• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Idk, man. Finland has been posting some Ls recently. The Orpo Cabinet is all about those tax cuts, business-friendly deregulations, big new military spending budgets, and tighter restrictions on immigration.

    Basically doing Reaganism, Finnish style.

  • Melllvar@startrek.website
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    8 months ago

    Of all the things you could reasonably criticize the US over, wheelchair accessibility ain’t one of them. Especially compared to Europe.

    • query@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I thought the idea was that Republicans are actively working on destroying what has been working fine and is benefitting lots of people, not just on preventing more progress.

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      8 months ago

      On the other hand, disallowin wheelchair ramps because there are not mentioned in the Bible would be a very American move.

    • ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      It’s purposefully hyperbolic to illustrate a point. You think that Finland is seriously making all ice cream free?

      I would not be the least bit surprised if all the Abbotts and Thomases and Trumps and Desantises (Desanti?) announced tomorrow that they would no longer be supporting the ADA’s immoral drain on commercial profits governmental budgets.

      And before someone points it out, gutting a system that he has personally benefited from to fuck over Texans is exactly the kind of thing Abbott would do.

      • Melllvar@startrek.website
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        8 months ago

        My point is that it’s not a good illustration.

        Just read through some of the responses I’ve gotten. Some people think it’s a good illustration because it’s very plausible. Some because it’s not at all plausible.

        I’m saying it’s not a good illustration because it’s not at all plausible.

        • blind3rdeye@lemm.ee
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          8 months ago

          I don’t think it makes much difference whether or not it is plausible. It’s just trying to communicate a message. I guess it has to be plausible enough that a reader can understand what it is even talking about; but not so plausible that the reader is led to believe this specific case is actually happening.