~"American democracy has a fairly clear rule-set on making up new rules: tragedies are totally fair game. Conversely, for those who oppose the envisioned new rules, tragedies must be met with merely “thoughts and prayers” — lest they be “politicized” (i.e., become an item of political interest)."~
Who decides the rule-set?
Their name, address, social security number, family members...
~"In a democracy like the US, you’re pretty much free to do anything that isn’t outlawed."~
Dracon's Wager (or Solon's Wager) – eventually, you run out of things to outlaw, making life unbearable & prone to a spiral of ethical autocannibalism backed by law enforcement itself, public (police...) or subterfuge (intelligence agencies...).
This mentality is a letimotif why Europe is at a stalemate, using the confiscation powers of the purse (one's own money), to fines, to force shape-sifting behavioural changes, is equivalent to killing them without drawing blood. Legalized bloodletting, that kills silently, cowardly some might say.
Well, well, well, well, well... Where did this got Europe, and the rest of the world, into? How damaged in the head are the people of Europe alone with this purview?
Exactly, exactly.
~"Yes, Americans often disagree on what is a tragedy and what is not, with abortion being the prime example (“body autonomy” versus “murder”), and so those rule-set fights drag on and on (my entire lifetime, basically).
But just as important as ultimately solving the question of where my legitimate freedoms end when they bump up against your legitimate freedoms is to first identify and call out and thoroughly examine the tragedy at hand."~
This is an unfortunate side-effect inherited from the Old Continent/Old World™; of the various ideological fights of who can screw the other faster, quicker, and without noticing (nobility v. democracy; 1st born v. 2nd/nth born; roman catholicism v. reform; elitariat v. proletariat, pharaohs v. slaves; royalty v. freemasonry; etc.).
When you use the dialectic of power(s) to shape the world based upon your personal/familial problems, it becomes a literal competition of who can shape-shift reality (or issues) to a grandstanding that ignores the interests of the grandstand itself, more often than not harming it entirely.
To use your example, two politicians – one pro-abortion and one pro-natalist/deathism – are using the "debacle" because they want to influence their, more often than not, children's behaviour or personal relationships.
A pro-abortion politician is such because, due to fears of potential natural consequences, doesn't want/need an [un]official spouse and a kid, presumably.
A pro-life/death politician is such because, due to fears of potential natural consequences, doesn't want their kid (most often than not, daughters) to screw around and 'shame' the power daddy or and mommy is positioned at, to be perceived as gnawed because "daddy's/mommy's kiddo" couldn't be controlled in time. Control, yet again...
This power dialectic is why the world, not just the US alone, is how it is.
Instead of one, let it be all options.
But nah, due to power tripping reveleations, even that becomes a leninist "who, whom" death spiral, just because one hates the cut of their opponent(s) jib – and viceversa, eventually.
Are we happy with this power dialectic?
Are we really, not lying to ourselves about this tragedy of the commons' sense(s)?
~"But working in a factory where the owners are making good money and not taking sufficient care of their workers? Dying of cancer from pollution put into an environment by factory owners who know full well what they’re doing? It’s a simple test of what you can stomach, and that metaphor is entirely apt to a democracy — What we can collectively stomach.
If the collective wrongness of something hits you like a punch in the stomach, then new rules are both inevitable and good."~
Q.E.D.
~"Climate change, wished out of federal existence by Trump 2.0, is only going to stress our Union and its members that much more in coming years and decades, and, yeah, there is no more front-line state than Texas.
This is why Texas needs to seriously learn from this disaster. That’s the responsibility it undertakes whenever it takes in federal disaster-relief funds: the rest of us are paying Texas to know better and do better because nobody should have to die like that."~
Check the archives, very recent, these natural disasters were expected since May, if not late April: the 'Omega Block' weather pattern.
Texas sacrificed, to save democracy in the Middle East?
Again, back to the dialectic of power(s) fragment, just above. The more one uses the not liking the cut of one's jib, the deeper you too all end in the gutter, punching, dragging each n' everyone, deeper worse than gehenna.
In geopolitics, at least in Eastern Europe, we were advised to "not wash our national dirty clothes out in the open" in the bigger open forum at the EU level, some 15 years or so ago.
In the military, we had a saying: Regulations are written in blood. Unfortunately, that made a lot of sense.
