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When famine hits or you get attacked by another country, it’s not about weak being protected from the strong. It’s about one society getting into trouble.

• kybernetikos 1y ago
  And perhaps this is the core of our disagreement - you see a country being attacked by another and you blame those hard times on the victim while I blame it on the attacker. I say it's a problem of unrestrained strength, of strength misapplied, not a problem of some people being weaker than others. And an enormous number of famines are caused by conflict, or historically by dumb central government by overly strong tyrants.
  • mantas 1y ago
    > famines are caused by conflict And conflicts are frequently caused by the victim getting weak. > historically by dumb central government That's what I pointing at. > overly strong tyrants They're not strong. Unless you want to define strong in a very narrow sense which simply dumb. > you see a country being attacked by another and you blame those hard times on the victim while I blame it on the attacker Such is nature. When a sugar lover gets diabetis, you don't blame diabetis. If a society wants to stay afloat, it has to be able to defend from outsiders.