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Combat footage is coming out by the minute. Watching it, I don't understand how Americans can be so fundamentally evil. Watching helicopters gun people on the g

Combat footage is coming out by the minute. Watching it, I don't understand how Americans can be so fundamentally evil. Watching helicopters gun people on the ground down. What makes you so sick in the head that you would do this? How could you obey these orders and feel nothing as you slaughter innocent people? There isn't even any possible pretext to this invasion. They know what they're doing and still choose to do it. It's utterly incomprehensible.

spencerflem 10mo ago
Genuinely, I think ~30% of Americans just like it when other people suffer. This might also be true of people in general
- cmurf 10mo ago
  Yep. It's the illiberal authoritarians. The people who need hierarchy, for domination and submission. This is why equality is an scary abomination to them. All societies have such people. But civil societies prevent them from gaining significant power. Failing that, it's going to be expensive. This society elected a known abuser. Of course this society will be abused. But also because of this society's global power, the world will also be abused.
- The_President 10mo ago
  I'd like to see a study or more information that backs up this ~30% statement - That is alarming!
  - ric2b 10mo ago
    There was a large scale self-reported study in November of 2024. It was actually way over 30%, if you ignore non-respondents.
    - The_President 10mo ago
      Let's see it - Sounds like it would be easy to find?
NomDePlum 10mo ago
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WhereIsTheTruth 10mo ago
The hostility toward your comment proves the point: Americans willl only understand when their own cities suffer the same fate Ironically, that prospect is approaching with each passing year
- SpicyLemonZest 10mo ago
  I regret to inform you that this is not how the cycle of violence works. As the US itself has repeatedly found, inflicting violence on people makes them more supportive of violence, both because you’ve taught them it’s a legitimate tool and because many of them want revenge on you.
  - WhereIsTheTruth 10mo ago
    I didn't mean violence, i specifically said "fate" https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2013/06/13/us-whites-falling-to-minority-in-under-5-age-group/ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2013/06/13/us-whites-fa...
    - mothballed 10mo ago
      US states literally have been built on the motto "come and take it." Americans have been the most common foreign volunteers to die in places like Ukraine and Syria. Invading America would be like invading Afghanistan. If you wrestle a pig, expect they might even enjoy it. And yes I have fought in a civil war, I know what it's like, even without the advantage of American weapon, so no need to go down the road of me not understanding the implications. It would only embolden us, we wouldn't learn the lesson you're thinking.
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spencerflem 10mo ago

Genuinely, I think ~30% of Americans just like it when other people suffer. This might also be true of people in general

cmurf 10mo ago
Yep. It's the illiberal authoritarians. The people who need hierarchy, for domination and submission. This is why equality is an scary abomination to them. All societies have such people. But civil societies prevent them from gaining significant power. Failing that, it's going to be expensive. This society elected a known abuser. Of course this society will be abused. But also because of this society's global power, the world will also be abused.
The_President 10mo ago
I'd like to see a study or more information that backs up this ~30% statement - That is alarming!
- ric2b 10mo ago
  There was a large scale self-reported study in November of 2024. It was actually way over 30%, if you ignore non-respondents.
  - The_President 10mo ago
    Let's see it - Sounds like it would be easy to find?

NomDePlum 10mo ago

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WhereIsTheTruth 10mo ago

The hostility toward your comment proves the point: Americans willl only understand when their own cities suffer the same fate Ironically, that prospect is approaching with each passing year

SpicyLemonZest 10mo ago
I regret to inform you that this is not how the cycle of violence works. As the US itself has repeatedly found, inflicting violence on people makes them more supportive of violence, both because you’ve taught them it’s a legitimate tool and because many of them want revenge on you.
- WhereIsTheTruth 10mo ago
  I didn't mean violence, i specifically said "fate" https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2013/06/13/us-whites-falling-to-minority-in-under-5-age-group/ https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2013/06/13/us-whites-fa...
  - mothballed 10mo ago
    US states literally have been built on the motto "come and take it." Americans have been the most common foreign volunteers to die in places like Ukraine and Syria. Invading America would be like invading Afghanistan. If you wrestle a pig, expect they might even enjoy it. And yes I have fought in a civil war, I know what it's like, even without the advantage of American weapon, so no need to go down the road of me not understanding the implications. It would only embolden us, we wouldn't learn the lesson you're thinking.

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