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A Boring Dystopia

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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/

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, I see. I thought you were disagreeing with me.