FnordPrefect [comrade/them,he/him]

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Cake day: October 6th, 2020

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  • I like to use a similar scenario to try to convince people that there absolutely need to be reparations:

    Everyone plays through one game where only one person can acquire property and everyone else’s GO money also goes to that person. Then, without resetting the money or property, the game is played a second time where the rules are the same for everyone (lol, wouldn’t that be nice, but it makes the argument better). Then challenge the person to say that the game is fair because everyone has the same opportunity and rules.

    It works good for estate “death” tax arguments too.

    Obviously, there are other arguments that should be more convincing, but y’know, 'Murica



  • I don’t like his metaphor, please allow me to suggest another:

    It’s like one ship is a rusted out shit bucket that is falling apart because the first-class passengers and crew refuse to pay for maintenance and it is only afloat because of a large number of buoyant corpses in steerage and boiler room. And there is another ship that is much more modern, well designed, and maintained. The new ship could help the foundering rust bucket but instead the rust bucket is trying to ram the new ship hard enough to sink them both out of spite, obstinacy, and denial. Hopefully it will tear itself apart in the attempt before it can do so.

    ever-given 🌊