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Sure, and look how many rights the most violent places on Earth enjoy.
Big mouth for violence until you or your loved ones happen to be under the path of a bomb.
Because if you play the violence game, you will always find someone more ruthless and/or well equipped than you are.
As anyone else. But as a species we don’t seem to get it that violence achieves nothing.
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Hamas supports the status quo though, because the moment the war stops they slide into irrelevance.
Palestinians maybe not. Hamas, definitely yes.
And Palestinians support Hamas.
Welp, it must be hard to be continually reminded that your idols are cold blooded murderers.
Well they are. Both (Edit for clarity: Hamas and Netanyahu) commit atrocities in the name of their sky-daddy. Both are supported by their populations. Both have an interest in maintaining the status quo.
Potemkin villages or human zoos? Come to Xinjiang and find out for yourself.
I should apply for a job at the CCP propaganda offices.
Descending deeper and deeper into paranoia, I see.
Good, good.
Ah yes, dangerous, dangerous students asking for democracy.
They’ll say nothing first and, if pushed, “but what about Guantanamo?”
Tankies are so predictable.
The bright side is that only one person is the worst
Disabled-man
It’s a really neat relationship.
No, it’s a really ant relationship.
quickly grabs coat even though it’s sweltering hot
You got to be kidding me. Do you even have an idea of Germany’s pre-modern and modem history?
Germany’s “warring states” (mind you: states, not tribes) produced Charlemagne and a streak of European emperors, as well as a hundreds of artists, scientists, and philosophers including Goethe, Hegel, and Kant. It was one of the first countries to be reached by the Enlightenment.
Italy could also be described as “warring states” during the Renaissance.
What has Afghanistan produced when women aren’t even allowed to complete secondary education?
No matter what the US occupation was about. It kicked out the Taliban. They had a democratic government and elections. Not perfect, by a long shot, but way better than what they ended up with.
Afghanistan isn’t the only country that has suffered through war. Japan and the whole of Europe were pretty war torn after WWI and WWII. South Korea was totally fucked up after the Korean war. Vietnam went from war to war between the 60s and the 80s (vs. France, the US, China).
And yet none of these countries are as fucked up and stuck in the middle ages as Afghanistan. Why?
I’m not judging, but it is undeniable that they welcomed the Taliban with open arms instead of resisting, as e.g. the Ukrainians are doing (and against a much stronger, organized opponent).
Sorry, but if an alcoholic decides to keep drinking instead of seeking help, yes, it is their fault and their choice.
Oh, I’m sure America will topple, sooner or later. Who knows? In one or two Trumps, perhaps. Or maybe it will take 50 years, or a century or two, until civilization itself collapses because of unchecked climate change. History teaches us that all empires fail, and there’s no reason to believe that history will stop at the U.S. of A.
And obviously there’s no denying that violence has always been a driving factor in history. But saying that it doesn’t mean saying that it is desirable. Sure violence brought us here, but, unless you’re a psycho billionnaire, you will have to admit that this is far from a perfect world.
I’m not saying violence is completely avoidable (I stand with Ukrainians’ right to defend their country in any way) but maybe it could be that we can try applying it less and less.