▲ 103 ▼ Nasa unveils next steps to build permanent Moon base (www.bbc.com) submitted 4 months ago by Lemmynated@lemmy.zip to c/world@quokk.au 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] radiofreebc@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (2 children) Stop with the doomerism, it's not helping anyone. Yes, he probably intends that. But assuming he's already won makes it easier for him to actually win. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Obligatory reminder that he's not even eligible to run! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Correct. And yes, he's likely at least thinking about trying to make some rule changes or pulling some sort of shenanigans to get himself on the ballot anyway. But if we expect that to happen, it makes it all the more likely that he will, and that it'll succeed. Treating his victory as fait accompli just normalizes his abnormal behavior. It's a form of obeying in advance. We have to remain flabbergasted and horrified at his actions so that we can react to them correctly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago (2 children) Stop with the doomerism, it's not helping anyone. Yes, he probably intends that. But assuming he's already won makes it easier for him to actually win. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Obligatory reminder that he's not even eligible to run! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Correct. And yes, he's likely at least thinking about trying to make some rule changes or pulling some sort of shenanigans to get himself on the ballot anyway. But if we expect that to happen, it makes it all the more likely that he will, and that it'll succeed. Treating his victory as fait accompli just normalizes his abnormal behavior. It's a form of obeying in advance. We have to remain flabbergasted and horrified at his actions so that we can react to them correctly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Obligatory reminder that he's not even eligible to run! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Correct. And yes, he's likely at least thinking about trying to make some rule changes or pulling some sort of shenanigans to get himself on the ballot anyway. But if we expect that to happen, it makes it all the more likely that he will, and that it'll succeed. Treating his victory as fait accompli just normalizes his abnormal behavior. It's a form of obeying in advance. We have to remain flabbergasted and horrified at his actions so that we can react to them correctly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago Correct. And yes, he's likely at least thinking about trying to make some rule changes or pulling some sort of shenanigans to get himself on the ballot anyway. But if we expect that to happen, it makes it all the more likely that he will, and that it'll succeed. Treating his victory as fait accompli just normalizes his abnormal behavior. It's a form of obeying in advance. We have to remain flabbergasted and horrified at his actions so that we can react to them correctly. permalink fedilink source parent