Striker to A Boring [email protected] • 2 years agoThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up11.11K
arrow-up11.11KimageThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldStriker to A Boring [email protected] • 2 years agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 years ago“Only democrats have agency” is an interesting trope.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•2 years agowhen the issue is assuming the radicalization of the Democratic Party’s platform? ya, or would you argue that republicans should be working to help democrats pass their legislation
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•edit-22 years agoYou’re gonna have to explain that one to me. Unless you’re trying to say Republicans aren’t evil robots who automatically oppose everything Democrats do, but that makes no sense.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 years agoI think it’s sometimes called Murc’s law. Part of it is blaming Democrats for things, but when Republicans are huge assholes accepting it as like just a force of nature. So like, democrats fail to pass a law to such and such. That framing ignores that Republicans took action to foil it. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/03/andrew-gelman-on-murcs-law talks about it a little. Or https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoAh, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.
“Only democrats have agency” is an interesting trope.
when the issue is assuming the radicalization of the Democratic Party’s platform? ya, or would you argue that republicans should be working to help democrats pass their legislation
You’re gonna have to explain that one to me.
Unless you’re trying to say Republicans aren’t evil robots who automatically oppose everything Democrats do, but that makes no sense.
I think it’s sometimes called Murc’s law.
Part of it is blaming Democrats for things, but when Republicans are huge assholes accepting it as like just a force of nature.
So like, democrats fail to pass a law to such and such. That framing ignores that Republicans took action to foil it.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/03/andrew-gelman-on-murcs-law talks about it a little. Or https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/
Ah, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.