~"American democracy has a fairly clear rule-set on making up new rules: tragedies are totally fair game. Conversely, for those who oppose the envisioned new rules, tragedies must be met with merely “thoughts and prayers” — lest they be “politicized” (i.e., become an item of political interest)."~
Who decides the rule-set?
Their name, address, social security number, family members...
~"In a democracy like the US, you’re pretty much free to do anything that isn’t outlawed."~
Dracon's Wager (or Solon's Wager) – eventually, you run out of things to outlaw, making life unbearable & prone to a spiral of ethical autocannibalism backed by law enforcement itself, public (police...) or subterfuge (intelligence agencies...).
This mentality is a letimotif why Europe is at a stalemate, using the confiscation powers of the purse (one's own money), to fines, to force shape-sifting behavioural changes, is equivalent to killing them without drawing blood. Legalized bloodletting, that kills silently, cowardly some might say.
Well, well, well, well, well... Where did this got Europe, and the rest of the world, into? How damaged in the head are the people of Europe alone with this purview?
Exactly, exactly.
~"Yes, Americans often disagree on what is a tragedy and what is not, with abortion being the prime example (“body autonomy” versus “murder”), and so those rule-set fights drag on and on (my entire lifetime, basically).
But just as important as ultimately solving the question of where my legitimate freedoms end when they bump up against your legitimate freedoms is to first identify and call out and thoroughly examine the tragedy at hand."~
This is an unfortunate side-effect inherited from the Old Continent/Old World™; of the various ideological fights of who can screw the other faster, quicker, and without noticing (nobility v. democracy; 1st born v. 2nd/nth born; roman catholicism v. reform; elitariat v. proletariat, pharaohs v. slaves; royalty v. freemasonry; etc.).
When you use the dialectic of power(s) to shape the world based upon your personal/familial problems, it becomes a literal competition of who can shape-shift reality (or issues) to a grandstanding that ignores the interests of the grandstand itself, more often than not harming it entirely.
To use your example, two politicians – one pro-abortion and one pro-natalist/deathism – are using the "debacle" because they want to influence their, more often than not, children's behaviour or personal relationships.
A pro-abortion politician is such because, due to fears of potential natural consequences, doesn't want/need an [un]official spouse and a kid, presumably.
A pro-life/death politician is such because, due to fears of potential natural consequences, doesn't want their kid (most often than not, daughters) to screw around and 'shame' the power daddy or and mommy is positioned at, to be perceived as gnawed because "daddy's/mommy's kiddo" couldn't be controlled in time. Control, yet again...
This power dialectic is why the world, not just the US alone, is how it is.
Instead of one, let it be all options.
But nah, due to power tripping reveleations, even that becomes a leninist "who, whom" death spiral, just because one hates the cut of their opponent(s) jib – and viceversa, eventually.
Are we happy with this power dialectic?
Are we really, not lying to ourselves about this tragedy of the commons' sense(s)?
~"But working in a factory where the owners are making good money and not taking sufficient care of their workers? Dying of cancer from pollution put into an environment by factory owners who know full well what they’re doing? It’s a simple test of what you can stomach, and that metaphor is entirely apt to a democracy — What we can collectively stomach.
If the collective wrongness of something hits you like a punch in the stomach, then new rules are both inevitable and good."~
Q.E.D.
~"Climate change, wished out of federal existence by Trump 2.0, is only going to stress our Union and its members that much more in coming years and decades, and, yeah, there is no more front-line state than Texas.
This is why Texas needs to seriously learn from this disaster. That’s the responsibility it undertakes whenever it takes in federal disaster-relief funds: the rest of us are paying Texas to know better and do better because nobody should have to die like that."~
Check the archives, very recent, these natural disasters were expected since May, if not late April: the 'Omega Block' weather pattern.
Texas sacrificed, to save democracy in the Middle East?
Again, back to the dialectic of power(s) fragment, just above. The more one uses the not liking the cut of one's jib, the deeper you too all end in the gutter, punching, dragging each n' everyone, deeper worse than gehenna.
In geopolitics, at least in Eastern Europe, we were advised to "not wash our national dirty clothes out in the open" in the bigger open forum at the EU level, some 15 years or so ago.
Bad/Self-harmful advice, or...?
You are cooking!
Texas does not have to seriously learn from this disaster, Tom. It has to do top willfully unlearning lessons learned yeats ago.