’s hurting those pesky undesirables.
The 2A crowd didn’t do shit when the 1985 move bombing happened. They didn’t do shit when DeSantis started harrasing people with cops in their own homes for using their 1A rights. They didn’t do shit when pro-palestinian protesters were getting the shit beat out of them by cops for using their 1A rights. They didn’t do shit for the myriad of bullshit wars the U.S. was involved in. They didn’t do shit when it came out how many countries the CIA destabilized in Latin America. The nth time will be no different.
The authoritarians have little to fear, because the group that likes to act like they would keep that in check fully support it.
The hard part is getting people to join you to take a stand. To make real change it has to be a significant portion of the population demanding change.
Not really. They’ve got more than enough cops to hit more than one house at a time. In Florida they have about 50k cops. If they sent 10 at a time per house, that’s 5000 homes they could invade at a time. That’s not hesitant or delayed at all.
If DeSantis wants to put the state in marshal law he would have to convince the armed citizens of the state that that is ok,
No he doesn’t. All he has to do is send cops to people’s homes, one by one, like he just did. Nobody is going to meaningfully stand up to the police if they take people one at a time, one house at a time.
so expect hesitation on following some orders.
There’s no reason for there to be any more hesitation. Cops already believe themselves to be doing the most dangerous job, and they outgun you when they show up to your house. For them it’s just another day.
But the 2nd amendment doesn’t increase the cost of authoritarian action. DeSantis just sent rounds of police to people’s homes for signing petitions to put abortion on the ballot in Florida.
The 2nd amendment didn’t do jack shit to stop him from threatening people for their free speech. Because if a squad of a dozen cops lands on your front door, whether you like it or not you’re either going to be shot, detained, your guns taken away, etc. Having a gun doesn’t change that. You’re fucked, gun or not, if the state sends armed personnel to your home.
And arguably you’re more fucked if you have a gun because of how trigger happy cops are. The moment they think you’re armed they’ll shoot you.
Sure, but would it be possible to artificially simulate a daylight cycle indoors, opposite of the outside one?
Sure, you wouldn’t be able to go outside very much, but you’d at least have your active hours in the coolest part of the day.
Add in a bit of of CRISPR to smooth out the rough edges, would it be enough then?