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The after effects of the monumentally fucked-up childish decisions, over the last 15 or so years, to engage in wars and contested occupations (although thankful
by EliRivers 10y ago
The after effects of the monumentally fucked-up childish decisions, over the last 15 or so years, to engage in wars and contested occupations (although thankfully that's something we seem to have grown out of) are going to run and run.
I sometimes look at the current batch of world leaders (and aspiring upcomers) and wonder which of them need pushing under a bus now to stop this happening again. It's so hard to tell. Perhaps some big-data startup could get into it and actually make the world a better place.
- stonogo 10y agoAre you being ironic, or are you actually calling for deposing of world leaders by force in the name of peace? You see how this could confuse people who are reading this post, right?
- germinalphrase 10y agoI read it as rhetorical, not literal. As in, where are the threats? Who is going to make the weak decisions and can we avoid giving them the opportunity to do so?
- EliRivers 10y agoAre you being ironic, or are you actually calling for deposing of world leaders by force in the name of peace? Here's your irony; deposing of world leaders by force in the name of peace is exactly the practice of the US, the UK and other such nations that causes so much trouble. Although it does seem to be less fashionable than it was; I suppose even our system can't spin away the colossal failures. I remember when Iraq was going to be a western liberal democracy in a year.
- ISL 10y agoOne needn't push anyone under a bus. Simply voting them out or depriving them of power will suffice.
- currysoup_t 10y agoNot so easy in practice. Representative democracy fundamentally limits the scope of available options. It's especially bad in the US; where the potential for damage is maximal.