I’m pretty sure he was involved with the liberation theology movements in Argentina before the previous pope clamped down on it (in his capacity as a cardinal)

j’imagine qu’on peut militer en faveur de la reconnaissance du concept, avec l’intention que ça change comment on conçoit nos politiques

some injustices are structural

Labour back then were all into their ‘Third Way’ ideology (read ‘neoliberalism with a left-wing mask’) so it’s not all unlikely he barely shifted his views at all

right, except sometimes it’s easier to impose conditions on certain countries than others. for example the US was able to get the previous Indian administration to sign a treaty ceding partial control of their arsenal to them, on threat of sanctions (if I recall correctly). as much as the US might want to do something like that with China, it wouldn’t be anywhere near as easy to pull off.

this is just an example, I’m not attaching moral value to what occurred/occurs

grow a beard*

perfect! thank you :)

the word ‘crog’ was also used to refer to general shades of orange before we took the name from the fruit