# Do we have a thread for SlackerInc yet? Maybe we should

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 2, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461 "2018-12-02T20:21:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-have-a-thread-for-slackerinc-yet-maybe-we-should/825461/1072 "2020-10-15T01:49:58Z")

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Offered without comment necessary,

> [@Smart advice from Claire McCaskill the activist left won’t like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smart-advice-from-claire-mccaskill-the-activist-left-won-t-like/922445/44):
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> {…} So I’m just empirical about these things: if that’s what voters want, we’d better give it to them, even if it’s dumb. Same as the fact that I’m personally an atheist, but if an avowed atheist ran in the Democratic primary, I’d campaign hard against them even if they were perfect in every way, because I know that’s just too hard a sell. {…}

One does wonder how much he’d be willing to give up just to ‘’‘win’‘’?

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