So you tell me which kids deserve to suffer. Go on and point a finger right at them so they can see. And make sure you record yourself telling that kid they deserve to eat shit and die because your opinion is more valid than that of their parents.
Knowing somebody who is likely directly impacted by this, I can tell you their 7 year old doesn’t deserve to have a life ruined by this. The parent in question I have my own opinions on, but children aren’t inherently guilty of their parents’ sins, are they?
Schadenfreude is one thing, cruelty is another.
A more measured response: it is not my responsibility to educate every ignoramus in my country. For you to suggest all the problems of my country are my fault is either incredibly stupid or incredibly disingenuous, especially when I’m on super lefty Lemmy. Clearly I agree with most of the sentiments here otherwise I’d be on Truth Social and Facebook spouting about how Murica’s da greatest.
So please explain to me why, by your own logic, I shouldn’t blame you for the bullshit going on in the EU or in the middle east or wherever the fuck you’re from? You live there, its entirely your fault.
Or that’s disingenuous and stupid. Don’t be that.
Then you shoot him in the head.
Well I can tell you that I didn’t put any sanctions on anyone. Nor have i made any international trips (Caribbean honeymoon cruise notwithstanding) or deals in my life.
Why are they under sanctions? Take a look at the discussions those oligarchs and despots in the US were having and please again note that I voted as much against corporate interests and corruption as my ballots would allow. If I was out-voted, am I truly to blame?
And if all these are such big issues in your life, what have you done to fix them?
Blaming people like me for the ills of the government I have disagreed with since the time I truly learned how it functioned is genuinely unhelpful; you are berating the only people in this sad excuse for a country who genuinely want to improve things for everyone because we do see the potential the US had and utterly squandered in the name of profits for a few.
We were sold the lie harder than anyone else. We fought against the lies in what ways we could. I’ve faced down lines of riot police firing tear gas into crowds alongside my father. I have put myself on the line against this oppression. Now I generally keep to myself and protect my babies as best I am able, which is beginning to feel increasingly futile.
So please, again, explain to me why I’m the bad guy for what the people I very specifically have voted and physically stood against every time I can have done and how its entirely the fault of me and people like me.
Edit: missing words.
I hear the truth of what you’re saying, but then by that same logic may you be blamed for all the ills of your government.
In the face of reality, that logic only applies to a few. Especially when our system was purchased by oligarchs when Millennials as a generation were infants. Our say began during the market collapse of 2008. Is it really my fault, or was my power to vote outweighed by corporate interests through no fault of my own - especially having lived and voted in MY and as close to social-humanism as my options would allow, respectively.
I don’t deny we are no longer reliable as a nation, but please don’t conflate normal citizens with governments. Its bad for everyone.
I am not my government, nor have i ever felt anything like “patriotism” at any point outside the Olympics, and that’s always as fleeting as whichever event I am watching.
Much as Iranians aren’t their government, Chinese aren’t theirs, etc etc. Despots gonna despot.
And if you think he actually got voted in this most recent time then I’ve got some bridges for sale in Brooklyn for a great price if you’re interested.
ETA: Hard-line religious repressive governments and the CCCP genociding Uyghrs(sp) are what I’m referring to, nothing more.
Also I’m dumb
I can appreciate the skepticism, and I wouldn’t have pressed the issue if I didn’t appreciate both your approach and your position.
Regarding the war in Vietnam, that was back when we had leaders who were bothered by things like optics and polling. Nixon was a crook, lied about it, got caught, was impeached, felt shame, resigned during that era. That precedent clearly doesn’t apply here.
The issue with Israel/Iran is that the US is feeding on all sides of it. Trump is doing whatever the hell he’s doing and in order to (in his mind) save face, he’s gotta do something big. So the oil pipeline to the rest of the world gets shut down. Manufacturing and shipping slows by default. What shipping does occur is under assault by Houthis and the IRGC because hurting trade hurts the US.
It’s a very ugly cascade web effect.
And once more, thank you for hearing me out through my own verbal static.
Is Russia - this same Russia whose stated reasons for invading Ukraine require less scrutiny than any of my claims to be revealed as utter bullshit - really so above exaggerating a threat to justify a response that is in Putin’s best interests versus everyone’s? And what about the AfD and their nationalist tendencies?
