Comment on Does it seem like US presidents just throw a dart on a spinning globe and say he lets start fucking with this or that country? Used to be arbitrary, now it seems the GOV no longer lie just do.

• Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  As long as you agree all the wars we both listed are arbitrary

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  • ThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I don’t think you understand what the word arbitrary means

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    • Patnou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Arbitrary describes an action, decision, or rule based on random choice, personal whim, or individual discretion rather than on any reason

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      • ThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Exactly - note that it does not say GOOD reasons. Just because you can argue with the reasons that actions were undertaken, it doesn’t mean they were undertaken arbitrarily. You don’t have to like the reasons for them to have existed. Arbitrariness is not the same thing as bad decision-making.

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