• FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Believing something bad will happen isn’t the same as accepting it. I believe the holocaust happened, I don’t believe it was acceptable. Same principle applies to future events

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      Even if you expect them to let us down, you can’t just surrender in advance.

      Mamdani is proving every day that we don’t have to accept the decline they are trying to convince us is our lot. They have the ability do make changes - IF THEY WANT TO.

      It’s our job to make them Want To. Giving them permission to disappoint us is not the proper strategy. They are getting a second chance after their piss poor performance during the Biden administration, and they need to know what we expect, and fear our wrath if they squander this opportunity and disappoint us again.

      If MAGA gains power AGAIN, it will be time to deal decisively with ALL of them. I’d rather see this country burn to ground, than see our Citizens enslaved by MAGA. This is their LAST chance.

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        Where did i give them permission to disappoint? Believing it will happen isn’t the same as accepting it. Saying I have no faith or trust in them isn’t giving them permission to do bad

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          It’s one thing to talk about their past fecklessness, but another to say that you expect them to do it again, with presumably the same consequences - none. That gives them permission to do it again.

          I’m not wasting time or effort on that. I’m letting them know NOW, that I am ferociously angry at their past failures, and they better not fuck it up again, OR ELSE!

          If you want something different from the past, TELL THEM. Your statement lets them off the hook in advance, mine is a serious warning.

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            Or else what? What do you plan to do if they screw up again and why aren’t you doing it NOW? why give them another chance? Because you have no means to actually do anything, you’re like the mom saying you’re going to count to three when you have no plan for consequences if they don’t do as you ask. If you have the means to implement consequences, fucking do it.

            Saying I believe they will fuck up with no consequences isn’t giving permission, it’s naking a prediction. I have no means to change what is going to happen. If I could punish them, I would