People generally think the good times are over and things always used to be better in the good old days. It is part of the human condition.

The final reckoning, the threat of nuclear war, the millennium bug, some ancient calendar ending, COVID and many more. There’s always a next global catastrophy coming our way. It’s ok, it will either happen or not or something in between. Or something entirely different that we didn’t see coming.

History is full of groups that were called terrorists before they were called governments. Whoever decides what is an act of war and what is an act of terrorism decides the rules of the game

What is naive about it? The only way to lasting peace is through talks. No amount of violence establishes lasting peace.

There is no clear thing that our “oppressor” wants us to think. Pacifism being naive is the kind of thought the weapons industry wants you to have.

True, violence only leads to more violence. I don’t believe it’s ever the solution.

However, Trump is making me question this.

Same goes for killing Khamenei, there’s always someone next in line. It doesn’t mean killing world leaders has no effect…

Don’t you realize how big it would be if Iran manages to kill Trump? It would mean the US President is not untouchable. No foreign actor has yet killed a US president.

True that!

And this is one of those things where you can’t be sure but you do it anyway

The room was empty when I got here, so everyone behind me should have read the room

Yes you’re absolutely right, anyone of any gender should be able to wear or not wear what they want.

My point was more philosophical. It is indeed random and pointless, but I find it interesting to think of things like this. You may not find this interesting or read something misogynist into this, which was definitely far from what I meant so I’m sorry for offending you.

Wait, how does corruption lead to bad results exactly? The entire industry is rotten to the core.

Everyone believes they’re choosing freely, especially when they’re choosing what their culture taught them to want.