ID: WookieeMark @EvilGenXer posted:

"OK so look, Capitalism is right wing.

Period.

If you are pro-capitalism, you are Right Wing.

There is no pro-capitalist Left. That’s a polite fiction in the US that no one can afford any longer as the ecosystem is actually collapsing around us."

  • shrugs@lemmy.world
    24·
    6 days ago

    Everyone is so eager to upheld their extreme positions, that the real work, that need to happen in the middle, by people that work together and are willing to compromise, never gets done.

    To be honest, I stopped paying attention years ago. The negative effects of getting pissed by all that stupid shit going on far outweighs the positive change I am able to create. I can’t even be sure that my point of view is right. Why even bother…

    Ignorance sure can be bliss.

    • ShareMySims@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      33·
      6 days ago

      Ignorance sure can be bliss.

      If you’re privileged enough, meanwhile your ignorance and apathy impact those of us who aren’t so lucky.

      As for

      the real work, that need to happen in the middle, by people that work together and are willing to compromise, never gets done.

      I wonder why that might be…

      don't be the asshole in the middle

      • shrugs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        5 days ago

        If you could just understand that creating the narrative of you against them doesn’t help at all. Don’t you see how you are pushing everyone away that doesn’t think the same as you?

        Now I am the asshole too. What a joke…

      • phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        6 days ago

        A compromise wouldn’t be between the extremists on one side and the rationalists on the other.
        It would be between the rationalists on both sides.

        And being a centrist doesn’t mean you take the exact middle point between two extremists on every issue anyway.

        It’s about weighing up the pros and cons of both arguments, and deciding on a solution that minimises the cons of each side.

          • phlegmy@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            5 days ago

            That’s clearly not a rational view.
            There are extremists and rational people on both sides of the political spectrum, and most rational people don’t associate with the extremists.

            Bucketing everyone who doesn’t share the same views as you into the same group as the extremists is just a way to feel right about your own beliefs.

            “There’s no point trying to reason with the monsters on the other side, they believe [extremist view]!”

            This isn’t a personal attack, both sides do it, and it’s a very common mindset in echo-chambers like lemmy.
            I just don’t think it’s a productive way of thinking.