HLMenckenFan@lemmy.worldM to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months ago"Even if you're not doing anything wrong, you are being watched and recorded." - Edward Snowdenlemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1347arrow-down114
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minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down4·8 months agoYes… because violent civil wars always lead to intelligent and rational leaders. Get out of here with that bullshit.
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down5·8 months agoHave you seen how elections are going?
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoAnd how does a violent civil war in the country with the largest military and most nukes help that? I am genuinely curious to hear your answer
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoYou came in here with that violent civil war shit. Argue against my stance, not one you made up.
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months ago The fall of the country is probably a good thing. We need more rational people in charge. So… how does that happen peacefully without mass suffering?
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agoHypothetically it already happened once and nobody really cared. Remember that government shutdown?
minus-squarecoolkicks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoAnd the same people are still in charge, so…
minus-squareNuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoYeah. I guess if “fall of the country” mostly means “Dick over park workers and other government employees without changing anything” then… that is just really dicky? But I can see how they would think the current government is “rational”
Yes… because violent civil wars always lead to intelligent and rational leaders.
Get out of here with that bullshit.
Have you seen how elections are going?
And how does a violent civil war in the country with the largest military and most nukes help that? I am genuinely curious to hear your answer
You came in here with that violent civil war shit. Argue against my stance, not one you made up.
So… how does that happen peacefully without mass suffering?
Hypothetically it already happened once and nobody really cared. Remember that government shutdown?
And the same people are still in charge, so…
Yeah. I guess if “fall of the country” mostly means “Dick over park workers and other government employees without changing anything” then… that is just really dicky? But I can see how they would think the current government is “rational”