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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by tbrownaw on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:18AM (#46478359)
> cannot apply consequentialism when the outcome is unknown

Can you not substitute the mean expected outcome where the factual outcome is not yet known?

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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by Sporktacular on Saturday January 03, 2026 @11:44AM (#46478690)
Not when you're claming the moral high ground and all you have is guesswork.
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Re:Venezuela's capital hit by explosions, smoke seen by LastTrain on Saturday January 03, 2026 @05:05PM (#46482181)
If you have the data, are extremely careful and build a coalition, maybe. This admin has done none of that and the answer if asked will be “eat shit”. Blows my fucking mind that there are apologists for this.
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