• NoneOfUrBusiness
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    12 days ago

    No, you’re the one gambling democracy because Trump winning right now would guarantee an attack on all the institutions we have in place to try and maintain democracy in the US.

    That’s not what I meant when I said gambling democracy. Lemme just…

    In statistics, gambler’s ruin is the fact that a gambler playing a game with negative expected value will eventually go bankrupt, regardless of their betting system.

    If you, on average, lose democracy every election, then you need to change the game you’re playing or you’ll eventually arrive at bankruptcy (aka fascism), and I don’t see anyone talking about changing the game. It’s all avoid Trump but yeah, then what?

    • @[email protected]
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      2 days ago

      I get what you meant but what you’re proposing is just losing democracy all at once vs bit by bit. At least one option gives us more time to find a solution. This isn’t just a philosophical question for a lot of people, maybe it can be for you and that’s great, I’m glad you aren’t concerned about a Trump presidency.