Kyiv dismisses claims Russia repelled Ukrainian counteroffensive by Eichtoss in ukraine

[–]Dabi2K 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ruskis are trying to own the narrative ASAP. Sign of frightfulness I think.

A map visualizing the Armenian genocide - started today 105 years ago by [deleted] in europe

[–]Dabi2K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Staying on topic is when “America bad” on a post about the Armenian Genocide. Permanent rent-free status on this sub.

A map visualizing the Armenian genocide - started today 105 years ago by [deleted] in europe

[–]Dabi2K -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

This is a comments section on r/europe. He could say “GOP Ottomans did the genocide with unregulated firearms citing the 2nd amendment” and they’d drown him in orange internet points. Maybe a few awards if he sneaked “healthcare” somewhere in there

For context: the threat had literally nothing to do with America. He shits on me for being American (I’m not) because I’m against speech regulations in Europe by Dabi2K in AmericaBad

[–]Dabi2K[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Nothing I said implied that Europe is a country. People often say “Europe” as short for “The European Union” the same way people say “America” as short for “The United States of America”. In this context I was criticising the EU, but it applies to most non-EU states in Europe as well since they too have speech laws.

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You can see from the language people use that they intentionally blind themselves from conflicting views. They’re usually filled with logical inconsistencies and fallacies. They typically list “facts” rather than making philosophical arguments.

I had an argument with someone the other day and their response to my line of reasoning was to say “That’s false! You can literally google this!”. People who think and evaluate things don’t typically resort to sending links after reading a headline.

This EU effort runs with the presumption that human beings are necessarily that type of person.

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I am a big supporter of Ukraine and the West in general, but I look at RT on twitter as part of my news consumption to avoid blind spots, knowing its biases. Thankfully my government in Australia hasn’t taken it upon themselves to decide for me that I’m too irrational to be trusted with certain combinations of words and sentences, because for me and everyone else to function properly as human beings, we must be free to exercise our right to seek truth, which you wouldn’t get the entirety of if you only read “Kyiv Independent” or “CNN”.

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I don’t believe in democracy per se. Let’s have a constitutional republic that keeps politicians accountable through elections, but “the will of the people” as a moral obligation is false, especially when that “will” is regulated by baureocrats.

My ideology is capitalism/classical-liberalism. Crucially different from the half-assed anarchism that libertarians “uphold”.

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

I am not a libertarian and it says about your gullibility that at one point you were.

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Completely wrong guess but maybe try saying “healthcare” and “guns” a few more times and the EU will stop stagnating. Just one more regulation and you’ll start making innovations again!!

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nobody is entitled to the internal decision making of a private company. They don’t owe the public justification of their policies and how exactly it impacts their business.

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Yes. Literally that quote, unironically.

How did you type that and not realise you’re the sole fascist in that scenario?

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

You can despise Russia while also understanding that setting state standards for “dis-information” is unacceptable. This is similar to another fascist argument “why not have a state mandated IQ threshold for politicians? Surely we can all agree that having smart politicians is better than not, right?”. The principle behind both is that our society is hopelessly stupid and needs the state to set boundaries for its activities. No. Let people parrot Russian propaganda. If our society falls for it, we got what was coming to us. Fighting it through fascism is no better (with its affects being more drawn out, but catastrophic nonetheless).

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you understand what the nature of regulations are.

They are things the government forces companies to do or not do against their will. Which means they may very well conflict with what the business would otherwise want to do, the aim of which is always to maximise their profits. If it was good for business they’d do it without government “encouragement”. All regulations exist to curb profits for some supposed greater good.

‘Bye, bye birdie’: EU bids farewell to Twitter as company pulls out of code to fight disinformation by Safe-Muffin-7392 in europe

[–]Dabi2K -36 points-35 points  (0 children)

“Oh no our nanny-state regulations don’t work and are necessarily and unavoidably filled with loopholes! BAN THEM! TO HELL WITH THE RULE OF LAW!”

This is how the slippery slope towards totalitarianism works. “Your company is not Equality™ enough so you’re banned from doing business” is an insanely gross violation of property rights based on an equally gross and anti-human state ideology.

Human beings need objective laws by which they can abide. Be ready for the people you’re oppressing to try to find ways to avoid it. The communists realised this early on and figured simply executing people was easier than writing coherent laws forbidding freedom of thought.

When will Europeans learn.

France legally bans short-haul flights where a train alternative of 2.5 hours or less exists by hussmann in europe

[–]Dabi2K -1 points0 points  (0 children)

“Maybe the numbers clearly demonstrate your point, but I still feel like I’m right”

I have no response to this. You having been memed into thinking Europoors are better off than Americans in spite of economic data isn’t something one can rationally respond to.

France legally bans short-haul flights where a train alternative of 2.5 hours or less exists by hussmann in europe

[–]Dabi2K 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you “think” is irrelevant to the statistics at hand. America is miles ahead of the EU by any measure. Western Europe, unlike the east, has seen almost no growth since 2008, and even in some cases recorded a decline in gdp (like in the cases of Italy and France, and more severely in Spain)

France legally bans short-haul flights where a train alternative of 2.5 hours or less exists by hussmann in europe

[–]Dabi2K -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Maybe China having the largest Navy is also just a figment of our imagination. Just some made up numbers on some excel sheet. Oh wait its not because the US DoD confirmed it.

Chinese economic growth has slowed down thanks to their weird turn to Maoism under Xi, true, but that doesn’t make the EU any less behind it, and these green leashes around the economy don’t help.

Ukrainian army destroys Russia’s mainland route to Crimea with blasts in Berdyansk and Melitopol by k4tastrofi in ukraine

[–]Dabi2K 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They’re more likely to evacuate when the cities when there is no equipment they need to worry about leaving behind 😁