• WoodScientist@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    5 days ago

    I stand firmly by this statement: “Politics are never as good as they seem and they are never as bad as they seem.”

    That works until it doesn’t. “I assume neither side is actually a Hitler,” is a perfectly good heuristic, until one side actually goes and nominates a Hitler. Then that heuristic failures spectacularly and you end up electing a Hitler.