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The USA at least subjects itself to elections, free press, democracy. That is the crucial difference. Democratic systems get it wrong sometimes. No doubt. I'm
by mvc 5y ago
The USA at least subjects itself to elections, free press, democracy. That is the crucial difference.
Democratic systems get it wrong sometimes. No doubt.
I'm a UK citizen and disagreed with the war in Iraq waged in my name. But at least I was permitted to go out on the street and protest it. And eventually Blair was gone. And soon, so will Blowjo. But Putin has been around for long enough now, that he's starting to cause a bad smell in the world.
And it might seem unjust that Tony Blair and the rest never saw the Hague. I live in hope. But I see that what Russia is doing now is completely unacceptable regardless of how it sees the world evolving. It's democracy vs autocracy and democracy will win because if it doesn't, then what's the fucking point.
- patrickaljord 5y ago> The USA at least subjects itself to elections, free press, democracy. If you drink the kool aid and choose to believe that, sure.
- mvc 5y agoAs opposed to the crypto pipe you've been smoking.
- patrickaljord 5y agoI'm an open source contributor to crypto, it's not a pipe I can tell you that.
- wara23arish 5y agoIm not sure how you protesting makes a difference to all of the victims of the US wars. You being a democracy makes no difference whatsoever. Compare US victims of war to Russias over the last 2 decades. Tell me which seems more egregious. This isn’t to say what russia is doing is good. But I just don’t understand how you can cast stones when your house is made of glass.
- mardifoufs 5y agoIf anything does that not make the American people even more responsible and culpable of those war crimes since they actually have more power over their government's decisions?
- mvc 5y agoThe point I was making was not about assigning or excusing blame to Russian or American citizens. That is as constructive as assigning blame for some IT outage. It was highlighting the differences in the systems of government that allows for course correction when the government starts making poor decisions. The Russian government has set itself on a course, and then shut down the processes by which that course can be altered by (restricting information, disseminating false information, arresting protestors, opposition politicians)