• phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    Weapons are evil, oil is bad, neo liberalism is terrorism and capitalism is slavery. Knock it all off

    And you are 14. I presume. Or really badly educated, or just plain naive and suckered in with lots of slogans, perhaps?

    Capitalism has issues, bad issues. It also is the most successful system of all and is the reason the West towers over the rest. Is capitalism slavery? Don’t be stupid. Without capitalism you wouldn’t have your mobile phone that you use to bitch about capitalism. You NEED limited and controlled capitalism, like it or not. Use it to fund a huge social system for everyone, awesome.

    Oil is bad? Without oil you wouldn’t be alive, the world average lifespan would be closer to half of what it is today. Do you really believe your vegan salad just magically appeared out of thin air on your plate? Oil has gone into transport, energy production, lubricants, and god knows what more to get you safely your food, your medicine, your water, your energy, your heat, your life. Is oil a big problem with CO2? Absolutely. Should we have started a transition away from oil use decades ago? Absolutely. Is it a problem? Yes, we need to fix this, rather yesterday than tomorrow. Is oil bad in on itself? Don’t be stupid.

    Weapons are evil? Weapons are tools, first of all. Lethal tools, sure, but so is just about all farm equipment.wars are bad? Of course they are. Should we throw all weapons with the trash? Sure! Just one question though… What is your plan when Putin, who didn’t throw his weapons with the trash, comes rolling your ass over in a tank to rape and murder your loved ones? You know, just asking since that is what he’s doing right now in the Ukraine. He’s also not the only one, Winnie Pooh also would love to play some land grab and opponent murder. There is a reason we have weapons, you know. Loads of powerful dictators out there that would love to enslave us all

    So grow up. If you are 14, that’s what you’ll do and you’ll see that your opinions change the more you learn, mostly, hopefully, to more moderate and well reasoned views. If you are 24 then dear god man, start reading books, start reading some history.

    • deft@lemmy.wtf
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      5 months ago

      Literal Dunning-Kruger in real time wow.

      Bro you really believe what you’re saying and do not understand the connection between the state of the world and the Industrial Military Complex, the school-to-prison pipeline, the Pharmaceutical Industry you’re out of your own mind.

      Why is the term banana republic even a thing?

      Who is Allen Dulles?

      How do you even justify a system that literally only exists through blood money? What the fuck