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I care not a fig for the constitution of a culture which allows the wanton and wilful destruction of civilisation without any recourse, responsibility, or indee
by mmjaa 8y ago
I care not a fig for the constitution of a culture which allows the wanton and wilful destruction of civilisation without any recourse, responsibility, or indeed care in the world.
Americans, willing recipients of its treasures, have nevertheless let their military-industrial-pharmaceutical complex run rampant over the worlds "lesser nations" for far too long, and the mechanism by which they fail, as a culture, to take any responsibility for any of it is exactly as you describe.
There is no respect due to a people who allow innocents to be murdered in their name with no recourse, no justice.
Zero respect deserved.
- zepto 8y agoWhat culture hasn’t allowed for that?
- mmjaa 8y agoThe list of countries that are not invading others and destroying their civilisation is pretty long. You should educate yourself about the world.
- zepto 8y agoWe’re talking about cultures that allow innocents to be murdered in their name. All cultures allow this. No culture has yet transcended it. It’s fine not to respect humanity at its current level of development, but nationalism is hardly the solution.
- mmjaa 8y agoAmerica and its allies are wantonly killing innocents in the name of their war economy. This does not make for a strong moral position...
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoThere are between zero and very few that would be left to cast the first stone. I'm definitely not trying to defend the stereotype of the standard wilfully ignorant US citizen, but I think the stereotype would be representative of most cultures who have had enough 'victories' (or been told they've had enough victories) that they feel they're deserving of their prizes. To rearrange your wording slightly: I care not a fig for the constitution of a species which allows the wanton and wilful destruction of it's sustaining environment without any recourse, responsibility, or indeed care in the world. Nighty night humanity.
- mmjaa 8y agoMeh, more war justification. "But the other kids are doing it too" does not a morally authoritative position make.
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoIf that's what you got from what I said, then I didn't explain myself well enough. Your replies to other comments indicate, however, that you're more likely to take the inflammatory interpretation. Which I find most ironic given the message you seem to be trying to convey.
- mmjaa 8y ago>There are between zero and very few that would be left to cast the first stone. The "cast the first stone" rhetoric is a clue that you're not really convincible regarding war and its machinations. There are plenty of countries who refuse to participate in the wanton destruction of the Middle East and illegal, criminal, unrestrained warfare. America and its allies are, alas, far too addicted to the economies of such to change any time soon. Not soon enough, anyway.
- ataturk 8y agoWhat country do you live in? Was it possibly one liberated or defended by the US during the second World War? Do you realize that a lot of Americans are trying to put things right? Do you realize why Trump got elected and what that represents in terms of reform of bad policy? Do you also realize that many of us would like to cease US imperialism and that such a change is not the same thing as US isolationism (as is the typical accusation from US warmongering MSM)?