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Oil prices are so high that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are dropping
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So... Trump did something that had a positive effect? Not that it's a net positive, I mean, he started an illegal war and bombed schools with kids inside. And talking about children, don't forget he raped kids.
On a global scale, Trump has done a lot of good by directly undermining the power of the US Empire and accelerating its decline.
Accelerationism Works, just so long as you don't count all the people viciously slaughtered in the transitional period
Thankfully, most accelerationists are privileged white people living in very blue states and cities, so that's very easy to ignore.
Most people you interact with online are privileged.
I think you'd be surprised to see how many people are perfectly fine with burning Western Imperialism down once you get outside your bubble
I'm pretty sure it's a rule of privilege to think you're not privileged.
Thinking is a privilege, TIL
That's what you got out of it? Well, if thinking is a privilege it's most certainly one you don't have.
The baseline argument is pretty fascile. "Um, aktuly, only snobs think destabilization has any benefit".
Literally go to any prison in America. You'll find accelerationists. People generally don't like institutions when those institutions are oppressive.
Trump has done quite a few positive things
Why is this downvoted? Trump's policies ironically helped other countries but not the country he leads!
More like enabling China to do whatever the fuck they want, which isn't good. China is far from a good guy.
Did he? He's hard against it. There's only a growth because AI data centers take any form of energy. But the growth of fossil fuel energy sources is growing even more.
He's also trying to divide Europe, which is far more successful than I wish it was.
Was meant to be not entirely serious, but yes.
How many countries has China bombed in the last two years?
How many ~~Oeigoers~~ Uyghurs are in concentration camps? How many people are being secretly executed in mobile execution vans? All while they are preparing to invade Taiwan, make predatory deals with African countries and commit murder abroad to anyone considered enemy of the state. Oh and did you know they are building the strongest most modern military right now? They used to be defensive, but are now fully focusing on offensive. I wonder why...
There are other ways than bombing countries to be fucking evil.
Uyghurs
I knew it was bad spelling, I even googled it. But instead of the English spelling, I ended up with the Dutch spelling instead. Thanks for correcting me :)
I don't think all things considered your criteria for evil can be applied to all the big countries around the world especially US.
Guy in a country overflowing with concentration camps, currently carpet bombing multiple countries for being too Muslim
"Okay, but consider Xinjiang!"
Incidentally...
Fascist westerners absolutely seeth when they see this picture.
Americans have accused China of planning to invade Taiwan longer than they've been accusing Iran of plotting to bomb Israel.
More efforts have been made by Taiwanese nationalists to retake the mainland than the reverse.
I didn't know The Netherlands has concentration camps. What country are we bombing for being too Muslim?
Oh hi Chinese government worker!
FFS... Either you're insanely ignorant and dumb, or you're getting paid for spreading propaganda.
https://www.kampwesterbork.nl/en
Literally where Anne Frank was killed.
But more recently?
https://www.nature.com/articles/palcomms201784
You're a favorite for extraordinary renditions going on 30 years easy
Afghanistan and Libya, just for starters. Y'all also perpetrated a horrific bombing in Yugoslavia during the 90s.
Operation Inherent Resolve was as recent as 2014, spanning Iraq and Syria. Operation Prosperity Guardian, Poseidon Archer, and Aspides in Yemen. And you've been up in Somalia's business for... centuries?
Christ, the Dutch have been fucking with the African coastline since before the US was even a country.
Hehe. Okay, buddy.
She was not. She was killed in Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen to be exact. Westerbork was a nazi camp in the second world war. It was in the Netherlands, but from nazi Germany. It was a pass through camp, not a death camp. It was run by the SS.
If you knew your history, you would have pointed out the Dutch otrocities in Indonesia, but also that is history. Instead of stating wrong facts about Westerbork and Anna Frank.
Afghanistan was a fight against Al-Qaeda in which the Netherlands was mainly focused on building new infrastructure and provide safety for the new government and inhabitants. Everything the Americans destroyed, the Dutch rebuilt (I've been there myself on deployment). Like help farmers convert from poppy production to saffron, build bridges and dams.
Lybia was also a fight against an Al-Qaeda linked organization. Also one of my military deployments as Intel officer.
Yugoslavia was against a dictatorial regime and was a piece mission (blue helmets) which escalated. The worst the Dutch did was not doing enough against the killing of the inhabitants by the regime.
I have been in the Somalia business for 15 years, I served in the navy and was deployed there several times against piracy. We fought against the criminal organizations who exploited the locals in forcing them into piracy.
Mate, everything you said is complete bullshit. You should research your facts before spreading this noncence.
"We merely facilitated the genocide!"
The county of China has committed the unforgivable act of Being Prosperous Without Being White.
Westerners will never forgive them.
India also increasingly on the Western shit list, as evidenced by folks like Bo French losing their shit over kids cheering a football game.
Jury still hella out on that one.