Was bist du für ein ekelhafter, völlig empathieloser Mensch. Wirklich nicht auszuhalten, wie du hier die Tatsachen versuchst zu verdrehen, nur um … ja wofür eigentlich? Um aus irgendeinem Grund eine menschenverachtende politische Agenda auf Teufel komm raus zu rechtfertigen. Ist mir wirklich schleierhaft was dich auf dieser Plattform rumtreibt.
I find it very strange to tell someone you know nothing about that they have no clue what they’re talking about simply because they disagree with you.
The mental gymnastics you’re doing to assert that the situation in Ukraine and Gaza would be different is either driven by racism (which I don’t want to accuse you of) or ignorance out of a geopolitical interest.
First of all, intention is central to the legal definition of genocide. You cannot accidentally commit genocide. Both Russia and Israel are very open about their intentions and it’s clear that they want to eradicate the Ukrainians/Palestinians as a people and claim the land for themselves.
The only difference is that we’re arming the victim in the case of Ukraine and the perpetrators in the case of Israel. If you’re interested in UN reports then feel free to read their assessments on the war crimes, ethnic cleansings, Apartheid, illegal occupation, indefinite mass imprisonments without charge, torture, sexual abuse during said imprisonment, and most recently on the genocide. Feel free to also read the ICJ case by South Africa.
If your empathy extends only to some people it’s up to you to figure out why. It only proves my point that Europe has no credibility to begin with. Our support for Ukraine is purely driven by our own interest to fight back against Russia. Ukrainians are nothing but a pawn for us, although it’s a convenient narrative that they’re the victims and we’re doing it for a greater cause.
It’s not like the West is any more humane, we’re just committing all the atrocities far away from ourselves. It’s objectively better for almost anyone to live in a Western country than in the places we oppress. And I wouldn’t want to live in Russia or China either.
I totally agree that Russia shouldn’t have power. But how much does the Western power help middle easterners? Or how much did it help in Korea, Vietnam, …
So it’s fighting Russia’s power isn’t based on a consistent moral framework. It’s just done because our own quality of life is better if Russia has less power.
Sorry, I got carried away for a second. I think there were some white doctors there or something at some point so that confused me
Ah yeah the typical whataboutism accusation. Whataboutism is certainly a problem when trolls try to derail debates.
In this case though the statement that Europe would lose all credibility if Ukraine loses relies on the premise that there’s any credibility left to begin with. I’m challenging that premise.
It’s blatantly obvious that the support for Ukraine was always just about geopolitics, and never about moral or values. Now, the geopolitical interest seems to have shifted, hence no more support for Ukraine. See e.g. Scholz not even giving any reasons for denying support, except that he says so.
I think all of this is terrible and I want Ukraine to be supported, but our dear Western leaders are morally bankrupt so I’m afraid it may not happen.
As if Europe or the „Western“ world in general would still have any credibility with the Gaza genocide.
I truly feel sorry for Ukrainians as the support for the resistance was never about actual solidarity or values.
Seit wann ist Lauch sein eigentlich wieder cool?
Coming from Germany where both of this is normal it’s pretty crazy to me that this is seen as some kind of socialist utopia.
Admittedly there are a lot of problems in that country as well but the root of them is imo not in free education & healthcare.
Ja natürlich, die Palästinenser sind ja u.a. auch die Nachfahren von den Juden, die damals dort gelebt haben. Teilweise immer noch Juden, größtenteils aber Christen und Muslime heutzutage. Aber das hat ja nichts damit zutun, dass im 20. Jahrhundert ein Haufen Europäer entscheidet, sich nun das Gebiet einzuverleiben. Also, ich versteh schon, was du sagen möchtest, aber dieses Narrativ wird ja leider genau nur dafür benutzt, Gräueltaten zu rechtfertigen.
Ja wie gesagt, Solidarität mit einer unterdrückten Zivilbevölkerung ist etwas anderes als Unterstützung von Gewalt egal aus welcher Motivation heraus.
