In Bad Country you’re afraid to question the state
wow. is that sub actually ok?
Yes. The answer is yes
Lmao, the third top comment handwaving everything with moral relativism:
In the US, we grow up thinking our country is the hero. Then we learn that we’re actually the villain.
Then we realize that there are few or no heroes and much worse villains and the whole geopolitical history of the world is a complicated mess of at best morally dubious players and people collectively trying to muddle through the shit that is mostly caused by other people, and maybe we should be less concerned about who the good guys and the bad guys are and more concerned with just trying to do good where we can and stopping the bad where possible.
One of the enlightened redditor’s favorite moves: calling things good and bad is simplistic and immature, so if I say things are complicated then I’m mature and intellectually superior. Also obviates the need for any pesky analysis of the issues at hand.
Oh well, at least I saw a good meme in there:
The myth of democratic consent.
Citizens: I consent
Government: I consent
America: I don’t
Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask?
“US bad”
“Uh no actually everything is more complex than that!”
“Okay, then do a complex analysis.”
“uh… everyone bad?”
If you’re gonna claim the whole thing is oversimplified (and sure, it is), it’s not an excuse to throw away fairly clear cut facts and impose your own oversimplified view that luckily happens to say your country is a-okay.
THIS! real life IS complicated. I absolutely buy that. BUT if you just say it’s complicated and then don’t do a deeper analysis, you’re actually saying “I don’t understand it, and I don’t want to, but I’m going to object to what other people are saying without an understanding of my own.”
It’s like the homelessness thing. Homes outnumber the unhoused. And people say “you can’t just give everyone a place to live! what about _____case?”
And it’s the same sort of thing. “Ok, you’re right. There’s a lot more detail we can get into. So, to start, let’s put the 75% of people it will work for into a home, and then we can discuss support and solutions for the other 25%, including medical care and rehabilitative programs!”
“ugh. never mind.”
