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  • So wait, what things make me a pathetic coward?

    It’s not the fact that you don’t have power, it’s the how you’d yield it if you had it. Because even if you’d have power, you’d be too scared to yield it. Want to prove me wrong? Answer me this: How do you think global warming should be solved? Or outline how society could be improved in general? Up to now, you only told me how you’d not solve global warming. Only told me of things you’d avoid doing. Show me some things you’d do if you had power of an absolutist monarch.


  • I’m judging you based on what you wrote about your position, which is all I do know about you, as well as what you chose to broadcast about yourself. And you paint yourself as a pathetic coward. You’re absolutely pathetic, even without comparing you to anybody else.

    Should we stop pumping oil right this very minute? Do you think the world will be ready by 2050 to effectivly ban the sale of fossil fuel? We are yet to globally REDUCE carbon emissions, we’ve only decelerated so far and by a tiny amount. We are no where near ready to make the change. Unless you are willing to cause a massacre by shutting off the oil wells?

    And a big reason why we, as a species, have not made any progress on that front, is because of cowardice. Decisions are being made by people who stand to profit from fossil fuels, or are too scared of the economic consequences of combating fossil fuel dependency. Even though the transition itself would help mitigate those consequences, e.g. new jobs created for green energy development would offset jobs loss due to the necessary structural change.

    I want things to be better, you’re right. And we all play a part in improving it. Right now I actually work in solar power infanstructure, is that pathetic? I vote against fossil fuels, and I am happy my country is cutting off gas and forcing people to be more electric.

    Individual action, while laudable, will not help without systemic change, which you are too scared to advocate for.


  • It sort of looks like you’re broadly supportive of progressive causes, but don’t support progressives in the actual “battles” that are being “fought”. The clearest example is you being “Pro climate policies”, but “against fossil fuel bans”. Basically, you want things to get better, but you don’t want things to be done to make them better. You want peace and quiet more than you progress, and you’re willing to cede basically all current issues to regressives in order get it. Of course, if regressives win, they’ll just want something else. And you’ll cede that to them too.

    In summary: you’re pathetic.







  • You’re conflating copyright infringement with plagiarism. Copyright infringement is if you reproduce somebody else’s copyrighted work in violation of their exclusive privilege to it, and plagiarism is if you disguise somebody else’s work as your own. If I write fanfic were Han Solo and Lando Carrisian make out, I’m infringing of copyright, If I present “A New Hope” as my own original work, I’m committing plagiarism. In fact, in the latter case, if I claimed it was new work, I’d be committing plagiarism even if I were George Lucas. Disguising your old work as new is self plagiarism.

    Copyright can be bought and sold, and licenses can be issued. For plagiarism consent of the original author doesn’t matter. Basically, infringing on copyright is violating some legal privileges the state grants to authors, plagiarism is stealing authorship.