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this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2024
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No, what I am saying is that I didn't waste my time reading that bullshit.
How much of you mental bank balance do you piss away getting this angry at:
Shit that does not affect you.
Shit that you cannot control or have an effect on.
Or is it the only thing that you have is anger and looking down on others is your way of feeling better about your own life?
So you're basically mad at me for having empathy? I think it sucks that kindergarten-age children are getting flattened into road-stains, right this minute, even as we speak.
Is that truly a foreign concept, for you? Yes, I care about people I don't know. I think they should stop being mangled in completely, utterly preventable road accidents.
You only seem to care about schoolyard style, street-gang level "respect points." I'm the bad guy, because I'm "dissing" other countries, according to you.
I want them to do better. I'm not prepared to infantilize them. I think people should be judged and shunned, if they engage in deeply irresponsible and destructive behavior. You want to insult non-Western, developing nations much more deeply, by throwing your hands up and saying "hey, we can't expect anything more of them."