• ricecake@sh.itjust.works
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    9 months ago

    I was more saying we seem to have different definitions of “real power”. You’re not wrong that they have influence, but the influence they have doesn’t seem like “dictator level” power. Simple disagreement of terms.

    Given the context of someone asking “is it good the man has cancer”, people disagreeing with “there’s no real reason to want him to have cancer, so no” are easily mistaken as suggesting that maybe it is good he has cancer.

    • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      “real power” to me, is being able to make the government craft legislation that suits you. I can’t do that, can you?