the perfect be the enemy of the good. Incrementalism
That’s an excellent point - it is absurd to talk in terms of “I can’t support Joe Biden because there are still items on my progressive wish list where he isn’t a clear enough improvement over the historical norm.” The fact that he’s objectively a huge step forward as pertains to climate change / student loans / marijuana legalization / etc, is a good reason to vote for him for as long as he’s a clear improvement (over the norm, let alone over the horrifying alternative in this particular election). While yes obviously continuing to work to move things forward towards real continued progress because we need more on top of that.
It’s a good point, and I’m glad you brought it up.
Nice attempt to reframe, but I was talking about how you ostensibly oppose rescheduling cannabis because it doesn’t pardon state crimes, but actually oppose it because it might lessen the disruption to the minority communities that the racist drug war was designed to disrupt.
Far as I’m concerned, you’re not only letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, you’re doing so because you oppose the good.
That’s an excellent point - it is absurd to talk in terms of “I can’t support Joe Biden because there are still items on my progressive wish list where he isn’t a clear enough improvement over the historical norm.” The fact that he’s objectively a huge step forward as pertains to climate change / student loans / marijuana legalization / etc, is a good reason to vote for him for as long as he’s a clear improvement (over the norm, let alone over the horrifying alternative in this particular election). While yes obviously continuing to work to move things forward towards real continued progress because we need more on top of that.
It’s a good point, and I’m glad you brought it up.
Nice attempt to reframe, but I was talking about how you ostensibly oppose rescheduling cannabis because it doesn’t pardon state crimes, but actually oppose it because it might lessen the disruption to the minority communities that the racist drug war was designed to disrupt.
Far as I’m concerned, you’re not only letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, you’re doing so because you oppose the good.