I literally thought of this yesterday.
“Hold up. Why have I been put in this situation? Where’s those responsible? Has anyone gone after the bridge guy, the brakes guy? Is anyone trying to get the sick fucks tying people down on tracks? What’s being put in place to prevent this? Fences?Cameras? E-brakes? Who has liability and are they getting investigated?”
“Just Shutup and choose.”
“I guess B is most logical.”
“Oooh, you’re a sick murderer and just want people dead!”
It’s hard to participate when most people only have an A/B, us/them, left/right, right/wrong mentality view on things when it’s obviously more complex when viewed from a few steps back. It’s being stuck in either yard or on the fence, but if you climb a tree you’ll realise there’s many more yards and fences to the street to consider.
Enough with that! You can’t question the trolley situation, it’s been like this for generations. Get on board. We have flags!
Your last paragraph is so good - thanks
I rather think you’re missing the point.
Well, that doesn’t mean I can’t share something I thought of the other day before seeing this reminder :)
Very appropriate metaphors — Hamas tying people to the tracks is really surprisingly on the nose.
It’s seems to me that Hamas is to Israel as the Taliban were to the United States (and co-conspirators)
Old or new taliban?
Afghan mujahideen
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Which goes back to the saying “you can’t use the masters tools to tear down the masters house.” Which I disagree with, you can’t use the masters tools to build your own house but you can and should use any and every tool available to you to tear down the masters house.
With that said, us being observers at best, you can just feel bad about the whole thing. It’s okay to just feel bad that bad things are happening, you don’t need to force that feeling to pick a side. There is no both sides argument, but people on both sides are getting hurt and it’s okay to not feel okay about that.
Is conquest exclusive to euro-american history?
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Brutal extraction isn’t unique to colonialism either. Colonialism is just ancient imperialism with boats.
That said, imperialism has never been moral and we shouldn’t excuse contemporary imperialists, just like we’d probably be appalled at the exploits of Julius Caesar during the Gallic Wars if we weren’t so far removed from them.
No but colonizing generally is.
With the exception of Japan.
Oh, really?
What about the middle eastern empires? Or the turks? Or the Aztecs?
Or literally any other force in history lmao
If you reread they never said those nations didn’t engage in conquest.
And they also settled and slaved on the annexed lands, thus engaging in colonization
Do you think all other borders were agreed upon via a nice arm wrestling match?
They already acknowledged that conquest isn’t exclusive to euro-American history so I’m not sure what point you think you’re making right now.
Your first problem is giving a shit what anyone else thinks.
I don’t give a shit about your opinion!
Good for you. I’m happy for you. That’s a good way to live.
What about two shits?
They’re could be a manure opportunity in here
Dilemma
Oh no! I knew this would be controversial.
The lever has two settings … FAST … or … FASTER
In fact is FAST-ER so it just takes you to the emergency room at the end of being mangled by a train
How does it take you there? Well, where do you think the train was going in the first place
Do you even know what the rest of the people on the tracks will do if you stop the trolley? You will be responsible for what happens to the trolley operators and passengers.
Hypocrites! The ones in the trolley are the one in motion
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