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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by marginalia_nu on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:00AM (#34529785)
And my answer is that it doesn't matter. Right or wrong doesn't exist in international politics.

Do I want this to be the state of affairs? No. Can I change it? No. So it doesn't matter.

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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by MrOwnPut on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:04AM (#34529809)
If all voters felt that way democracy would fall because no-one would do anything.

So why comment in the first place if you think it doesn't matter?

What I think is... your thought was challenged so you backpedalled then just gave up and said the topic "didn't matter".

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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by marginalia_nu on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:07AM (#34529823)
> So why comment in the first place if you think it doesn't matter?

To show how it doesn't matter.

> What I think is... your thought was challenged so you backpedalled then just gave up and said the topic "didn't matter".

You know, what you think also doesn't matter.

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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by MrOwnPut on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:11AM (#34529852)
> To show how it doesn't matter.

It's counterproductive to talk about something that doesn't matter to you.

> You know, what you think also doesn't matter.

That's subjective. And it mattered enough for you to reply, and for countless others to read, and for me to write.

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Re:Mexico cracks down on solar geoengineering by marginalia_nu on Thursday January 26, 2023 @05:12AM (#34529862)
The discussion about what matters matters, even if the subject itself doesn't matter. It is perhaps the most important category of discussion. If we don't know what matters, how can we put our time to good use?
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