• SinningStromgald@lemmy.world
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    “You know, we won spoils after World War II. We told our allies, lose the colonies,” he continued. “We took half Japan’s gold they stole, built military bases on everyone’s turf, and pegged the world currencies to the dollar. Was that fair?”

    Now that you mention it Jessie…

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    It isn’t common sense to break national and international law to kidnap another leader and claim their resources as your own.

    That is what criminals do.

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    Yeah and YouTube is thick with the fetid stench of MAGA podcasters. So?

    People who watch this human claymation figure aren’t critical thinkers. They may as well be watching soap operas from the 50s with the wurlitzer organ “sting” at every dramatic reveal.

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    I really wish that there was a way to prosecute people spreading toxic lies. Even when it’s 100% provably a harmful lie, we let it go in America. Usually even when it’s bigotry that gets people killed.

    I think we are at the point that conservatives proved we cannot handle “free speech”.

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    Taking over your neighbors house because your grandmother once lived there is not common sense. That’s basically the argument, although the oil companies that were ousted were already seeking compensation.

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    I mean, I don’t think there’s never a scenario where we can interdict shipments. Sanctions are important. If Venezuela had been shipping nuclear fissile material to North Korea and we stopped that boat, I’d probably be on board.

    The argument for this one was that it was oil being sent to sanctioned nations. I’ve not seen any convincing evidence that that was the case though. And, even if it was, I’m unconvinced oil shipments rise to the level of interdiction.

    But I say all that to say the world isn’t black and white. While I agree this interdiction was wrong and Jessie Waters is an idiot, that doesn’t mean that we can paint all US interdictions as obviously bad. Each must be weighed on its own merits.