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WTF is wrong with the left?

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2130 on: March 09, 2022, 11:15:35 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on March 09, 2022, 12:00:19 PM
At least you were able to post that without getting arrested

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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2131 on: March 09, 2022, 11:36:57 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on March 09, 2022, 02:55:41 PM
You could take public transportation.

There are a great many people who don’t even have access to public transportation.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2132 on: March 09, 2022, 11:58:02 PM »
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2133 on: March 10, 2022, 06:25:04 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 09, 2022, 11:07:44 PM

 I don’t see how this is even arguable.

You new here ?  ;D
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2134 on: March 10, 2022, 07:02:36 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 09, 2022, 11:11:59 PM
I wasn’t referring to you looking through red white and blue glasses. I’m talking about the seeming sanctimonious majority that thinks we do no wrong. You seem to be about the only one that is being objective here as it pertains to this topic.

No one has said we can do no wrong, it is that the alternatives are far worse.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2135 on: March 10, 2022, 07:13:42 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 09, 2022, 11:58:02 PM
It’s a lot. Try and read it if you can.

https://fair.org/home/calling-russias-attack-unprovoked-lets-us-off-the-hook/

It is so nice that Fair quotes George Kennan. It is also nice when Fair, among others, like Bob Wright,  employ empathy for Putin while completely refusing to provide the same for Ukrainiams and the other ex-Soviet satellites.  Again, there is a reason they are all looking to join NATO, to avoid being dragged back into the Warsaw Pact.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2136 on: March 10, 2022, 09:57:13 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 09, 2022, 11:58:02 PM
It’s a lot. Try and read it if you can.

https://fair.org/home/calling-russias-attack-unprovoked-lets-us-off-the-hook/

That is a lot.  International relations are multi-layered and complex.  There are plenty of unseemly aspects that taint all involved.  Understanding much of the underlying reasoning is beyond our world of sound bites and tweets.  That being said, it's hard to feel much empathy for the Russian dilemma.   They have a long history of violating international norms, human rights and freedom of the press.  Their conduct in Syria was far more egregious than what's taken place to date in Ukraine.  I hope it stays that way.  One aspect that wasn't really touched upon in the read was Putin's need to become president for life.  He knows full well what happens to former dictators.  Shiny objects do come in handy. 
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2137 on: March 10, 2022, 10:19:35 AM »
Quote from: ILLove1997 on March 09, 2022, 05:43:37 PM
do you know how groceries get to the grocery store?

They grow on the shelves?
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2138 on: March 10, 2022, 10:50:40 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 09, 2022, 11:07:44 PM
Are you arguing supply suppression didn’t happen during Covid when businesses were closed and many of the people who create the supply couldn’t work? Either due to illness or lockdowns or some combination of the two?

We pumped trillions into the economy at a time when supply couldn’t possibly meet demand. I don’t see how this is even arguable.

Ok. Covid related. So you are still saying it was and is covid related supply side shortages, not necessarily demand side pressure that caused the price gouging.

If we don't pump that money into the economy; we have an economic disaster. The relief could have been more targeted, but Democrats  are still free market capitalists, not central planners. We need more effective government.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2139 on: March 10, 2022, 10:53:56 AM »
Related. Because of the way the tax credits were structured, i know people who unaffected by covid, but still got the full amount. Others lost their jobs, but got nothing.
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« Reply #2140 on: March 10, 2022, 11:23:12 AM »
Quote from: ridingthegrange on March 10, 2022, 09:57:13 AM
That is a lot.  International relations are multi-layered and complex.  There are plenty of unseemly aspects that taint all involved.  Understanding much of the underlying reasoning is beyond our world of sound bites and tweets.  That being said, it's hard to feel much empathy for the Russian dilemma.   They have a long history of violating international norms, human rights and freedom of the press.  Their conduct in Syria was far more egregious than what's taken place to date in Ukraine.  I hope it stays that way.  One aspect that wasn't really touched upon in the read was Putin's need to become president for life.  He knows full well what happens to former dictators.  Shiny objects do come in handy.

I don’t feel any empathy either but I wish more people had a better understanding of the history and development of this situation. I do feel bad for the Russian and Ukrainian people who don’t support this and whose lives are being greatly impacted/taken. 
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« Reply #2141 on: March 10, 2022, 11:25:19 AM »
Quote from: illiniray on March 10, 2022, 10:50:40 AM
Ok. Covid related. So you are still saying it was and is covid related supply side shortages, not necessarily demand side pressure that caused the price gouging.

If we don't pump that money into the economy; we have an economic disaster. The relief could have been more targeted, but Democrats  are still free market capitalists, not central planners. We need more effective government.

I didn’t argue that we shouldn’t have issued the money. I’m just saying that much money has had an impact on inflation that’s been exacerbated by lingering supply chain issues
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2142 on: March 10, 2022, 11:30:45 AM »
Quote from: ridingthegrange on March 10, 2022, 09:57:13 AM
That is a lot.  International relations are multi-layered and complex.  There are plenty of unseemly aspects that taint all involved.  Understanding much of the underlying reasoning is beyond our world of sound bites and tweets... 

To paraphrase Otto von Bismarck, foreign policy is like sausage.  It’s better not to see them being made.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2143 on: March 10, 2022, 11:38:43 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 10, 2022, 11:25:19 AM
I didn’t argue that we shouldn’t have issued the money. I’m just saying that much money has had an impact on inflation that’s been exacerbated by lingering supply chain issues

That is very different from what the right wing is pushing. They are saying the current inflation is caused by Biden's reckless spending and was avoidable.
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Re: WTF is wrong with the left?
« Reply #2144 on: March 10, 2022, 11:45:11 AM »
Quote from: Custard on March 09, 2022, 11:58:02 PM
It’s a lot. Try and read it if you can.

https://fair.org/home/calling-russias-attack-unprovoked-lets-us-off-the-hook/

Why should I care what a xenophobic white nationalist  organization is thinking? I am guessing they sympathize with Russian ethno-nationalism? 

Chump edit: My mistake. I should pay attention. I thought it was Federation for American Immigration Reform. Huge difference.  Different FAIR
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