• Snapz@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    No… I was obviously referring to you providing no support of your claim that this will have little/no impact. As others have rightly pointed out, this will impact about 100 million Americans for the next year+ at least. An EO is permission for government workers to do more. It’s guidance for regulatory agencies and lawyers to show teeth with the full support of the white house. It does mean something, it’s also not a magic pen and paper. But many are better off four-day than they were yesterday and hopefully that increases with time.

    Nobody claimed this was the one single and final fix for every one of the ills of society, but that seems to be the strawman you’re responding to.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve made no such claim…

      A meaningless gesture is a statement intended to make you feel better about the situation without solving the problem. You might also call it a symbolic gesture or a token gesture.

      All I’ve said here is it’s not enough.

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        1 year ago

        There is a HUGE delta between “meaningless” and “not enough”.

        You can attempt to spin all you’d like, but people can read your comments and draw their own conclusions.