case posts up an article. i respond that it's pointless because it doesn't take the broader issues into account or offer any solutions.

case's knee jerk reaction to anything which isn't a direct cosign is to insinuate that folk don't get it. doesn't address my points at all just says you don't get it, despite the fact that my post makes it very clear that i do get it.

my response is sarcasm which also makes it pretty clear i get it and exemplifies again that i do get the point but think it's too narrow to really address the problem. but that goes over case's head because again it's not a complete cosign.

again he fails to address the issues but rather plays into my sarcasm because that's the only thing he probably understood. so i further illustrate what i see as being one issue, and ask how economics translate into political power without a common value base.

again completely over his head so his reaction is that now i'm the cause of the problem, get this, because i'm the reason we're not using our economic power correctly. so i further illustrate the problems of reducing the issue to economic power as political power. even offer him the opportunity to present a solution based off of how he's representing the issue.

but rather than presenting a solution he tells me i'm living on the margins of exaggeration. i don't even know what that means. so i ask him to explain it. he provides some gibberish. i restate his gibberish as questions to clarify his meaning, and he tells me i'm speaking gibberish.

now he's saying that my problem is i'm negative and offer no solutions, not realizing that the lack of solutions comes from the framing of the problem, which goes back to my original critique of the article.

now a relevant question is why do i bother? shit why'd i even bother this play by play? i do wonder sometimes, but i guess its the thought that if case can come around to see the broader scope of the problem rather than consuming the age old talking points that don't do much to help, well then maybe we may be on the road to progress.

perhaps my snarky tone defeats that purpose in some regard, but i've had enough convo's with case to know that even if i remove the snark from my tone he'll still resist if it's not a cosign. but i don't know, i'll probably keep at it next post because i have hope for us, though i'm probably shooting myself in the foot because case will just use this post to say i'm stalking him or something which will lead to only more dismissiveness.

again, why do i bother?


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