i can’t even guess as to why they went quiet. not one guess at all. we will never know.

edit: well they’re not quiet now once they get called out

  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    We play the hand we’re dealt. Accelerated genocide + fascism is a worse outcome than performative resistance to genocide.

    • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      You were not dealt this hand, you chose it by not telling them ‘no’. it is the most powerful word you have in your arsenal learn to use it. there is a reason utilitarianism is panned basically universally in ethics classes. Had you been willing to exercise it against the DNC you might not be in the very situation you find yourself in now.

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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        2 days ago

        How did that work out for all the people who said no? Now Trump will help Bibi annex the West Bank. I’ve taken Ethics, utilitarianism was absolutely not panned.

        • jatone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          0·
          2 days ago
          1. you had a shit ethics professor.
          2. bibi already has the west bank and it was done under biden’s watch and harris supported it.
          • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
            0·
            2 days ago

            “Every ethics course pans utilitarianism”

            “I took ethics and they gave very serious consideration to utilitarianism”

            “Am I out of touch? No, it’s the ethics professors who are wrong”

            Do you hear yourself?

                  • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
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                    1 day ago

                    So deontology? An absolute trash philosophy, see the Paradox of Deontology. Lying is wrong, so you shouldn’t lie to the axe murderer when they ask where your family is. Enabling genocide is wrong, so we should let the person who wants to accelerate that genocide and enable others get into a position to do so. Many more will suffer and die, but hey at least you can be smug about your virtues.

                    This is a childish philosophy for childish people. It says “Who cares about the consequences of my choices. All that matters is that I don’t have to make any difficult choices when presented with an ethical dilemma. Who cares if the death tolls skyrocket.” It disincentivizes action in the very situations that most desperately rely on ethical considerations.

                    If you make “the right choice” and more people directly suffer because of it, you didn’t make the right choice. You made excuses.