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I'm a US citizen, and I recognize my country has done some terrible things, but I shouldn't have to personally feel the consequences for those things. At the s

• jfengel 2y ago
  Our government is doing some terrible things. I voted for this government and I feel I should take some responsibility for it. I accept that there may be consequences, potentially awful ones. I am afraid we are about to vote in a government that will do even more harm -- including to me personally. I think that a lot of people are choosing that harm deliberately. But even worse is a lot of people who are willing to accept that harm to me but without feeling any responsibility at all. The world is difficult. We make hard choices to live together. We do our best, or at least most of us do. I wish there were more empathy, and I accept that this means I feel guilt. The Russians are not really a democracy and their understanding of the world is severely warped by their media. And even those more clear on the situation can do only a little. But the more they individually feel a responsibility, the sooner they can collectively do something.
  • krick 2y ago
    Did you ever consider that USAians are not really a democracy and their understanding of the world is severely warped by their media? It is 100% true, by the way.
    • jfengel 2y ago
      Of course. But I'm as certain as I can manage (in an epistemologically challenging world) that we're closer to those goals than Russia is. I'm not especially interested in false equivocation as an argument. It's cheap and boring.