#PSA

Snow

@Raccoon And this is why I lost faith in humanity

Snow

@loganer @Raccoon How are you stealing something if you're actively creating that thing. That's like saying I made a computer for myself but if I take that computer and use it I stole it. Who the hell did I steal it from? myself? Does that mean I'm forced to take myself to court and prosecute myself? do you realize how ridiculous that sounds. Countries have rights to the air above them. They have rights to the moisture above them. How they use it is their issue

loganer

@snow @Raccoon

if you make a cloud prematurely dump it's load of water then it wont be dumping that load of water where it would have if not for the intervention.

Snow

@loganer @Raccoon I fail to see the Problem if it was formed in that country and dumped in that country I see no issue. Not to be rude but in my honest opinion we have more pressing issues than to cry over some clouds. Like what's going to be the future of the US because I doubt we are going to have a peaceful transition of power looking back at what happened last time

loganer

@snow @Raccoon
if a country over seeds a clouds heading in the direction of another country and the water drops in the first country and not the 1 it was going to,

then the intended country didn't get that water.

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and ya sorry but idk what you americans are going to do about that election.
let me know which of the lying bastards wins i guess *shrugs*.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

@loganer @snow
I wouldn't call Harris a liar: she's followed through with quite a bit of her promises in the past. Trump is just insane.

Snow

@Raccoon @loganer There's only two options in the US to vote for bad and very bad. We all know who's gonna win. We can't trust the people to vote for someone good. I hope to get out of the US before all hell breaks loose

loganer

@Raccoon @snow

Eh look, i just assume all politicians are lying until i see proof otherwise.

and a fulfilled promise can still be a lie of omission depending on the scope of the promise.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

@loganer @snow
Kamala Harris is a good candidate. I think we can get good things done under her.

Trump will be even worse than his first time, historically bad.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

@snow @loganer
From what I am seeing, frustration with the two-party system is reaching a breaking point, the kind of point where we we are starting to see grassroots movements gain serious traction, with ballot measures being put up in some places for things like ranked choice voting, open primaries, and the elimination of the electoral college.

If Kamala Harris wins this week, we will be at a point where we can push for these in a lot more places, making third-parties viable at the lower levels, and eventually eliminating the two-party system. This sort of thing will not only force better options, but help with the division: scapegoating minorities and hyperbolizing the opponent as a "radical socialist" or whatever doesn't work very well in a system where you can be teamed up against and don't want to alienate your opponent's voters.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

@snow
Don't get mad, go vote.

There is one ideology that pretty much all of this crazy shit is coming out of. Donald Trump is the one who says things like "if I don't win in november, Jews will be to blame". Kamala Harris is the one who will use the platform of the White House to remind people that this is bullshit.

Raccoon at TechHub :mastodon:

@snow @loganer
I doubt we will, no matter who is elected, just because Trump is so unhinged, and willing to rile up his followers...

But we will have a transition of power, nonetheless, and at the end of the day, Trump's supporters do not actually have the enthusiasm to violently overthrow the democracy. That's why he's going through this election cycle trying to win it rather than just demanding he be made a dictator.

If we want this to stop, we have to stop it here, by voting for Kamala Harris.