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minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·10 days agoIt’s always going to be used to bomb brown children. But at least we can fund local manufacturers.
minus-squareAES_Enjoyer@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·10 days agoHow can you say that with a straight face? “At least it’s our bombs that will murder brown children”. If you agree that the west will always bomb brown children, you surely support the dismantling of western governments as we know them?
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 days agoYes. I dream of that every night. But you know what they say, don’t let ‘perfect’ be the enemy of ‘good’.
minus-squareAES_Enjoyer@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·10 days agoThe “good” is bombing children with OUR bombs? Fuck no, the good is stopping the bombings
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 days agoThe ‘better’ is not giving US more money.
minus-squareAES_Enjoyer@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days agoOK, so let’s not invest European money into bombing children at all, and invest it into social safety nets?
minus-squaremsage@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoWhat you seem to not understand is that weapons ARE a security net. Just look at Palestine.
It’s always going to be used to bomb brown children.
But at least we can fund local manufacturers.
How can you say that with a straight face? “At least it’s our bombs that will murder brown children”. If you agree that the west will always bomb brown children, you surely support the dismantling of western governments as we know them?
Yes.
I dream of that every night.
But you know what they say, don’t let ‘perfect’ be the enemy of ‘good’.
The “good” is bombing children with OUR bombs? Fuck no, the good is stopping the bombings
The ‘better’ is not giving US more money.
OK, so let’s not invest European money into bombing children at all, and invest it into social safety nets?
What you seem to not understand is that weapons ARE a security net.
Just look at Palestine.