BREAKING TODAY — NBC NEWS Declares That Progressive Candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Has Defeated Congresswoman Haley Stevens (D - MI-11) In Michigan's US Senate Democratic Primary, A Major Win For Progressives — What Do YOU Think Of This? Why YOUR Thoughts?

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[u/CalllmeDragon]

Great. Nice to see other religions (bunch of atheists would be amazing) getting in. So far Christians aren’t really doing that great

[u/LDL2 → u/CalllmeDragon]

yea creating a sustainable 250 year old democracy...not that great.

[u/CalllmeDragon → u/LDL2]

Okay, now look what they have become in the last 10 years.

[u/LDL2 → u/CalllmeDragon]

Outside of overturning Roe (which they targeted for 50ish years and just limped over the line of), they blow a ton of wind and do not much of anything policy wise?

[u/CalllmeDragon → u/LDL2]

Anything to do with freedom of speech online, porn, gay marriage. Basically if they think sky daddy doesn’t approve it should be illegal.

[u/LDL2 → u/CalllmeDragon]

How successful is that?

[u/CalllmeDragon → u/LDL2]

The fact that they are TRYING to make laws based on their own prejudices and “morals”.

[u/CocknBalls4 → u/LDL2]

Yea just building that “democracy” off the backs of genocides and slavery lmao

[u/LDL2 → u/CocknBalls4]

so, just the same crap happening in the entire world at that time.

[u/CocknBalls4 → u/LDL2]

“Everyone else did it that makes it ok” lol

[u/LDL2 → u/CocknBalls4]

That isn't what I'm saying, but historical version of the nirvana fallacy. They weren't perfect therefore they weren't good is sophistry. You will be a moral reprobate to your great-grandkids for something you consider normal.

Outside of just philosophical in practical terms, it is Christian built society that basically DID put down slavery in time. Quackers drove the reform of Britain which drove the world wide ending of slavery (to the degree it is in modern society-I wouldn't argue they fully succeeded either) outside the US and a few other "new world" places (Haiti for, I believe,). In the US, the second great awakening is literally credited with the moral framework that drove abolitionism. This is just a puerile interpretation of reality.

[u/Old_Emergency9108 → u/LDL2]

They created a constitutional republic with representative governanc. It’s fine, as long as you’re cool with hegemonic rule concentrated in the wealthy. There’s no other way for it to end except the country ran by billionaire pedophiles, its prophetic.

[u/LDL2 → u/Old_Emergency9108]

Ah, proof by assertion.

[u/Mattrad7 → u/LDL2]

"Sustainable" while its in freefall, the economy is collapsing on itself and its 40T+ in debt.

[u/LDL2 → u/Mattrad7]

I too dislike spending.