Dann kommt ja oftmals diese Argumentation, nämlich dass der Konflikt ja schon so lange gehe und dass man da ja jetzt einfach nur ein Lösung finden müsse. Als wäre dieser Status Quo, nämlich Kolonialmacht und Kolonialisierte quasi gottgegeben. Ist er nämlich nicht.
Und in dem Sinne ist auch die Palästinensische Zivilbevölkerung doch nicht vergleichbar mit der Russischen sondern mit der Ukrainischen. Wenn jetzt ukrainische Soldaten Kriegsverbrechen begehen (tun leider auch sie), dann ändert das für mich nichts daran, dass die Ukraine von einer imperialistischen Kolonialmacht angegriffen wird.
Und wenn der Konflikt dort noch 75 Jahre weitergeht, ist Russland immer noch eine imperialistische Kolonialmacht und ich werde immer noch Mitleid mit den Ukrainern haben. Unrecht hat ja letztendlich kein Ablaufdatum.
Ich geh bei dir mit bis zu einem gewissen Punkt, aber dieser Konflikt ist viel mehr schwarz und weiß als es die deutschen Medien aussehen lassen.
Wenn man am 7. Oktober anfängt ist es natürlich Arschlöcher vs Arschlöcher, wobei hier Israel in der Arschloch-Olympiade meilenweiten Vorsprung hat.
Als gesamter Konflikt fängt es ja mehr oder weniger damit an, dass irgendein britischer Lord Europäischen Juden ein Stück Land im Nahen Osten versprochen hat. Ohne Rücksicht darauf, dass dort bereits Menschen leben und dass dieses Stück Land nur durch den Vertreibung und Kolonialisierung dieser Gruppe zugeschrieben werden kann.
Part 2 ist dann Europäer die gerade eine neue Weltordnung und neue Institutionen geschaffen haben vs irgendwelche Sandmenschen deren Belange man getrost ignorieren kann.
Seitdem nur noch immer mehr ethnische Säuberungen, Vertreibungen, Entmenschlichung, Unterdrückung der Verbliebenen, Apartheid, Guantanamo-Style Verhaftungen, Folter, Vergewaltigungen, mittlerweile Genozid.
Der Konflikt amerikanische Siedler vs Ureinwohner war ja auch nicht kompliziert, nur weil Ureinwohner ihre Gegner z.B. skalpiert haben. Soll heißen, es ist doch möglich, sich mit den Unterdrückten zu solidarisieren, ohne dabei jegliche Mittel oder Gruppen zu unterstützen. Ich kann doch also solidarisch mit der unterdrückten Palästinensischen Zivilbevölkerung sein, ohne dabei Hamas o.ä. zu unterstützen.
Germany very generously described, would say they’re also rather center to center right.
Kriegst meinen Angry Upvote. Ich habe mir darüber Gedanken gemacht und stimme dir tatsächlich zu dass der ethische Ansatz wenn man Nachwuchs möchte theoretisch die Adoption von z.B. Waisenkindern ist. In der Praxis bin ich tatsächlich sehr egoistisch und hätte gerne ein Kind das aussieht wie wir und „unseres“ ist. Macht rational keinen Sinn, ist glaub ich dennoch sehr menschlich. Adoption ist zwar soweit ich weiß auch gar nicht mal eben so, also man kann ja nicht einfach ins Kinderheim zum Shoppen gehen. Aber ich glaube der Kern ist doch dieser sehr menschliche Drang, die eigene Genetik weiterzutragen. Da muss man schon sehr stark sein, um sich aus voller Überzeugung dagegen zu entscheiden.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rick and Morty. The humour is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the jokes will go over a typical viewer’s head. There’s also Rick’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these jokes, to realise that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Rick & Morty truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in Rick’s existential catchphrase “Wubba Lubba Dub Dub,” which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Dan Harmon’s genius wit unfolds itself on their television screens. What fools… how I pity them. 😂
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Rick & Morty tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 😎
Well that was the joke. Tough crowd
So I think many of the ASML ladies have migrated to the Netherlands due to them being highly qualified in the area and there seems to be a lack of people who can do it locally. With the 30% tax ruling that’s a sweet deal if you’ve got the right background and experience.
