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FAQ

Q: why not organize and stop treating the bus as a legitimate entity? why aren’t you working to stop the bus?

A: do both. cut the fuel line. break windows. put oatmeal in the gas tank. but maybe your efforts don’t succeed this election cycle. and if so don’t fucking throw away your vote if it can help your neighbors fucking survive. “harm reduction” is not a political strategy for action. it is a last minute, end of the line decision to save lives, after all other resources have been exhausted.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Then it should be easy for every voter to call for harm reduction.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's a pretty selfish thing to say. To borrow from the stupid metaphor, I don't want the driver to continue to run people over on the way to the ice cream parlor

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

The route to the cliff would run over way more people, and attempting to wrest control of a speeding bus is liable to hit even more. Why not vote for the ice cream place and make the avoidance of collisions a key priority? That seems like a safer option for everyone.