tokeless wrote: Did you know, poor people voted for Boris Johnson because…That's how easy it's become to manipulate people.
Did you know poor people voted for Jeremy Corbyn, because [insert all the factual, counter talking points you like].
Agreed. It’s easy to manipulate people.
Still, people are often only given the option to vote for piece of garbage #1 or piece of garbage #2. Plenty of people vote for #1 over #2 because they see them as a lesser evil. Corbyn’s platform is a big steaming pile of s#@t, but like you said, it’s easy to manipulate people. After all, look at Boris’ platform of s@#$.
And this game can be played all day long. We can go back and forth pointing out the strengths of one, placing those few strengths on a pedestal and sweeping all the garbage under the rug. But, at the end of the day they are politicians that want power, so they all end up selling themselves for votes.
As I said, and will repeat again... I chose to get the vaccine. If you, or anyone else doesn't want it, I am fine with that. That doesn't make me passive, accepting or complicit... it's a choice, pure and simple.
I’m not talking about just the vaccine and your personal choice. I think we agree on this.
I guess what keeps popping in my mind is the kids that were on the beach being fined for breaking a public health mandate. I got the feeling you felt that they should have just complied. For me, the same as the vaccine is a personal choice, so is it a personal choice how a person deals with all of these mandates.
I think we agree there is personal accountability. But personal accountability does not necessarily mean to just comply, obey, and pay the fines, etc. It means acknowledging the risk you take when you behave in ways that go against those in power. If I’m a kid on the beach, I’m not just going silently.