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>Gosh, what would the world be like if our troops and munitions weren't murdering civilians and prolonging conflicts in a monotonically-increasing set of nation

by lolsal 8y ago

>Gosh, what would the world be like if our troops and munitions weren't murdering civilians and prolonging conflicts in a monotonically-increasing set of nations around the world? I imagine it'd be a lot more like the conflicts in the rest of Africa. > It's not "unknowable"; Yes it is, unless you have a time machine. > we just have to start voting... Ah see, but we already do that. The US votes to keep a massive, mighty military.

jessaustin 8y ago
In the latest election, the dude who won president had tweeted things like, "stay out of Syria" and "WHAT WILL WE GET FOR OUR LIVES AND $ BILLIONS?ZERO" Lots of people knew he was lying, but lots of other people voted based on those statements. Two elections before that, the dude who won president had promised to close the Guantanamo torture site, to get out of Iraq and not to start new stupid wars. Lots of people knew he was lying, but lots of other people voted based on those statements. Two elections before that, the dude who won president talked about a "humble" USA that would not be "the world police" nor take part in "nation-building". Lots of people knew he was lying, but lots of other people voted based on those statements. Voting just isn't all it's cracked up to be!