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  • Here’s the issue with joke ideologies like anarchy, they only ever work in theory. They’re so deeply flawed that they collapse in on themselves any time they’re attempted in real life. Therefore, these ideologies only ever exists in fiction books and philosophical theories that revolve around unrealistic hypotheticals. In other words, anarchy is as a concept is nothing more than a thought exercise because it’s too fundamentally flawed to be anything more.








  • The shut the hell up lmao. Your whining has absolutely no value because you have no interest in seeing America get better, you just want to indulge in your wet dreams about it burning down. This conversation isn’t for you, so just stay on the sidelines and seethe your heart out.


  • Gorilladrums@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldEmpathy
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    4 days ago

    Seethe harder, the US military does have extremely positive moments. There’s absolutely nothing negative about the US helping Ukraine defend itself from it’s evil genocidal neighbor. There’s nothing wrong with the US freeing Europe from the Nazis and then later from the Soviets. There’s nothing wrong with the US Navy ensuring freedom of global trade and navigation. That’s not propaganda, that’s reality. Does that mean everything the US military has done is positive? Of course not, there’s a lot of cruelty in there too. However, pretending that the US military has no positive achievements shows that you’re the one who’s drowned in pure unapologetic propaganda. This comic serves to highlight the positive examples to disprove the notion spread by Musk and Rogan that empathy is a weakness, it’s a strength.


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    America throughout it’s history was indeed an amazing example of both cruelty and empathy. America had slavery, but it also fought it’s bloodiest war to free them. It had segregation, but it also had the most iconic civil rights movement in modern history. It invaded many countries, but it also liberated many countries. It had used it’s military power for bad, but it also used it to bring about the global order of free trade and globalism which ushered in the most prosperous time in human history. It had anti-intellectual movements, but it also put people on the moon.

    Remembering the positive moments in American history is not “cringe”, that’s such a idiotic line of logic. It’s a reminder that the country should strive to be more positive, more empathetic, more understanding. That’s how societies evolve, and America should rightfully go down the path of bettering itself.


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    These are decent examples. USAID was one of the greatest things in the world. It provided relief for millions of people and saved countless lives. It was one of the primer aspects of American soft power due to the positive affects it had. The US was also helping Ukraine defend freedoms, it’s people, and it’s sovereignty from a genocidal invasion from it’s fascist neighbor which polls showed, skyrocketed America’s image across the globe until Trump took over. Likewise, the VA, while not a great institution by any means, is still an example of the country giving help to the people that fought for it. The point isn’t to wash over the flaws, but demonstrate America strength comes from empathy, it’s not a weakness.