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Old 09-18-2021, 11:30 PM
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example: the lifeboat scenario. You have a lifeboat with a set capacity (analogy for resources)
there is no set capacity
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Old 09-18-2021, 11:36 PM
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there is no set capacity
Yes, just as surely nor is there unlimited capacity. Where the limit is set is always going to be somewhat ambiguous

Also, I know that my analogy can be flipped as a pro-choice argument since abortions are partly due to the perception that adoption centers have limited resources as well

That’s fair. But pro-lifers see a direction connection with a death from abortion far moreso than the indirect connection of a death from a slight cut to a social safety net. For one, these are adults who may not have been born into the easiest life but have had basic rights and opportunities that all Americans get, and may not have made the best choices. Ultimately, we can only do so much to protect people from the results of their choices as adults. Also, while cuts could result in deaths, what also happens is other services begin to take on that need. For example, in every major city there are food banks which give away food donated from grocery stores that is approaching its sticker date. If cuts are made to something such as food stamps, food banks bear the burden of extra demand. It’s not always a “well cuts were made to food stamps so now people are going to starve and die” scenario
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Old 09-18-2021, 11:39 PM
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That’s fair. But pro-lifers see a direction connection with a death from abortion far moreso than the indirect connection of a death from a slight cut to a social safety net. For one, these are adults who may not have been born into the easiest life but have had basic rights and opportunities that all Americans get, and may not have made the best choices. Ultimately, we can only do so much to protect people from the results of their choices as adults. Also, while cuts could result in deaths, what also happens is other services begin to take on that need. For example, in every major city there are food banks which give away food donated from grocery stores that is approaching its sticker date. If cuts are made to something such as food stamps, food banks bear the burden of extra demand. It’s not always a “well cuts were made to food stamps so now people are going to starve and die” scenario
TL;DR Republicans are only pro-life if you're a fetus.
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Old 09-18-2021, 11:42 PM
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TL;DR Republicans are only pro-life if you're a fetus.
Exactly. They actually celebrate possible deaths from safety net cuts. You’d know this if you came to some of our White Supremacy meetings. They make snuff films out of them
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Old 09-19-2021, 12:33 AM
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TL;DR Republicans are only pro-life if you're a fetus.
Funny thing is, if you aren't pro life for a fetus how can you really be pro life? Because you know that's where it starts. Hard to live if you've never lived, that make sense?
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Funny thing is, if you aren't pro life for a fetus how can you really be pro life? Because you know that's where it starts. Hard to live if you've never lived, that make sense?
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Capitalism go brr
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Old 09-19-2021, 12:08 AM
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Capitalism go brr
Let’s hope so. I’m rooting for it, because it’s up against a giant

The second graph only goes to 2017, but I doubt that projected downward slope happened especially post 2020 heh
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