And then the country collapsing because they are short-sighted as fuck

They really think that all this destruction will be better for them, huh?

Unfortunately, as much as it sucks to say, there’s no way he won’t be haunted by the war for the rest of his life. I hope he will be able to relax one day, but…

And this is why the problems in America will not be easily solved. There won’t be a solution in the (if they happen) midterms. There won’t be a solution in the (if it happens) next election.

The problem of 40+% of the population supporting Trump remains. And it will remain, whether it’s the causes of it or the reality of it. And it will not simply fade away.

This large of a population supporting these policies is a crisis of catastrophic proportions.

Nothing encapsulates the capitalistic moral decay of the modern world quite as much as this

Democracy used to be an extremist position. Questioning the divine rule of kings in favor of letting the plebs vote?

Completely unthinkable

So, it’s nuanced

Haha…

Oh wait you have dirt to plant stuff in??

FWIW, I support abolition of marriage. It’s weird that relationships are enshrined in law anyway, as many people do not fit into those rigid definitions. Whether it is because they do not wish to have a marriage/romantic relationships or otherwise have them be legally bound, or because they are poly and have more partners, and asking people to choose isn’t great

In my head I guess marriage just feels archaic. Sure, it still got a similar purpose to how it was historically, but I question whether it’s actually a good thing to keep

Vulva/vagina

Why they use a childish term for it is beyond me

But he was though. He did have an ideology. That ideology was everything in service of himself and other elites/billionaires in society. And what it means to be rich/powerful is a part of that ideology in the first place. Everyone has an ideology, whether they realize it or not

This is what you expect to see in a world with hierarchies and where the rich and powerful are entrenched. Nothing here is unexpected or otherwise incompatible with leftist analysis

In what world could you say that Epstein gave circumstantial support to the left? At what point did he ever support lessening the amount of power the powerful have? Left vs right is far more than just social issues, it’s the whole package

But that’s literally what I’m arguing for though…?

Who would replace the monarch though?

At that point it’s literally just an appointed minister by another name. And I’d rather have the position taken by someone who doesn’t live in a literal castle

And yes, I know it’s a constitutional monarchy, I live here :)

Pretty sure because it’s a routine tradition, and is always expected to end in the favor of keeping the monarchy. So it’s not really too interesting unless you are a politician

While I agree that having an independent body from the main political organ makes sense, I feel like a monarchy isn’t a great symbol to have in the first place

And what’s going to stop future scandals from happening? Or consequences for them? If a future king does something bad, we can’t exactly fire them and replace them with someone else, as that’s not how a monarchy works. We only got one tool, and it’s to abolish the monarchy. It doesn’t feel like great checks and balances

Generally I am against inherent power. And a monarchy is the peak of that, as you simply are in a position of power by having a lucky birth. It is true that lucky births happen constantly and are everywhere, especially if you get born in norway, but it feels wrong to actively support it.

It just doesn’t really feel like a system that has a place today. Though I do also realize that there’s problems with having a president or the like as well. But generally I support more democracy, not less.

And also as a final note like, if this went hidden for so long until the files got released, I wonder what other stuff got hidden as well? I mean, we got pretty much directly lied to here back in 2019

I’m just uncomfortable with systems that enforce a hierarchy. I think we could do with less of that

You can bet that once the inevitable population-wide vote happens on whether to keep the monarchy, I will vote no. I already didn’t like having a monarchy from before, now doubly so.

It’s fucking insane to realize that the conspiracy theories of a shadowy pedofilic cabal attempting to guide the world towards them staying in power has some merit to it

I don’t know what sort of gotcha you’re trying to make. Yes those humans are immoral moral actors.

And also, no, I do not adhere to moral relativism, that is a position I outright reject. I definitively think that there are moral positions more “correct” than others. That is your position. Not mine.

Does that make me “better” than other animals? “Better” in what sense, though? Better in terms of discerning right from wrong and able to think about these abstract concepts? Yes. Abstract thinking is something that humans are quite uniquely better at, as far as we know. Better as in having more moral value, though? No I would not say so. If an animal has capacity for suffering, then that animal has a moral worth. And we should avoid causing it suffering if possible.

To be very crass, animals also rape other animals, and I hope to god that you will not use “but we are animals” as an argument there as well.

We are different from other animals in that we are moral agents. We can know the difference between good and bad. That makes us responsible to act upon that difference, too.

English scares me

…but would you use a soldering iron on it?

They’ve not acted in good faith the entire time

I hate that rule, it has caused so much harm, and is at least part of the reason why were in this mess right now. People simply didn’t take the threat seriously

Besides, does it even matter? Whether someone does harm by stupidity or malice, you get them the hell out of a position or power by any means possible, clearly it’s not good for them to be there