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Perhaps we could just stop making weapons software? I mean, someone needs to go first. When I look at wars throughout the world, a huge number of them are fou

by moosey 8y ago

Perhaps we could just stop making weapons software? I mean, someone needs to go first. When I look at wars throughout the world, a huge number of them are fought with US weapons, and we don't actually have a good track record of supporting peaceful people. I don't think that we'll get there until we stop dumping weapons on the world for profit.

arcaster 8y ago
Of course this would be great, we'd all like this to happen. But your perspective is dangerously shallow and juvenile, the real world just straight up doesn't work this way. If you believe in this enough, you're better off leaving the U.S. IMHO. If you disagree, I recommend visiting a country on the verge of complete collapse. Do that, then think about how good we have it, think about how many people want to take that way of life away at all costs. Part of being an adult is striking a balance between your ideals, a comfortable life and letting one or the other take over.
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- moosey 8y ago
  > But your perspective is dangerously shallow and juvenile There was a line in one of the Expanse books that really got me, where a woman was talking to her son, and paraphrasing, she explained that "We have lost again". When her son inquired how, she said, again paraphrasing "Those who want peace have lost to those who want violence." One of the primary ways we can do this, is to simply stop exporting it. As of 2017, we export 50% more arms than the #2 country, Russia, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/02/10-countries-export-major-weapons-170220170539801.html https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/02/10-cou..., and we will as long as people who support violence and the contemporary model of arms sales throughout the world call people who disagree with it "juvenile".
- ozzyman700 8y ago
  Interesting, I have found that being an adult is as easy as not dying.

by moosey 8y ago

arcaster 8y ago

Of course this would be great, we'd all like this to happen. But your perspective is dangerously shallow and juvenile, the real world just straight up doesn't work this way. If you believe in this enough, you're better off leaving the U.S. IMHO. If you disagree, I recommend visiting a country on the verge of complete collapse. Do that, then think about how good we have it, think about how many people want to take that way of life away at all costs. Part of being an adult is striking a balance between your ideals, a comfortable life and letting one or the other take over.

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moosey 8y ago
> But your perspective is dangerously shallow and juvenile There was a line in one of the Expanse books that really got me, where a woman was talking to her son, and paraphrasing, she explained that "We have lost again". When her son inquired how, she said, again paraphrasing "Those who want peace have lost to those who want violence." One of the primary ways we can do this, is to simply stop exporting it. As of 2017, we export 50% more arms than the #2 country, Russia, https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/02/10-countries-export-major-weapons-170220170539801.html https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2017/02/10-cou..., and we will as long as people who support violence and the contemporary model of arms sales throughout the world call people who disagree with it "juvenile".
ozzyman700 8y ago
Interesting, I have found that being an adult is as easy as not dying.