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The idea that conquest is immoral if the conquers do not also rape but fine if they do is peak civ-nat.

*yawn* Half of this is literally just bog-standard progressive whining about imperialism and the conquest of America. The difference between colonization in America vs mexico & south america was mostly just that there existing civilizations to conquer and supplant, whereas North America had...

*sigh* everyone tryna be edgy while picking targets entirely in line with the dominant progressive moral framework

Legitimate is whoever actually rules, anything else is just virtue signaling. Also, I think we're pretty much there at least as far as you can expect this to go. China's always going to "not get along with the rest of the world" for the same reasons Russia doesn't. Because "the rest of the...

Not really? China isn't us and they aren't our friends, but this warmongering against China is both misguided and stupid. China isn't "controlling the strings." They are merely a large, populous country which was largely undeveloped who it was convenient for US elites to sell out US...

Saudi Arabia is a regional ally. Israel does not meaningfully function as a regional ally for military purposes, as they do not fight with us in our wars, allow our military to move through their country as a staging ground or base of operations (as say Saudi Arabia did in Desert Storm). IIRC...

Oh no, some people flying Palestinian flags did some edgy stuff. lol, how is that relevant to the question of whether or not the Palestinians are a distinct people living under occupation? Roman salutes aren't even uncommon in the Levant - Syria and Lebanon both use them, Lebanon at least since...

There is, I think, something of a difference between a government stationing its nation's military in another country and a government gifting another government it's taxpayers' money.

I'm not sure what your point here is?

And since they don't receive US military aid, that's normal. My point was that IIRC all other countries that do receive US military aid receive it with the stipulation that it be spent on US products. I believe that included SK when they did receive US military aid. Israel is required to spend...

I think it's fair to say that the US (meaning the federal government) is more interested and invested in Israel than it is in SK. At least per the last figures I found (which were from 2010, and shit might have changed), we do not currently give monetary military aid to SK, we do with Israel...

Also, I think that arguments about insufficient political capital can only be considered as being made in good faith if they are made by people who actually agree with the general point. If you disagree with the general point, you can only debate the general point on it's merits in good faith...

How many wars has China historically won against people who aren't Chinese? Like, not to harsh on Tzu, but IMO there's a reason that his advice on how to wage war mostly sums up to "Don't."

Gibs are unpopular with the Jewish Right, at least as far as I've seen, although if you or someone else has counter-examples, go for it. Edit: As in, it seems more unpopular than it is with the rest of the (mostly White) Right (in contrast to say Black/Mexican Right where it's probably...

A quarter of the total donations to Rs but half of the total donations to Ds is a hell of an influence, not just on each party separately but on American politics as a whole. And, if you're here, I think it's safe to assume we all generally think that a net impact swinging American politics...