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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/28/25 11:38 AM, Stephen Guerin
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jan 28, 2025,
11:29 AM Marcus Daniels <<a
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">It
could be good for Trump to stay, because the
betrayal could be deeply demoralizing and
humiliating to his supporters. We may NEED this
damage. Thomas Friedman noticed a few weeks ago
that AI was going to be one of Trump’s risks:
More people rendered redundant. </span></p>
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<div dir="auto">Hoping Trump’s betrayal demoralizes his
supporters assumes they’ll internalize it rather than channel
their anger elsewhere, fueling further polarization.
Humiliation often radicalizes rather than reconciles,
deepening divides instead of healing them. While AI-driven
redundancy is a real challenge, it demands systemic solutions,
not reliance on a divisive figure. Banking on damage risks
amplifying long-term societal fractures.</div>
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<p>A member of this list may recognize themselves in this
anecdote. When I was first confronted with the very idea of
"liberal self loathing" I was confused in the same way a recent
statement caught my ear: "Those who chastise wokeness are folks
whose moral compass has been smashed and are angry because the
rest of us can still find our own North". I cherish my
"self-loathing". If I *didn't* question (as best I can or do) my
privilege and the consequences of it and the marginal acts I can
engage in to mitigate the worst of it's effects (be a little more
generous/kind/deferential to someone who might be suffering the
systemic biases I implicitely benefit from?).</p>
<p>"Darkest before Dawn"</p>
<p> Aphorismically yours,</p>
<p> - muh<br>
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