<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> Sure. But if most expression is some kind of advertising, I still don&#39;t get why politics is where to draw the line. </p><p>I know basically everybody hates politics, and that&#39;s understandable. I&#39;d much rather talk about stuff I like.</p><p>But In a democracy people ideally have strong opinions about policy. Our feeling only get stronger in an election year or when bad things happen and the stakes feel higher. </p><p>If we lived in autocracy nobody would ever talk politics, right?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> i guess i’ve seen this as funny one towards self-worth/value, particularly as a home office-certified “skilled worker”</p><p>if i’m simply ‘useful enough’, even bigots must put up with me</p><p>the hope is familiarity and knowledge can eventually break through the ignorance that defines prejudice. perhaps this becomes a transition from alienation to integration.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span><br />We&#39;re all just constantly tuning those heuristic thresholds, aren&#39;t we? 🤪</p>

<p>type of girl who often precedes a calculated, rational statement with &quot;insane thought:&quot;</p>

<p>UPDATE VIA <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@chrisgeidner" class="u-url mention">@<span>chrisgeidner</span></a></span> </p><p>the billionaires are winning. </p><p>all hands on deck. </p><p>«It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve as your President. And while it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and to focus solely on fulfilling my duties a President for the remainder of my term.</p><p>I will speak to the Nation later this week in more detail about my decision. »</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/2024Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>2024Elections</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Biden</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.sdf.org/@jhoward" class="u-url mention">@<span>jhoward</span></a></span> yeah, I feel like you&#39;re approaching the same thing from a slightly different perspective adn with different thresholds</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@emmetoneill" class="u-url mention">@<span>emmetoneill</span></a></span> related observation: vulnerability itself can be used as a form of leverage. you visibly accept some risk (of psychological harm) and through your exposure to it you gain the ability to communicate with others in ways you wouldn&#39;t have otherwise</p><p>it&#39;s funny, i sound incredibly cynical but it&#39;s a flipside of having a soft side at all</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span><br />I suppose. Maybe a probabilistic approach to labeling is better? If there&#39;s some reasonable probability my post would mobilize, then it&#39;s probably propaganda. I suppose I&#39;d guess my posts probably won&#39;t have such an impact, so probably not propaganda, but just pointed pontification.</p>

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