I’m a conservative. I don’t mind the liberal stuff here. It’s good to learn the other side, but I don’t want a liberal echo chamber. I’d like to be more politically balanced in the fediverse. Is there any way I can do that?

  • iByteABit [he/him]@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You seem like a reasonable guy, so I’ll try to explain why I heavily disagree with some of these.

    • Billionaires should exist

      I get the whole “they earned their money fairly” argument, but I can never justify morally the act of having more money than you, your children and grandchildren can ever know how to spend. Try to visualize a bit how much a billion is, it’s a disgusting amount of money for a single person when you can spend them to help others in a meaningful way, like investing in healthcare to make it accessible for example.

    • People involved in abortions should consider the life of the fetus

      Think of the common situations where people use abortion. It’s usually young people who are not in a position to raise a child, people who are a bad couple or not even a couple to begin with, that aren’t suitable to raise a child together, poor people that can’t afford to raise a child properly, and cases where the fetus has a life altering problem.

    In all of these cases, you are prioritizing a fetus over the whole life of a person who will grow up much much worse than an average child.

    People involved in abortions should consider the life of the mother

    Isn’t this a conflicting view with the other one? Which one should you prioritize if the mother is too young to bear a child, the mother who is a grown person with memories, hopes and dreams, a personality, a family etc., or the fetus which doesn’t really perceive anything that’s going on at the moment?

    • Climate change is only going to affect coastal areas in a lot of years

    Have you not seen what’s going on all around the world? Fires everywhere, whirlwinds, floods, all more common than they have ever been. And are you willing to bet that it’s not going to become even worse as it goes on? Because I’m willing to bet that if we don’t fix it very very soon, then climate migrations, wars and famine might even be close enough for us or our children to experience.