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I suppose this is worth saying but "the regime" is different people. Complaining about attending the investment conference because of the terrible murder of JK
by projectramo 7y ago
I suppose this is worth saying but "the regime" is different people. Complaining about attending the investment conference because of the terrible murder of JK is like complaining that foreigners should not attend US conferences during Obama's drone strikes.
I know -- you have a strong negative reaction to that statement -- because you don't think they are equivalent. Fine, let's talk about the difference.
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- icebraining 7y agoThis is not a conference organized by some SA citizen, it's organized by the sovereign wealth fund of the SA state, whose chairman is the Crown Prince.
- projectramo 7y agoBut the beneficiaries are, in theory, the people of the state. In the Obama/Trump drone equivalency case -- or pick another president and some other war -- one might argue that the people are more culpable because we have a democracy. Note that given our vantage point, we might be inclined to make fine distinctions: popular vote vs electoral college, or 52% of the support etc.