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I read "brutish" as "british" on first glance
More often than not that has been the case :)
Much less often than not, by a colossal margin. They did have a good run, though.
I can't find any differences
Which surprisingly does not change the meaning as much, as one would think it would.
If you ever need to check, this site has up to date information. https://arethebritsatitagain.org
Are the brits a tit again
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This feels dangerously close to some EnlightenedCentrism nonse
I'm not sure whether the version of this I saw previously was the original and this post was cropped, or if this post is the original and the other text was added later. But I much prefer the context here:
Ahh see this I can get behind, reminds me of the Soviet anti alcohol poster that's become a meme too
Good original intent, less good modern applications
The dawn of nationalism was definitely the mistake of the previous age I think. Peoples should be able to self govern autonomously, but not under a guise of "the nation" which inherently forms an out group to be excluded.
I like the Arabic/American way to do it, "You wanna be one of us? Well then you're already half way there!"
I speak very little Arabic but my teacher has told me that I already know enough to get the long list cousin's welcome among most L1 speakers lol.
Yeah i've learned not to trust this kind of simmetrical worldview, even when it makes me feel smart for being above it.
What if instead of taking it as saying all things are symmetrical we take it to mean that we have a tendency to consider outsiders to be "savage" or simply "other" even when the evidence doesn't support that? Then this shitpost would be more like a warning against xenophobia.
You chose an interpretation you didn't like just so you could dismiss it. And you don't think your goal in doing so is to feel intellectually superior? You're another.
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Hmmm it's almost as if politics and ethics are very nuanced and one answer is never correct in every situation..
One side thinks the answer is "do fascism", so I think it may be fair to conclude that one of the proposed answers is at least wrong in every situation.
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What do you mean?
It is quite literally implying "both sides actually same!"
It's addressing the concept of demonization, a la Israel and Palestine. It's via these mechanisms that other people are dehumanized.
Not Karen v Karen at the pta meeting.
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I feel like the artist originally wanted to make this primarily medieval themed. But then realisied "Oh yeah, news and stuff are a thing." And then just added laptops and antennas.
It’s been added on to. The original didn’t have the radio towers or “time out” area
Someone shared a different version that doesn't have those newer stuff. That might've been the original.
Are there disinformation campaigns from the EU targeting the russian population?
No but englightened centralism means facts don't matter.
If there isn't, they need to step up their shit.
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I think about this whenever I see legislative efforts to "prevent disinformation" XD
I hate disinformation as much as the next guy, but we gotta be careful who we give charte blanche to censor information XD
PURPLE GOOD YELLOW BAD 😤😤
Typical sense of entitlement from a purple, they're all the same, that primitive purple brain can't comprehend other light waves exist.
It's worth pointing out that the two opposing countries / nations / city states in this cartoon would have to have similar governments with similar charters, and similar selection processes for their representatives.
It is lunacy to say things like "Obummer was a dictator!" when he was selected twice by people voting, and then peaceably left the office after his two terms completely in line with the Constitution.
Now can you say the same thing about, for instance, Putin?
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What I get from this image is that one side will call the other side evil while the other side will do the same
It's best to look at the actions of a person or group rather than what they state they are doing
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More moronic both sides shit?
Class: Say the line, Bart!
Bart: This is whataboutism
Nation-states were a bad idea
Alternatives?
I see 2:
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full hegemonic domination of one nation state where everyone gets their basics met. Star trek style.
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intense local tribalism where you're doing a whole lot more defending your land than you are now
Or maybe there’s a dozen alternatives that could work better and both of us are staring at this from the bottom of a pro-hierarchy well that we’ve been stuck in ever since one guy convinced another one he should be in charge.
I don’t have a full solution, I just want us to be flexible enough to figure one (or more) out.
“The international ideal unites the human race”
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There is a reason the Geneva Convention (and the Hague protocols before it) prohibit assassination. That reason is that the Glorious Leader and the Wicked Despot have more in common with each other than they do with us peons. Don't anyone get too excited during our "war" (population reduction, economic stimulus package, domestic troubles distraction). Invest in defense contractors, the elite will keep them fed.
Remember the average dude in China, Iran, Russia, etc is no more interested in dying to aggrandize his rich owners than you are.
Remember the average dude in China, Iran, Russia, etc is no more interested in dying to aggrandize his rich owners than you are.
True, and you also have to remember that many of them have it ingrained in their culture to hate enough to kill gays, other religious people, races, etc.
Despite how much people love to say one culture isn't better than any other... There absolutely are if you're looking through a lens of equality. Particularly if you've grown up in a more westernized nation where non-perfect progress has been made on those points.
Let's just hope the west doesn't continue turning into Yallqaeda and all the lost Fascists suddenly earn a Herman Cain award.
Make Purple Great Again!
Rule of the world. The most violent ape gets to continue his lineage. To continue to pretend that we're more than violent apes is naive.
Come on, you know that creatures who evolved the capacity for linguistic communication adapted to external forces with more than just greater and greater violence. We're not whispering cobras. We're creatures that demand community. The reason we even feel emotions like shame and love is to bond us together as a tribe for greater protection.
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"Shogun" tackles this really well.
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