2020 US General Election Thread VI: Covid for VP!

[Gormwood]

I agree.

Let us pursue accelerationism to the max.

Oh, didn't know you were also a doomsday prepper.

[Northern Davincia]

Let us pursue accelerationism to the max.

Oh, didn't know you were also a doomsday prepper.

I envy them greatly, but the modern age is decaying already. Why delay the inevitable?

[Gormwood]

Oh, didn't know you were also a doomsday prepper.

I envy them greatly, but the modern age is decaying already. Why delay the inevitable?

Only three kinds of people want society to collapse immediately. Those who fantasize they'll be part of the inner circle of what rises from the wreckage, those who fantasize about being a post-apocalyptic warlord, and those who fantasize about being the Joker without having to worry about a Batman caving their faces in.

[Northern Davincia]

I envy them greatly, but the modern age is decaying already. Why delay the inevitable?

Only three kinds of people want society to collapse immediately. Those who fantasize they'll be part of the inner circle of what rises from the wreckage, those who fantasize about being a post-apocalyptic warlord, and those who fantasize about being the Joker without having to worry about a Batman caving their faces in.

Don't be silly, we can be all three.

[Telconi]

Only three kinds of people want society to collapse immediately. Those who fantasize they'll be part of the inner circle of what rises from the wreckage, those who fantasize about being a post-apocalyptic warlord, and those who fantasize about being the Joker without having to worry about a Batman caving their faces in.

Don't be silly, we can be all three.

Or none.

[Kowani]

This is what’s called an oversimplification to the point of lying.
You see, the recession of 1937 happened under FDR-because he started listening to the free-marketeers and small government types, and instituted autarky. When he stopped listening to them, the second recession ended. Would you like t’try again?

Meddling in the market is not exactly listening to free-marketeers. Causation and correlation tend to be separate things.

I’ve never understood how people can look at the Depression, see a misstep by the Treasury Department, and then miss the entire rest of the New Deal.

[Valrifell]

Oh, didn't know you were also a doomsday prepper.

I envy them greatly, but the modern age is decaying already. Why delay the inevitable?

An argument in favor of suicide.

[Telconi]

I envy them greatly, but the modern age is decaying already. Why delay the inevitable?

An argument in favor of suicide.

If the future is worse than death, it's distinctly possible that death is the answer.

[Valrifell]

An argument in favor of suicide.

If the future is worse than death, it's distinctly possible that death is the answer.

The annihilation of the self is the worst thing that can happen to someone.

[Telconi]

If the future is worse than death, it's distinctly possible that death is the answer.

The annihilation of the self is the worst thing that can happen to someone.

Society seems to disagree.

[Northern Davincia]

I envy them greatly, but the modern age is decaying already. Why delay the inevitable?

An argument in favor of suicide.

If the social order is beyond repair, it is virtuous to cast it off. The Founders understood this, modern Americans do not.

[Cisairse]

Oh, didn't know you were also a doomsday prepper.

I envy them greatly, but the modern age is decaying already. Why delay the inevitable?

I head this line in a Roger Waters album somewhere...

[Shrillland]

The polls are now closed, and counting won't begin until next Monday. In the meantime, the Alaska Primary ends on Friday, but with nothing downballot.

[True Refuge]

FDR prolonged the Depression and botched the response so badly that another recession occurred in 1937.

I rarely see criticisms of the New Deal paired with the proper alternative. At first glance Hoover's initial response appeared to be wholly insufficient, and even the initial stimulus packages that he suggested (which were considerably better than nothing at all, of course) faced stern opposition in Congress.

What was the proper course of action when faced with a collapsing banking system?

[The Black Forrest]

FDR prolonged the Depression and botched the response so badly that another recession occurred in 1937.

I rarely see criticisms of the New Deal paired with the proper alternative. At first glance Hoover's initial response appeared to be wholly insufficient, and even the initial stimulus packages that he suggested (which were considerably better than nothing at all, of course) faced stern opposition in Congress.

What was the proper course of action when faced with a collapsing banking system?

Silly. The free market fixes everything. Including itself.

[Shrillland]

The Presidential Primary is officially over. Sanders has dropped out.

[Thermodolia]

Biden now officially the democratic nominee, and with that Trump has just won re-election

[Galloism]

Biden now officially the democratic nominee, and with that Trump has just won re-election

Congratulations Mr. Trump, on your reelection.

Good game, no rematch.

[Valrifell]

Biden now officially the democratic nominee, and with that Trump has just won re-election

I don't know why folks on the left (economically) are so eager to declare defeat just because it's not Sanders.

Biden's not ideal but, I, for one, am willing to play to the consequentialist argument and say that Biden would be better than Trump.

[Valrifell]

So many fatalists in this thread.

[Crockerland]

Biden now officially the democratic nominee, and with that Trump has just won re-election

No refunds. Hope Bernie enjoys his next new mansion.

[Shrillland]

Biden now officially the democratic nominee, and with that Trump has just won re-election

I don't know why folks on the left (economically) are so eager to declare defeat just because it's not Sanders.

Biden's not ideal but, I, for one, am willing to play to the consequentialist argument and say that Biden would be better than Trump.

A rotten pineapple would be better than Trump as I see it, but a lot of people don't think Biden can win. All Biden really has to do now is hammer home how badly mishandled this whole plague affair has been, and people will ignore the rest. They ignored the rest with Reagan in 1980.

[Pilipinas and Malaya]

Aaaand Sanders is gone. Hopefully the demonstration of how the US government gets more people to turn out at the polls and vote Biden. Not a lot of people are satisfied with the Trump administration’s response to the outbreak.

I really, really hope Sanders gets a cabinet position.

[Thermodolia]

Biden now officially the democratic nominee, and with that Trump has just won re-election

I don't know why folks on the left (economically) are so eager to declare defeat just because it's not Sanders.

Biden's not ideal but, I, for one, am willing to play to the consequentialist argument and say that Biden would be better than Trump.

Honestly to further my goals Trump should win in a near landslide, with nearly all of congress going red.

Then more on the left will come to conclusion that democracy won’t fix shit and lead to a revolution

[Impaled Nazarene]

So Sanders has COVID19 or they found some serious dirt on him.