I saw that Sweden(?)'s Far Right party got spanked despite early polls much to my relief, but there’s still way too much Trump-style fascism out there to say that any of what this guy laid out is genuinely far-fetched. The scenario he lays out complete with maps is disturbingly feasible.
I personally hold on to the hope that there are enough genuinely good people in the world to be able to avert the worst of things for those I know personally, but as first-worlders we have a very different perspective on just how fucked up the world actually is from, say, kids in Gaza. You know, not living in a warzone which is actively trying to genocide us with a secondary goal of bringing about the literal end of the world as they believe it because sky daddy.
My synopsis was poor and that’s entirely on me, but the video is worth watching even if you don’t like the interviewer or the premise. Which I don’t. It is all terribly uncomfortable to examine as he has. Which is why its worth watching.
I dunno, the past eight to ten years of western politics shifting right? The resurgence of fascism in an increasingly globalized world? The fact that despite how we feel there are clearly pluralities of people who support that evil shit and actively cheer it on while declaring anyone who sees the value in trade and cooperation a liberal cuck bitch etc etc?
I hated his message. Especially at the end when he says “I’m okay because I believe in God.” Plainly, fuck that and fuck him. Doesn’t mean I can’t hear the logic in everything else he’s saying, however.
Also I kinda can’t stand the CEO kid because he gives equal weight to morons like Musk and Thiel, but he does at least have decent follow-up questions.
We don’t have to like something to appreciate what it means.
Nah. Just how people behave in groups. Or is recent history too opaque?
Societal collapse is imminent. I just watched a historian predict this only days ago. FWIW, he’s Chinese immigrant to Canada.
Now Germany will be forced to step up.
Then Russia claims its 1941 all over again.
Now Europe is at war.
Nobody is talking.
Nobody is trading.
First world amenities dry up.
Everyone else starves.
Mass migration.
Destabilization from within as governments swing further right in response to a very real “national identity crisis” as uninhabitable parts of the world move to the habitable.
Social systems buckle under the weight of unaccounted for millions surging in.
Totalitarians seize what power is left to keep theirs while they can which only further isolates everyone.
In the midst of Europe doing this, the Middle East has Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas, and the independent militias allied with the IRGC as proxies exacerbating things throughout the region by targeting Saudi (American-aligned) petroleum facilities. Also harassing anyone in Hormuz and the Red Sea because they can. And uh, have we heard about how difficult it is to stop the rebel mountain tribes in that part of the world from operating as they please?
Tl; Dr https://youtu.be/C5o3tgr-AgI
For people complaining this is internal news, I should think the leader of any “democratic” nation offering to openly bribe the populace to stay in power - amidst an illegal war - would be something to pay attention to. Just like German internal politics getting weird and making world news.
I understand the overall anti-American sentiment and can’t say I’m upset with anyone for feeling that way given how my government has handled itself internationally. However, this one is a big deal. Change the names to a British or German or French PM and party and suddenly it’s appropriate again?
My point being some things will have external repercussions despite being internal debates - Brexit being an example of an internal debate with global consequences. Or, y’know, Trump being elected. Again.
You and I might not have the mental and emotional bandwidth for “yet another crisis,” but there are real people living harsh realities everywhere. Minimizing any of them makes you little better than any Zionist crying about the rocks Palestinian kids throw over the walls of the West Bank.
Classic case of if you’ve nothing nice to say, nicer to say nothing.
I absolutely agree, though the reasonable side of me just wants to note that while Conservatism is evil as an ideology, being conservative (little c) isn’t inherently bad and, in fact, is required in order to be properly progressive; you cannot build a proper future without a solid foundation. Conserve what works, discard what weighs you down, build newer and better, rinse repeat. See: boiling water for power meme.
Modern right-wing movements are a global net negative on society, but I just hesitate to fully endorse blanket statements like yours because while the overall movements and ideologies tend to be oppressive and bad for society, there are still sensible elements and issues raised that are worth considering.
That said, if the Republican party got Thanos Snapped tomorrow my antisocial autistic ass would throw the biggest party in the world with open invitations. I’ll make pizza, you just bring the dough.
They should hire me.
I’m great at placating words and otherwise doing fuck all.