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The meaning of "to lose" obviously changes depending on the context. You can't apply the meaning it has when talking about friendship whn you're talking about g
by pastacacioepepe 4y ago
The meaning of "to lose" obviously changes depending on the context. You can't apply the meaning it has when talking about friendship whn you're talking about geopolitics. I'd expect a bit more of literary finesse from a writer on a website called "The Scholar's Stage".
- freejazz 4y agoTIL today: countries can't be friendly with each other
- krapp 4y agoNations don't have friends, they have interests. Leaders may act friendly towards one another, and policies may seem friendly when interests correlate, but no nation sends their young men and women off to die on foreign soil for the power of friendship alone.
- freejazz 4y agoYou are just being obtuse about the common use of language.
- Swenrekcah 4y agoI understand your point but if the world and human experience was truly this cynical, then how do you explain the European people supporting their governments assisting Ukrainians, when continuing the conflict is causing themselves direct discomfort and expense?
- pastacacioepepe 4y ago> how do you explain the European people supporting their governments assisting Ukrainians I'm European and I still have to meet someone ready to sacrifice something for Ukraine. People are extremely worried about the state of our economy, much more so than they are about what's happening in Ukraine. I keep hearing members of the elite like Stoltenberg talking about being ready to make sacrifices for Ukraine, but Stoltenber won't actually have to sacrifice anything. A 50% rise in the cost of living won't affect his lifestyle in the slightest, while it will destroy the livelihood of many families. In any case, we've all been subjected to unprecedented levels of propaganda. It's not a surprise that many feel more concerned about what's happening in Ukraine than in Yemen.
- freejazz 4y agoWow, big surprise that someone glommed onto that comment to make a completely besides the point political rant
- pastacacioepepe 4y agoI'm literally replying to the parent comment. If something is beside the point, that is your comment.
- Swenrekcah 4y agoI don’t actually think you responded to anything I said, instead responded to a strawman about elite politicians, generalised your circle of friends to a whole continent (there have been polls on the support you know) and finally made the dubious argument that warm feelings towards Ukrainians don’t count because there are other things happening in the world as well.
- pastacacioepepe 4y agoThen it must be you didn't read my reply. You asked > how do you explain the European people supporting their governments assisting Ukrainians, when continuing the conflict is causing themselves direct discomfort and expense? I replied > we've all been subjected to unprecedented levels of propaganda. It's not a surprise that many feel more concerned about what's happening in Ukraine than in Yemen. Everything else I wrote is what I think about the concept of "sacrifice" that the elites fill their mouths with knowing it won't really affect them. Whether my argument is dubious or not to you, it is still an argument and a valid answer to your question. You might want to explain why my answer doesn't convince you, rather than simply dismissing it as "beside the point" when it isn't.
- yellowapple 4y ago> The meaning of "to lose" obviously changes depending on the context. And the context of geopolitics is much closer to friendship than ownership.