Brits had two chances to elect Corbyn. They chose Johnson. Johnson is bungling the Coronavirus. It kills old people, who elected him. If he really bungles it, it could be millions and so far he's really bungling it.
My sympathy is real, but limited. You did have two chances.
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I think, to be fair, that social democrats have been totally unable to present a compelling election platform for decades now.
It's kind of absurd, since social democratic govts have generally governed through prosperous years, but somehow they can't do elections right.
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Clearly, voters are not very bright - but this is a poor excuse for doing worse than the people with a platform that just says "FUCK YOU POOR PEOPLE".
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I'm genuinely not sure that's true. I think they voted for what they wanted: governments which were cruel to poor people. You can't make people who are evil vote for good, no matter how great your platform.
These are evil people, who wanted evil and got it.
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Eh. People are all of dubious moral standards, but some electorates are inarguably more sensible than others - but it's clear this is also context and time-bound.
Norwegian electorate is not showing a lot of collective intelligence right now, for example.
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we have got to stop dodging responsibility for our collective decisions.
Or this is only the beginning.
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I am not saying people aren't responsible. I'm saying I don't think they're suddenly going to start impressing me with rational choices.
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Much like the US, one of the worst offenders in public health care policy for decades, is about to get seriously slapped.
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Karma, indeed
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I feel a sense of progression towards karma.
From the BBC Spooks 'Aftermath' episode to some of @cstross's blog posts, drastic population reduction was seen as not just inevitable but necessary.
Of course, the billionaires would survive #climatechange. But this is an equalizer. twitter.com/mwiik/status/1…