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Das Doak
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Gentleman adventurer, mostly decent bastard, only slightly pessimistic optimist. I ride bikes, tinker, program, and read way too much.
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Well, yeah; if it's an apartment then *those* people might move in. This ridiculously and overpriced monstrosity will obviously be purchased by people who aren't *those* people.

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Just providing an example of something that you can get that is an integrated one-and-done solution and doesn't require futzting about with wiring; DIY-ing it is going always going to be cheaper, but isn't necessarily as appealing to a bunch of people.

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If you want to go fancier - and just be ready for emergencies - you can look at European balcony solar systems. Often you can get the whole shebang of panels, inverter, and a small battery for only about a thousand euro - though you'll need an adapter for US plugs. uk.ecoflow.com/products/del...

EcoFlow DELTA Max Solar Generator (PV220W) - 1600 / 1 - EcoFlow UK
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And that's the difficult part; the devil generally has tons of money, perks, and easy living to offer to the coward making decisions; you need to counter that, either by showing that the benefits of what you want outweigh all of that, or by making the devil's stuff too toxic to touch.

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"Fighting them" is still the wrong framing; what you really need to do is fight *over* them. Think of your role like a shoulder angel in a cartoon; your job isn't to beat the morally questionable person making decisions - it's to beat the devil on the other shoulder.

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It also suggests something that the enemies construction doesn't; sometimes you need to neutralize external threats that the coward is afraid of for them to do what you want them to do.

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And, yeah, it doesn't feel great to be fighting for a "coward," but it feels a hell of a lot better than fighting for the lesser of two enemies.

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It's a similar in that defeating your enemy in the election is only the first part of accomplishing change, but it also gives a much better view of how to deal with the candidate once they're in office; your job there isn't to "fight" them, but to coerce them, which calls for different tactics.

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I prefer the cowards and enemies concept: some politicians are enemies; they will always oppose your goals. Others are cowards; they support your goals but will drop them if they think it's necessary to survive. Elect the cowards and make it as easy as possible for them to accomplish your goals.

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Das Doak
@dasdoak.bsky.social
Gentleman adventurer, mostly decent bastard, only slightly pessimistic optimist. I ride bikes, tinker, program, and read way too much.
22 followers273 following123 posts