Comment on Finally someone we can get behind!
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
Acknowledge the war crimes Prosecute the war crimes Pay reparations to the country and its harmed citizens Acknowledge that as a country there is a lot to change Pull back authority from the executive branch Re-establish USAIDE Commit resources to help rebuild, understand if it’s declined Respect others cultures and autonomy Campaign for global civil and human rights
I don’t know, I feel like a lot of things could be done to make the country and world a better place. It has to start with a real acknowledgement and acceptance that what happened was fucked up and that there is no way forward trying to cling onto some bullshit victory.
The entire world has things to worry about that is more important than geography and religion. Everyone helping and contributing to a mass global move to renewable green energy should be the top priority for everyone, and helping everyone get there because all of our lives have equal value. It needs to be addressed with the urgency of the depleting ozone layer was; it’s still probably too late anyway but with some common ground maybe everyone could walk away at least agreeing to respect each other.
War is so fucking barbaric, there is nothing civilized about what is going on, this shit isn’t a video game. An actual elementary school full of children was attacked in the first week, I don’t understand why that wasn’t enough to wake everyone the fuck up and acknowledge that well shit, we actually are the bad guys here, and actually do something about it instead of digging their heals in.
Some pigs you can’t unfuck but that doesn’t make the right answer to keep fucking the pig.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 6 days ago
All perfectly reasonable, mature ways of handling the problem.
People are going to scoff and say it won’t happen, but if we keep saying that we expect our elected officials to do nothing, that is exactly what they’ll do. Politicians are lazy, and if you give them permission to do nothing, they’ll happily oblige, and get back to their insider trading.
We are in unprecedented times, and we will require unprecedented solutions. It will be up to us to insist that it happen, or else. Stop letting them off the hook.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
I am no more confident about anything in life than I’m not fit, able, or intelligent enough to be in any kind of senior government elected position, at the same time, competency shouldn’t rely on a single individual, it should be a collective effort of many ideas, backgrounds, and expertise that effectively represents all constituents to the best ability possible. I’d never run for anything in politics but that’s the kind of stuff I try to learn about any candidate that I vote for, or not.