I am no more frustrated with it than I am frustrated with my inability to take flight.

That is the system though. The world would be a better place if we had leaders not motivated by their self-interest. But those leaders don’t get into positions of power. So, they don’t functionally exist other than to pat themselves on the back for suffering for their principles in their own minds that effect zero change or progress. I don’t say it to be cynical, either. It’s just reality. There are only a handful of people throughout history who reached high enough levels of power to actual change things for the better that were actually willing to sacrifice themselves for their principles. And most of them suffered for it and the only reward they got was a legacy.

You are not punching anyone in the face. And telling other people they are lazy or bad for not pretending otherwise doesn’t make it anymore true that you are. You’re just someone shouting a lie at a person who is sick of being shouted at and wondering why no one is doing what you want them to do.

That’s the spirit!

It’s a good lesson. People who reach positions of power are only able to do so because they are motivated purely by their own self-interest. Keeping her position was in her self-interest. Even the people who appear on “your side” are only in that position for themselves. The higher they get the less incentive they have to make performative sacrificies. Which they all are. Always and forever.

I am middle aged with a bad back and gout. My ability to fight is pretty limited.

I doubt anyone here is doing anything to prevent that now though

John Garfield.

Already lost one president because of this belief so fingers crossed?

This is helpful. Thank you! It will make sense eventually but it’s very frustrating whenever I encounter something new and I can’t intuitively figure it out my own but that’s the price for it not being reddit, I imagine.

Oh Brilliant! Thank you for you patience! That seems to have worked. So if I add a “!” in the future that should work?

Yeah that was the one I tried to join but it said I couldn’t because only admins can create accounts. Unless I just don’t know what I am doing, which is totally plausible seeing as how I just joined Lemmy this morning.