• reversebananimals@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    If your political opinion begins with “why don’t we just…” then its a bad political opinion.

    If we could just, we would have already just. If you think you’re the only one with the capacity to see a simple answer - newsflash, you’re not a political genius. Its you who doesn’t understand the complexity of the problem.

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      2 years ago

      I’ve always interpreted “why don’t we just X?” as a shorter way of expressing “I think I would like X. Is this a good idea? If not, why? If yes, what are the barriers to making it happen?”