• minnow@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are you suggesting that we shouldn’t try to solve problems that we created? That if we create a problem, intentionally or not, that we should just say to the world “ok you deal with it now”?

    Because that sure seems like what you’re saying here.

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      1 year ago

      That is exactly what I am saying. Did the Taliban ask for our help? Would our government accept aid from China to curb homelessness here? With restrictions of course that it be used only for food and clothing. They are a sovereign nation. We are usurping their authority. And we wonder why they hate us.

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        1 year ago

        Well that’s one of the more fucked up and asinine things I’ve heard in a while.

        You know countries can refuse aide, right? Nobody is forcing them to accept the money. Because, you know, they’re a sovereign nation with the authority to make decisions for themselves. You even said it yourself

        Would our government accept aid from China

        China offering us aid doesn’t “usurpe our authority”. How the heck did you even come up with that nonsense.

        But hey, believe whatever you want. Me, I think we should take responsibility for the harm we’ve done to the world and offer to make amends in some way or another. I don’t think it’s right to take a shit in somebody else’s yard and tell them it’s their problem. But again, that’s me.