• TokenBoomer@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So countries aren’t sovereign now?

    Edit: I can’t find any info. What genocide?

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      1 year ago

      Iran can sell their oil to whomever can buy it.

      But this was apparently a US company violating US law, so…to your point…the US’s sovereign right to enforce their law and confiscate contraband from their citizen.

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          They bought the Kool aid?
          Genocide is wrong. (wild hot take I know)
          Maybe every country should stop it.
          If any one country stopped trade with every country that did genocide, they wouldn’t have many trading partners.

          The article has more to do with the Iranian revolutionary guard, but they somehow sold oil to China.

          The antichina people jump on every article that mentions China.

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        1 year ago

        How does seizing oil mean we’re standing against genocide? Where is the connection?

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      1 year ago

      There’s more than one to pick from, but I’ll go with having 2 X chromosomes as my least favorite

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          A lot of women are killed or severely punished for normal activities. They would not be harmed if they were men.

          What’s it called when you kill a group of people who share a particular national or genetic trait?

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                1 year ago

                Good luck with the cognitive dissonance. It helps if you try to see different perspectives. Just because a topic makes you uncomfortable, does not mean it’s wrong. Travel overseas to these countries you dislike. They are made up of people, just like you. They live, they love, and they feel pain, just like you. America is a country of 345 million, compared to a world of 8 billion. The minority should never rule the majority. It typically doesn’t end well for the minority. As a citizen of that minority, I’m frustrated that we don’t treat the world equitably. Enjoy this time in the sun, because the night that’s coming will be long and cold.