• mhague@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    What’s the point of thinking of our government as “the government”? Or changing “We could solve this.” to “They could solve this.”?

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      9 months ago

      Considering the military budget is now up to 1.2 trillion a year and we pay for other country’s wars, the government clearly exists to make warmongers wealthier.

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      9 months ago

      Oy. Arguing with nihilists is about as useful as pissing into a black hole. You’ll just get your dick turned into spaghetti for the effort, so why bother?

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        9 months ago

        All I care about is that people can see what kind of mentality pairs with rhetoric like, “They control us!” It’s not a productive, insightful perspective that speaks helplessness into themselves and others.