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593 points geox | 2 comments | 02 Jul 25 21:10 UTC | HN request time: 0.558s | source
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nektro ◴[03 Jul 25 00:14 UTC] No.44450235[source]▶
i think what contributes the most to my sense of dread is the feeling that if you were to tell these decision makers in govt right now "but this'll kill people!" they'd respond "good"
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jmholla ◴[03 Jul 25 00:33 UTC] No.44450356[source]▶
They don't care about people. Senator Joni Ernst when told that people would die due from the spending bill responded with, "Well, we are all going to die."
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1. mandeepj ◴[03 Jul 25 01:07 UTC] No.44450577[source]▶
> Senator Joni Ernst when told that people would die due from the spending bill responded with, "Well, we are all going to die." reply

Well, how many times has she seen a doctor in her life so far? Of course, more than one. Then, why did she do that if she is eventually going to die one day?

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2. rescripting ◴[03 Jul 25 01:43 UTC] No.44450798[source]▶
Because she doesn’t see herself as “one of them”.

She is the living embodiment of the Lord Farquaad meme: “Some of you are going to die, but that’s a risk I’m willing to take”