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In other words, "do as I say, not as I do". You know that's the political equivalent of saying "I hold the view that it's good that other people have to give m
by scrollaway 6y ago
In other words, "do as I say, not as I do".
You know that's the political equivalent of saying "I hold the view that it's good that other people have to give me stuff and I don't have to give anything back"?
- toomuchtodo 6y agoMost negotiations in life are obtaining as much of what you desire with providing as little in return possible. If you don't have your own interests at heart, no one else will. How you approach geopolitical interactions with each country is going to vary, but that's the gist. With that said, I believe we have differing belief systems, and nothing productive will come from continuing the discussion. I expressed my viewpoint to demonstrate it exists (which is a contrarian view in the HN echo chamber). EDIT: (throttled by HN, can't reply to below comment) > what are you doing regularly posting (in dissent) in a community that, in your own words, holds a globally contrarian view to yours? I enjoy the interactions and discussions. I'm not winning hearts and minds but I don't pretend it matters.
- scrollaway 6y agoIf you believe that two people with different belief systems discussing can't achieve anything, what are you doing regularly posting (in dissent) in a community that, in your own words, holds a globally contrarian view to yours? Also I'm not necessarily shooting down the policy, truthfully it's one of those things where I don't feel comfortable having an opinion because it's such a complex subject. I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy of this attitude, treating every other country on earth like dirt and being all pikachu-shocked-face when it happens to you. Maybe it's a contrarian attitude here because most of the non-US world is sick of this american exclusionism bullshit. I sure am.