I assume whispering in Dutch would just sound horrible and insulting to the ears. I kinda get that they would want to move to France. I imagine French whispering to be more appealing, so they would need to hire less skilled workers from foreign countries.
The only thing that I still don’t get is why they need a factory for this when it’s such a WFH friendly job.
Now I’ll be that person: Europe is not the monolith Americans imagine it to be. It’s roughly 50 countries and an equal (if not higher) amount of languages.
tldr; Europe is not like having 50 states in the US but each state has their own language, history, culture that can be very different from others.
Culturally, as a German I don’t have a lot of in common with a Polish or a French person. There may be things we can agree on, but eventually you being European is equal to being North American. The USA and Canada are probably kinda close to each other because of the mostly shared language. But then e.g. Mexico has a completely different history and language than those two.
And now add to that that Schengen came to effect like what 25 years ago. Before that there were border controls between EU countries. For people above 40 they still grew up with their world ending at their country’s border. Only in the last 15 years with open borders & cheap flights it became affordable to most to visit other countries.
Also, education, legislation, hell even on which side of the road you drive differ from country to country. There really isn’t that much that most countries have in common. So it’s very different than the USA. Or more like the difference between France and Germany is at least as big as the difference between culture in the Bay Area and rural Alabama. And also they speak a different language and most older people can’t communicate with each other all.
Look, Trump shouldn’t be running for President, he should rot in jail. But that doesn’t change that Biden can’t get out 2 straight sentences without fucking something up. I absolutely don’t get why they wouldn’t let anyone younger run instead. You should be sharp if you’re one of the most powerful people on this planet, your daily decisions can affect billions.
Is this the election for US presidency or for who runs the next bingo evening at the local nursing home? Can’t make this shit up
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At 77 and 81 respectively, Trump and Biden are the oldest people to run for the presidency in US history. “Putin has so little respect for Obama that he’s starting to throw around the nuclear word. You heard that. Nuclear. He’s starting to talk nuclear weapons today,” said Trump, on Saturday night in Richmond.
The crowd reportedly went silent as the Trump referenced Obama, who left office more than seven years ago. It’s the third time Trump has made the blunder in the past six months.
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Trump’s mistake came the day after Biden, twice confused Ukraine and Gaza as he announced that the US would airdrop humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in Gaza who are dying of starvation due to the Israeli bombardment and blockades.
“In the coming days, we’re going to join with our friends in Jordan and others who are providing airdrops of additional food and supplies into Ukraine,” Biden said on Friday. The US will “seek to open up other avenues into Ukraine, including possibly a marine corridor”, he added.
A White House official later clarified that Biden meant Gaza – not Ukraine.
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I totally get your stance on Hamas and I think most of us feel this way. Hamas are not the good guys. I don’t think Hamas has gathered a lot of sympathy at least in the Western world, e.g. in German media they’re still always called either terrorists or radical islamists/jihadists. But it’s also mind-boggling to me how much legitimacy they have gained through October 7. The world shouldn’t work like this but it keeps rewarding ruthless violence.
And I think another part of the problem is seeing global conflicts like football matches. Like in this conflict someone is team Ukraine and in this other conflict they‘re actually team Russia/Iran/China/… because ABC. But how can people think like that? We should always be on the side of humanity & the principle that every person on this planet has a right to live in safety, freedom & dignity.
I’m just really really dreading the double standards applied to people based on whether or not they’re useful to us. Of course we can’t intervene everywhere, it would already be big if we would stop sending weapons and ammo, and if we would stop providing rhetoric cover for this genocide. Or if we would stop being partners with the genocidal Azerbaijani government. Like we could just stop supporting genocidal regimes but because of money and power we ignore or even excuse what they do.
Another thing I saw is Russian trolls are hijacking the Gaza war to destabilize Western countries. I think this contributes to the distrust in someone calling out the West‘s hypocrisy. It became so Russian propaganda tool to do so, and naturally those propagandists will also be extremely pro-Russian. Like wtf.
Anyway, thanks for exchange, I totally feel and share your frustration. I would like to end this with some positive or encouraging note but honestly wouldn’t know what that would be, politics is so fucked.