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It is neither a right or privilege given by a power higher than yourself. It is a decision by a group of powerful countries who influenced, bribed and threaten

by ipaddr 5y ago

It is neither a right or privilege given by a power higher than yourself. It is a decision by a group of powerful countries who influenced, bribed and threatened others to get everyone to partipate. It jails citizens who provide information on cryto trading. It is no one's responsibility to feed anyone. People don't have a right to exist. People do whatever they can to survive around the world. The countries that have decided to force these kids to die to further their geopolitcal goals are responsible for those decisions. Maybe they die for a better future for all or maybe they die because their lives don't matter to the countries preventing food from reaching them. Throughout history many countries

arcticbull 5y ago
> It jails citizens who provide information on cryto trading. I wish (kidding), but no, it jails citizens who travel to foreign countries to explain how to evade sanctions to people who would benefit from that information. > It is no one's responsibility to feed anyone. People don't have a right to exist. People do whatever they can to survive around the world. That's not what I said. I said that this obligation extends domestically. It may be good, nice, and moral - heck I support it - to save anyone you can on earth. It may even be a moral imperative but your obligation first and foremost is to your own at home. > The countries that have decided to force these kids to die to further their geopolitcal goals are responsible for those decisions. All I'm saying is if you rely on the relationships with others to survive probably don't poke them in the eye? If you're dangling from a bridge, suspended by a rope, and some burly guy catches you. You realize you don't like his face. So you throw sand at him. He lets go of the rope, and you fall. Who's at fault? You could say it was the guy who let go of the rope. But for the love of all that is good and holy, why are you throwing sand at the only person keeping you alive? Nobody owes you trade. Whether that's right, wrong, good, bad or anything else, it's fact. States would be well served to keep that in mind. It doesn't usually come up until the "and find out" part of "screw around and find out" happens.

by ipaddr 5y ago

arcticbull 5y ago

> It jails citizens who provide information on cryto trading. I wish (kidding), but no, it jails citizens who travel to foreign countries to explain how to evade sanctions to people who would benefit from that information. > It is no one's responsibility to feed anyone. People don't have a right to exist. People do whatever they can to survive around the world. That's not what I said. I said that this obligation extends domestically. It may be good, nice, and moral - heck I support it - to save anyone you can on earth. It may even be a moral imperative but your obligation first and foremost is to your own at home. > The countries that have decided to force these kids to die to further their geopolitcal goals are responsible for those decisions. All I'm saying is if you rely on the relationships with others to survive probably don't poke them in the eye? If you're dangling from a bridge, suspended by a rope, and some burly guy catches you. You realize you don't like his face. So you throw sand at him. He lets go of the rope, and you fall. Who's at fault? You could say it was the guy who let go of the rope. But for the love of all that is good and holy, why are you throwing sand at the only person keeping you alive? Nobody owes you trade. Whether that's right, wrong, good, bad or anything else, it's fact. States would be well served to keep that in mind. It doesn't usually come up until the "and find out" part of "screw around and find out" happens.