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arrow-up11.1Karrow-down1imageThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 年前message-square89fedilink
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·1 年前“Only democrats have agency” is an interesting trope.
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-21 年前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.
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 年前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/
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前Ah, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前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
“Only democrats have agency” is an interesting trope.
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.
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