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  • I mean, we should be able to hate Elon Musk while still respect the fact that, SpaceX as a company has done incredible things.

    You say NASA could’ve done it for cheaper, but their track record is not great. Apollo program, historical, but was very expensive. Then the Space Shuttle, then the SLS, they are all extremely expensive compared to, not just Falcon 9, but also Russia or China’s offerings.

    I hate Musk but I am also passionate about space… So yeah, I don’t know how to process this. Maybe it’s fine for people to just believe SpaceX did nothing good as long as that gets more people to hate Musk… I really don’t know (help me)








  • nialv7@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldleftist infighting
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    1 month ago

    Bring them further left how? Why would they need to do anything when you’d vote for them anyways? Every election both parties move a little bit to the right, and you have no choice but vote Dem. What can you realistically do when the only power you have is voting unless you are a billionaire? Your electoral system is truly fucked and the probably of it fixing itself is low, because why would the party in power want to change the system that just gave them that power?

    All I can say is leave if you are able to.



  • nialv7@lemmy.worldtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldWhat could go wrong?
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    1 month ago

    I think you underestimated how much power “executing the law” gives you. And no matter what you believe, it can be immoral to not exercise this power sometimes.

    Sure you can educate the populous and hope good people are elected, but you can’t guarantee things always go how you hoped. What if the Congress passes some truly reprehensible law? One you deeply disagree with? e.g. genocide, apartheid, weapons for the oppressor, tax break for the rich, what have you. Would you still hold on to your beliefs and execute the law faithfully? Should you?



  • I’ve generally been too pessimistic so I’m probably wrong, but I feel it’s not going to make a difference either way. When things get this bad, we are already in the terminal stages of this disease, our predecessors made bad decisions in the past few decades and allowed it to progress to this point. Whether we ban it now or not, are just different treatment plans. The prognosis is not going to be good either way.

    I know I know, defeatism is bad and all that…