• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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    social umbrellas

    Treat the symptoms not the cause

    support all wars against bullies because pacifism does nothing to stop them otherwise.

    Simplify geopolitics into “bullies”, support the actions of NATO/US as though they’re not “bullies”

    Pretty much liberal yeah

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      Treat the symptoms not the cause

      Treat both. They usually give you a painkiller while setting your bones.

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        Wait until they find out that there’s a ton of “we don’t know what the underlying cause is” and “we don’t have a cure for that yet” in medicine. In which case you have to do your best treating the symptoms – which is also true outside of the world of medicine.

        Sometimes a temporary fix buys you time to do it right. Sometimes a perfect or even “really good” solution isn’t feasible for myriad reasons: so you do the best with what you have.

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          It’s just such a stupid false dichotomy. Give the man the fish and teach him to fish. It’s a lot easier to learn on a full stomach.

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            You expect leftists to do anything but idly daydream about the day that a socialist revolution finally and magically falls into their laps?

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      Treat the symptoms not the cause

      I definitely prefer my symptoms being treated while waiting to get the cure

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      Treat the symptoms not the cause.

      You’ll find that almost all liberals also want to treat the cause, but they are blocked at every step by conservatives and centrists.