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Sure, all things going great and your life isn’t under threat, ethics are important and Id encourage people to refrain from lying or harming others. However, y
by bladegash 5y ago
Sure, all things going great and your life isn’t under threat, ethics are important and Id encourage people to refrain from lying or harming others.
However, you do not always get to choose the situations you face in life and there is a reason war is described as “hell”. People sacrifice more than just their physical well-being (e.g., think along the idea behind Sophie’s Choice).
It is just the reality that sabotage, deception, and espionage are used and in many ways just as important for winning wars (aka, survival) as any other military tactic/strategy (just look to influential and studied military tacticians such as Sun Tzu, Cardinal Richelieu, or Clausewitz).
- gruez 5y ago>It is just the reality that sabotage, deception, and espionage are used and in many ways just as important for winning wars (aka, survival) as any other military tactic/strategy (just look to influential and studied military tacticians such as Sun Tzu, Cardinal Richelieu, or Clausewitz). If we accept that, then we basically also accept that in war, it's expected that everything coming out from both sides is going to be lies and propaganda, so there's no need to take anything seriously. Sounds like exactly what putin wants for his PR war. Are russians committing war crimes in ukraine? The ukranians say so, but we all know they're going to be lying anyways, so who knows?
- bladegash 5y agoI’m not sure what point you are arguing. I think we should be absolutely skeptical of every side, especially the ones we want to believe. Propaganda is absolutely being used by all sides. I’m not going to debate what people should do, as I have no control over that. It’s a tool that has been used because it is effective, regardless of the propriety or rationality of believing the messages.