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[OngBonga]

I can't tolerate Western hypocrisy.

[OngBonga]

I can't tolerate Western hypocrisy.

The reason for this btw is because it weighs on me. It makes me feel like I'm supporting a warmongering regime. What Putin does is completely out of my hands. What the UK does, well maybe I should go and protest outside the Saudi embassy or something. But I don't. I just smoke weed and pretend it's not happening.

We're made to believe that we live in the most advanced societies on the planet, that our moral standards are the highest, that our way of life is the right way of life. But it's all a lie. We're supporting regimes around the world, we overthrow problematic regimes, we're responsible for way more civilian deaths than Russia, and all the time we present ourselves as the highest moral authority on the planet.

And the people just don't see it. That's why they get away with it. Because we don't act. And I'm part of the "we".

I'm not part of Putin's "we".

[oskar]

I can't tolerate Western hypocrisy.

It's not hypocrisy. I can support a nation's sovereignty without supporting any of their policies or actions. And calling the UK's involvement in WW2 an "invasion" is pretty rich. Should I really take this seriously? Are you having a Kanye moment? May I suggest a glass of water and some fresh air and we get back to this when we can agree that the Allied did not "invade" nazi germany. lmfao

[OngBonga]

It's not hypocrisy. I can support a nation's sovereignty without supporting any of their policies or actions. And calling the UK's involvement in WW2 an "invasion" is pretty rich. Should I really take this seriously? Are you having a Kanye moment? May I suggest a glass of water and some fresh air and we get back to this when we can agree that the Allied did not "invade" nazi germany. lmfao

It's not the same kind of "invasion" but when we send war planes into enemy territory, it's an invasion. Even if we're already at war. We literally occupied Hamburg and other parts of Germany. That's British boots on the ground in Germany. That's an occupation, which is a type of invasion.

Of course we were absolutely justified in doing so. The point of my making this comment was simply to argue that some invasions are justified. Russia would be justified if there was a real and serious threat to their national security. I don't believe that's the case. I believe Russia have made their national security situation orders of magnitude worse as a result of this invasion, since Finland and Sweden are now joining NATO, close to the geopolitical worst case scenario for Russia.