I was arguing with a guy who claimed Africa’s poverty is to be blamed on the people of Africa because Europe has according to him left it alone for over 100 years now. He then hit me with the line ‘Capitalism isn’t a political system’.
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Debating online is probably more often than not, not worth it if your goal is to bring about political change but as you alluded to it can be of personal benefit, for a variety of reasons really.
It can also simply be kind of fun too lol. I try not to think too much about it and just be myself and keep in mind that something may come out of this that is not apparent, like a lot of little things can lead to big things - Debate 1000 unimportant, dumb weirdos and maybe you can out-debate some important not so dumb weirdo one day 🧐
Yeah I’m still on here writing loooong comments and replies (this is an alt account because my main instance is down half the time) and def learn a lot from other users as long as we can keep it good faith. It’s fun and challenging to have to like support a contentious point, and usually interesting to see how people respond. I wish I was as prolific of a writer as I was a commenter, but I have a hard time staying on topic in my writing and seeing my point through to the end as when I’m like talking to someone trying to get my point across.