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You're saying this as if the people who died yesterday have anything to do with the war games that politicians play.
by ManlyBread 9y ago
You're saying this as if the people who died yesterday have anything to do with the war games that politicians play.
- klez 9y agoI think he's saying that governments should be partly blamed by those who blame these attacks on immigration. If those governments didn't bring war to those places, maybe less people would be prone to follow the message "attack those who attacked us first", lowering the feasibility of mass murders.
- mmjaa 9y agoCitizens are responsible for their politicians, who derive their power from the society they govern. If we weren't so ignorant about their actions, politicians wouldn't be getting away with murder every single day. This disconnect between citizen responsibility and political culpability is the problem. We cannot butter our bread on both sides: either we live in a society where our armed forces are governed by our democracies, or we don't.
- ManlyBread 9y agoI'd say it's not that citizens are ignorant, it's that they're powerless. The only way an average citizen can shape the political reality around himself is by voting. What else can one do? Protest on the streets? Organize a riot? Good luck with that.