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If you really believe that national security threats are “at best hypothetical” then we don’t share enough common ground to constructively discuss the subject.
by dumpsterdiver 2y ago
If you really believe that national security threats are “at best hypothetical” then we don’t share enough common ground to constructively discuss the subject.
- PittleyDunkin 2y agoWell, yes. Hence why I made the post—to attempt (in good faith) to overcome americans' inherent unwillingness to discuss topics of substance. Here's how I interpret "national security": the goal of protecting against literally any kind of threat to the material comforts of average americans. Otherwise we would have sacrificed a lot of global trade in the last two decades to protect us against retribution a la 9/11. As it stands that threat has only increased. What sort of threat do you think is worth eroding values to protect against?
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> As it stands that threat has only increased The imaginary threats have increased?