420blazeit69 [he/him] @ 420blazeit69 @hexbear.net

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No, but the statement we are discussing

I don't care about impossible thought experiments

But even in your case of letting all the spies be killed to save one civilian, it would in the end result in more dead civilians because if a country does that to its own spies, nobody will want to be a spy for them anymore

Ridiculous from top to bottom.

First, you're taking the U.S. at its word that there was anyone on its side in real danger. There is no reason to trust the U.S., and many reasons to think they're lying -- they're fighting a proxy war against Russia, after all.

Second, it's laughable to take the premise of additional intelligence possibly endangering some spy and turning that into "this would kill all U.S. spies."

Finally, the U.S. has fucked over countless lackeys in the past and will continue to do so. Dying for your country is what these people already signed up for, and there will be more meat for the grinder whatever happens to a spy here or there, because of a million reasons, but mostly because who the hell is telling recruits about some active spy that gets burned?

1. Spies who signed up to die if necessary
2. Civilians

Pretty sure my morals are just fine if I pick 2 when push comes to shove

Congress has voted to fund genocide a bunch too, you fucking doorknob

Use your words

Biden is supporting genocide. Supporting Biden is supporting genocide.

Is your point that Congress also supports genocide? Or...?

Biden bypassed Congress to fund genocide

I agree, it's not 1:1. I just don't think capitalist Europe (fresh off being reminded that they are expendable meat for the U.S.) is going to voluntarily wall itself off from a significant, nearby capitalist economy for very long.

It didn't take a generation for Europe to rebuild relationships with Germany after WWI or WWII. And at some point the frantic propaganda of "Russia is just going to invade everybody if we don't destroy them now!" will fail to materialize.

1% of what you want is literally infinitely more than zero percent.

You're in a desert dying of thirst. One person offers you a single drop of water and a second offers you nothing.

Does it matter that the first person offers infinitely more than the second?

I prefer the Vibes-Based Magic System^TM, where you grip it rip it and and tolerate a little ok a decent amount of variance in order to speed things along and avoid anything resembling powegaming.

Jesus Christ

If all you did was drop a wiki link that's a pretty worthless comment. Do you think China is the only country where dissidents get in trouble with the government? Do you think the U.S. doesn't harass (or worse) dissidents?

Who knows, use your words

Please tell me if I made a mistake or missed out on something crucial.

Citations are necessary for something like this.

Lmao well you sure don't use the actual definition of genocide

[T]he ICJ ruled on Friday that it will not address whether Russia violated the 1948 Genocide Convention by using what Ukraine says were trumped-up genocide charges as a pretext for the war, even if the invasion may have violated international law broadly.

Instead, the case will proceed to assess whether Ukraine committed genocide in the eastern parts of the country, as Russia claims – a matter where judges ruled that they have jurisdiction.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/2/icj-rules-that-it-will-hear-part-of-ukraine-russia-genocide-case

massive fragile ego, frankly horrible, acting shitty, basic fucking table stakes

you come across as hostile

Go back to reddit

If you can take a moment to move your massive, fragile ego out of the way

Lmao do you think of yourself as a professional?

Rock dudes rock

This will be something that's derided as a wild conspiracy for 30 years until the CIA posts an old doc on their official website that confirms it matter-of-factly

On a more positive note, the time between speculation like this and hard proof emerging seems to be plummeting. Bushnell was not the only person inside the machine struggling with the consequences of his actions, so hopefully we get some leaks sooner rather than later.