[oblio]

This is the worst approach to politics. I would use harsher words.

Yes, people are corrupt. The world isn't binary. Some people are more corrupt than others.

Otherwise Argentina would be Germany and Brazil the US.

People matter and differences matter.

In politics a smart person chooses the lesser evil. Intelligent people don't vote saints, they vote for people that burn their house down less often.

[galactus]

> Some people are more corrupt than others. Otherwise Argenina would be Germany

did Argentina kill 6 million jews?

[oblio]

How do you even imagine I can reply to your comment?

In what universe was your comment a high quality comment? Especially for a place like HN.

[jack_pp]

politics is a classic double bind where the only winning move is not to play

[oblio]

Ah, you're a hobbit, I see?

https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcqo6lloZ41qgzdhjo15_r1_2...

"Keep your nose out of trouble and no trouble will come to you".

I used to be a hobbit, too, when I was 19.

It does NOT work. Politics is everywhere, we're social animals.

The only winning move is to do whatever we can to protect democracy and pick the least damaging idiot, and if we accidentally pick the most damaging idiot, get them out of power as quickly as we can.

[jack_pp]

and what has come of your new stance since you renounced being a hobbit?

I'm not a hobbit, I don't particularly stay out of trouble, I fight injustice where I can, practically. Following political narratives and having political arguments with other people who will take no action except vote does not bring real change.

Changing someone's political stance is nigh impossible, but even if you do manage to do it to a few people, they won't become zealots like you and propagate the change. You might need a couple hundred hours of discourse to change a single person's mind and in the grand scheme of things, 1-2 people are insignificant.

[oblio]

Online zealotry is just blowing off steam. True political action happens in real life and most of it is just mobilizing people to do what they know deep down is right but real life or laziness stop them from doing

And of course it can fail. But just saying "nothing works" and "everyone is the same" is even worse, it's just guaranteed loss.