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Ah so that’s where I gotta store my small Lenin pictures

It’s very relevant though. We deserve countries free from US interference. That’s not an excuse to pretend things are fine either, we still need to do the work, etc.

If you believe the UN is anything other than a tool for Western imperialism you haven’t been paying attention.

The US isn’t constrained by the UN. But let’s pretend they are. Even if China or Russia vetoed all they’d get is the international community blaming them for the conflict not being resolved, while Gazans would still be genocided. I’m not happy with it either, but it is what it is.

Does China need to start WW3 for you to stop blaming them, instead of the western powers for actually perpetrating the crimes?

Tbf religion scholars believe we do tend towards religious behavior, which isn’t to say humans must be religious or believe in the supernatural, but patriotism is analogous to civil religion, and fandoms can also be very similar to religious communities.

I believe skeptics have always existed, even Cicero included skeptics when writing about Roman religion before the Common Era, but we engage in behaviors that are analogous to religious behavior regardless of our beliefs, so from that point of view our nature includes worship, imo.

I mean, the bronze age took place during class society, and it wasn’t even that long ago compared to the time anatomical humans have existed. As for whether past cruelty would make modern people look like saints. If we’re talking about Joe right across the street or something, sure, why not. But we have had non stop bombings, coups, invasions, sanctions and so on for a while, I consider modern capitalists to be more cruel as a class than many kings of old.

You can argue that human cognition allows for the world we see around us, but that doesn’t mean this was necessarily unavoidable, or that we’re naturally selfish, or whatever else. It’s also very self-defeating as an argument because we can point to countless examples of cooperation, both past and present, including people saving someone from drowning for no monetary gain. And I don’t know you personally, but I try my best to be a good person out of love for humanity, rather than expecting a reward.

But let’s say that it is human nature to be selfish. It’s still a silly argument against socialism though, since we could still build systems that don’t reward our worst Impulses, but rather function with checks and balances to prevent them.

For nationwide elections I agree there isn’t much of a choice, but I’d argue voting third party outside of swing states is still good to express dissatisfaction, and third parties and independents can still win in local elections.

Sure. I’m a Communist, surely we can meet halfway under a socialist platform. A politician should earn their votes, so it’s their choice really.