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Where to begin? Land stolen through genocide and worked by slaves? Mass incarceration? Instigation of coups in foreign governments to ensure lower consumer co
by rm_-rf_slash 10y ago
Where to begin? Land stolen through genocide and worked by slaves? Mass incarceration? Instigation of coups in foreign governments to ensure lower consumer costs and higher profits at home? Unaccountable drone strikes of innocent people in several countries, including countries we aren't at war with like Yemen?
Our society is very sick. It has been for a long time.
- linkregister 10y agoIf we get to reach back into history for atrocities to describe current societal ills, then we effectively mar most of the world's nations: practically all of Europe, most of East and South Asia, the Middle East, North and Central Africa. Then the metric ceases to be meaningful.
- rm_-rf_slash 10y agoSo other people are just as bad and somehow that makes it better? Is that really the best that we can do?
- linkregister 10y agoWere bad != are bad now I am no moral relativist when it comes to civilizations: some are more humane than others. On the other hand, how is it fair to judge a person or persons based off of their ancestors' actions?
- nkrisc 10y agoA society is more than its government.