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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Apr 10

      Jeet Heer Retweeted

      Possibly unpopular opinion: anyone on the left who takes this deal is such a complete sucker that it should be legal to ply them with ponzi schemes. https://t.co/oLVs6eSdyj 

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    2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Apr 10

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      Ask yourself: why do you want to live in a democracy? Surely, it's because you want everyone, yourself included to be able, to advance their political goals. So what does it mean to save democracy by forgoing your ability to advance your goals? https://twitter.com/patrick_sharkey/status/1513308286728163333 …

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    3. Steve Negus‏ @SteveNegusMasr Apr 10
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      It means avoiding dictatorship and/or civil war.

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    4. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Apr 10
      Replying to @SteveNegusMasr

      Surrendering your core goals is a good way to avoid dictatorship or a good way to demoralize your base so the other side wins?

      2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    5. Steve Negus‏ @SteveNegusMasr Apr 10
      Replying to @HeerJeet

      Focusing on maintaining democratic procedure, where usually no one accomplishes core goals in a way that really satisfies them, is a good way to handle rotation of power through peaceful rather than violent means.

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    6. Jesse Emspak‏Verified account @Mad_Science_Guy Apr 10
      Replying to @SteveNegusMasr @HeerJeet

      You are aware that this method was attempted by compromise after compromise with the slavers a while back. That did not end well.

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    7. Steve Negus‏ @SteveNegusMasr Apr 10
      Replying to @Mad_Science_Guy @HeerJeet

      Sure. But there is no issue in contemporary American politics comparable to slavery.

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet Apr 10
      Replying to @SteveNegusMasr @Mad_Science_Guy

      If that's true then there is no reason to worry about civil war or democracy being in peril.

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        2. Steve Negus‏ @SteveNegusMasr Apr 10
          Replying to @HeerJeet @Mad_Science_Guy

          That doesn't seem accurate at all. There are plenty of civil wars that started over little more than a disputed succession. Certainly the issues at stake in most of the civil wars in the last 200 years don't quite match up to slavery.

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        3. Jesse Emspak‏Verified account @Mad_Science_Guy Apr 10
          Replying to @SteveNegusMasr @HeerJeet

          You just said there is no issue in contemporary politics comparable to slavery. At the same time you talk of avoiding civil war, and you just mentioned that many civil wars were over "minor" issues. So I am a bit confused here.

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