Striker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agoThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down146
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1imageThere's no money for education and health care but they'll always find some for war.lemmy.worldStriker@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square82fedilink
minus-squarejjjalljs@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI think it’s sometimes called Murc’s law. Part of it is blaming Democrats for things, but when Republicans are huge assholes accepting it as like just a force of nature. So like, democrats fail to pass a law to such and such. That framing ignores that Republicans took action to foil it. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/03/andrew-gelman-on-murcs-law talks about it a little. Or https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/
minus-squarelolcatnip@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAh, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.
I think it’s sometimes called Murc’s law.
Part of it is blaming Democrats for things, but when Republicans are huge assholes accepting it as like just a force of nature.
So like, democrats fail to pass a law to such and such. That framing ignores that Republicans took action to foil it.
https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/03/andrew-gelman-on-murcs-law talks about it a little. Or https://whereofonecanspeak.com/2023/03/02/youve-probably-never-heard-of-murcs-law-but-youve-seen-it-in-action-lots-of-times/
Ah, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.