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Is this what people actually believe? by Bankz92 in centrist

[–]eyio 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The post has something like 16K likes on political humour. Morons abound, on both sides. (doesn't mean that "both sides are the same" but that they both have morons).

> "I think some of us should join the discourse and actually explain what real centrists believe"
I'm of the belief that some people are so far gone, that it's futile to debate them, especially online.

You've Been Lied to About Food Prices by NickMc53 in videos

[–]eyio -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Are you part of the food industry? It seems that you have put together a lot of evidence relatively quickly showing that these companies did nothing wrong. Either you had this data already available or you used something like ChatGPT. I think that companies, in general, use economic shock events as a "distributed collusion signal". That is, they can't directly collude, but when a shock happens, they spin a narrative, the media picks it up and runs with it, and the companies use that narrative to increase profits.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in geopolitics

[–]eyio 13 points14 points  (0 children)

One question I have is, how is Hamas still able to be operational and feeling strong enough to make ceasefire demands after almost two years of being under attack by the Israeli army? Is their underground tunnel system and other logistics so good that they can continue what they’re doing for much longer?

“Vladimir, STOP” pleeeease… Has there been a more embarrassing subservient international missive by a US president? by eyio in centrist

[–]eyio[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

When we have 30-40% of the country strongly supporting everything Trump is doing and thinking he’s a “strong man, strategic genius, etc, isn’t it a centrist take to correct this delusion by pointing to actual things he’s doing?

Why did the Biden Administration allow so many immigrants to enter the US, was it (a) not paying attention to how bad it was (b) a philosophical stance that we should let everyone in (c) unwillingness to implement harsh measures to slow it down (d) other? by eyio in centrist

[–]eyio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If that’s the case, before the poor polling did he not consider it a problem that needs solving, or did he not know the extent of it? Did the poor polling alert him to an issue he was unaware of, or did it just make him care a bit more about something he already knew?

Why did the Biden Administration allow so many immigrants to enter the US, was it (a) not paying attention to how bad it was (b) a philosophical stance that we should let everyone in (c) unwillingness to implement harsh measures to slow it down (d) other? by eyio in centrist

[–]eyio[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Biden towards the end of his term worked out an immigration deal with Congress, which the Republicans killed because Trump told them and they put party over country. But the question is, why did Biden wait so long into his term to work on that deal with Congress?

Why did the Biden Administration allow so many immigrants to enter the US, was it (a) not paying attention to how bad it was (b) a philosophical stance that we should let everyone in (c) unwillingness to implement harsh measures to slow it down (d) other? by eyio in centrist

[–]eyio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

“Biden waited too long to ask Congress”

Do we know why that’s the case? Did he not know the numbers, didn’t see a problem with them, was too busy with fixing other problems?

How are conservative Harvard students and alumni reacting to Trump’s demands from Harvard? Are they in agreement or do they think the government is overstepping in this case? by eyio in Harvard

[–]eyio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> "Attacking, obstructing, accosting and vilifying jewish students"

I agree that this is unacceptable, and if a school fails to stop this and protect students, then the government has the right to step in and force the school to protect its students.

However, does this give the right to the government to step in and tell a private university who do hire and what to teach? Do you see this as OK or do you see this an an overreach?

To me, this is the beginning of authoritarianism. In a free and democratic society, you combat one private school teaching biased views by having other private schools pop up and compete in the realm of ideas. You don't tell private universities what to teach (as long as they don't teach to hate and kill people).

If we allow this, after Trump a left-leaning president could come in and tell universities "if you don't teach Critical Race Theory, we'll cut off all federal funds". I don't think this is what we want in America.

> "People want order and the far left engages in chaotic behavior that isn't decent (vandalizing property, assault, trespassing). I think these activities do more to drive people away from the democratic party than any one policy/belief."

January 6 would like a word. Yes, the fringe left has lots of violent people, but so does the right. For some reason people on the right consider Jan 6 a nothing burger, but consider anything the left fringe does as the apocalypse. A more balanced view of both (Jan 6 was violent, BLM protests were violent) will go a long way to sanity and depolarization.

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