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The liberal ideology predominant in the US that voting for the Democratic Party will eventually yield progressive results, thus enabling so called progressives to take no action to achieve aforementioned progress.
“I am a socialist, I just don’t think revolution is the way to get what we desperately need. Societal progress will come in time if we can just get more democrats in office”
“No man, you’re wrong, all progress made up until now has been through the efforts of grass root movements. After they put in the hard work and get momentum, the Dems ride in to take credit and gain a new voter base. Your tactic of voting for a dem every four years is pragmatic do-nothing-ism, and is a cop out for you selfishly contributing nothing to progress while complaining that it isn’t coming quick enough.”
“No man, you’re wrong, all progress made up until now has been through the efforts of grass root movements. After they put in the hard work and get momentum, the Dems ride in to take credit and gain a new voter base. Your tactic of voting for a dem every four years is pragmatic do-nothing-ism, and is a cop out for you selfishly contributing nothing to progress while complaining that it isn’t coming quick enough.”
by Petty Bourgeois Com October 18, 2023
Get the pragmatic do-nothing-ism mug.a version of secular humanism which emphasizes the importance of natural biology and chemistry in achieving humanist goals; four key points are 1) brain health 2) mood management 3) impulse control and 4) critical thinking; it claims that it can achieve demonstrable results that make it superior to both traditional religions and non-religious philosophies; it developed as a more mature and straight forward take on Sun Worshipping Atheism
by Wandering Spirit Warrior September 5, 2014
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Conor: Russia are awesome! They should win Euro 2008! (beams with hopeful excitement)
Richard: Nah, Germany will win it (drones with hopeless resignation)
Conor: DAMN YOUR PRAGMATISM! (pops a cap in Richad's ass)
Richard: Nah, Germany will win it (drones with hopeless resignation)
Conor: DAMN YOUR PRAGMATISM! (pops a cap in Richad's ass)
by ConorJP June 24, 2008
Get the pragmatism mug.A pragmartist is a rare breed of individual who lives at the intersection of practicality and artistry, much like a unicorn that knows how to do taxes. They are the kind of people who can somehow turn a chaotic, cluttered desk into a Pinterest-worthy workspace with nothing but a couple of binder clips and sheer willpower. Imagine someone who decides to color-code their entire life for efficiency but does so using only hand-mixed, artisanal watercolors.
For example, when faced with the mundane task of meal prep for the week, a pragmartist doesn't just chop vegetables and cook rice; they turn their refrigerator into a masterpiece of nutritional value and visual appeal, where every container is both a feast for the eyes and the body. It’s like if Bob Ross and Martha Stewart had a love child who was really into meal planning.
Or consider the act of gift wrapping. The pragmartist shuns store-bought paper in favor of creating their own out of recycled materials, each gift a work of art that screams, "I care about you and the planet, but also, I'm very good with a glue gun."
In essence, a pragmartist makes life a little more beautiful and a lot more functional, proving that yes, you can indeed have your cake, decorate it with exquisite, edible flowers, and eat it too, all while making sure it’s perfectly balanced for your macros.
For example, when faced with the mundane task of meal prep for the week, a pragmartist doesn't just chop vegetables and cook rice; they turn their refrigerator into a masterpiece of nutritional value and visual appeal, where every container is both a feast for the eyes and the body. It’s like if Bob Ross and Martha Stewart had a love child who was really into meal planning.
Or consider the act of gift wrapping. The pragmartist shuns store-bought paper in favor of creating their own out of recycled materials, each gift a work of art that screams, "I care about you and the planet, but also, I'm very good with a glue gun."
In essence, a pragmartist makes life a little more beautiful and a lot more functional, proving that yes, you can indeed have your cake, decorate it with exquisite, edible flowers, and eat it too, all while making sure it’s perfectly balanced for your macros.
Look at that bookshelf - both colour coded and organised by genre! Must be the work of a pragmartist.
by Vulture February 22, 2024
Get the pragmartist mug.The strategic, conscious use of known logical fallacies because they are effective in achieving a desired real-world outcome (persuasion, mobilization, simplification) within a specific audience or context, even while acknowledging they are formally invalid. It treats fallacies as tools in a rhetorical toolkit, to be used when the goal is influence, not truth-preserving debate. It's rhetoric over logic, impact over integrity.
Pragmatism of Fallacies Example: A political campaign using the Bandwagon Fallacy ("Everyone is voting for Candidate A, join the winning team!") is employing the Pragmatism of Fallacies. They know it's not a logical argument about the candidate's merits, but they also know it works on human psychology to drive turnout and create momentum, so they use it as a calculated tool.
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