Dumbfuck might've had a point if people with signs and slogans didn't just convince a national political party to declare support for a cause continuously vilainised by pollsters and the media. Unfortunately for him, we didn't just all pop into existence a moment before the Green party voted!
![From Wikipedia:
The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) is a heuristic in systems thinking coined by the British management consultant Stafford Beer,[1] who stated that there is "no point in claiming that the purpose of a system is to do what it constantly fails to do".[2] It is used in systems theory, and is generally invoked to counter the notion that the purpose of a system can or should be read from the intentions of those who design, operate, or promote it. When a system's side effects or unintended consequences reveal that its behaviour is poorly understood, then the POSIWID perspective can balance political understandings of system behaviour with a more straightforwardly descriptive view.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xa4eltdd2z3scndtv4yvb65p/bafkreiem4i55e3gqp6endhcbz2voh2vgqd4y5xdo7bd5qgkrvnz745riby)
![Chalkboard sandwich board sign that says:
Another weekend.
Another iced hibiscus tea
[drawing of a fox man lying on his stomach holding an iced drink]
With my beautiful fox boyfriend
God I love him.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5ylgu6bytpxjdm2s2zavgrcv/bafkreihymayoamq54henpuckm2kbqstf62nj4p4av6g75naljuokjq4qja)
![Ken Jenning skeet: blah blah I'm too special not to play my little games "I also have a [NYT] news subscription, which is arguably worse" blah blah](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ukk4i2qkhrxw3fy6ivc33mlj/bafkreig3kqq72idnd7ll7fc3qhfibguyzm7b4thv5c2ya5x33jx7agsofq)
