You: has a very reasonable take

Lemmy: downvotes

Ok, grumpy bear.

Meh. What flavor is the milkshake? Will having the milkshake even make life better for anyone?

Odd.

Agreed.

Legend.

That comment was fun. Kinda typically a bit of a snarky comment, but really came off as nice and wholesome in context.

Don't know why you were downvoted here..

Their response is not irrational. They feel unrepresented by the system, so they would rather let it fall to pieces and fight, if it comes to that.

The difference is that you wish to win, following the rules of the game. They want to change the game. Perhaps your method will work, perhaps it won't. But letting it escalate will definitely bring change. Perhaps it will be change they end up hating. Perhaps it'll be what they want. Either way, things change. Implicit abuses of authority are hard to fight unless you have a solid bead on the issues. Explicit abuses of authority at least give you a target - and if things have gotten to the point of war, you can actually shoot at that target.

In any case, rationality is often the enemy of action. A thousand people waiting until they have the definitively right direction end up doing little. A thousand people with a rough idea of what they want, and willing to take action, win, lose, or draw, will get things done.

This relates to the whole "reality-based community" issue.

But.. but.. ..they want to ride the hate train, and you're interfering with reason.

Most magic users.

Give him some slack. He doesn't like it, and so he feels unsafe, and would rather not have to think about danger at all.

Now that we're human, we've evolved beyond such things as danger, personal responsibility, right to self defense, etc.

/s, in case that isn't clear to anyone.