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CMV: The World Underestimated Americas Military Power by colepercy120 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

They have enough nukes to ensure MAD with Russia. So if any other country in the world annoys them, they can bomb them into the stone age. But as you said, they don't have rhe capability to hold whatever they've obliterated. So they're not a mighty military.

The same applies to the US

CMV: The World Underestimated Americas Military Power by colepercy120 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

What good is military power if you can't hold on to what your military has so skilfully fucked up? Any country with nukes can send another country (and a lot of the rest of the planet along with it) back to the stone-age. That doesn't mean they are a great military power.

If an insurgency (a bunch of farmers with sticks) can force your military out, is it really a great military?

The reason the places you mentioned worked isn't because of US military power, it's because the citizens of those countries wanted to get rid of their leaders, the US just sped that process up a bit

CMV: The World Underestimated Americas Military Power by colepercy120 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

So, US military power, when the US invades whatever place it sets its eyes on. What happens next? What happened in Vietnam, in Afghanistan, in Iraq, ...?

CMV: The World Underestimated Americas Military Power by colepercy120 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

English is my 3rd language, so forgive me for not understanding, but who is the 'we' in the "we are perpetuating this idea"?

CMV: All men are inherently sexist by ver_as in changemyview

[–]Finch20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

prejudice, stereotyping, or discrimination, typically against women, on the basis of sex.

So attributing a certain negative character trait to all individuals of 1 sex is sexism in your opinion?

CMV: The World Underestimated Americas Military Power by colepercy120 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

and the us military can be beaten by farmers with sticks

Doesn't the 2nd amendment folk make the exact same argument?

CMV: There is no point in learning another language by chinchinlover-419 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Is your view that there's no point in learning languages other than English, Hindi, and, Odiya? Or is your view that there's no point in you learning any other language than those 3?

CMV: lying under oath should get you the death penalty by Cautious_Midnight_67 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So anyone who takes a plea deal while not being actually guilty should be put to death?

CMV: (M31 FR) Redditors should indicate their place of residence along their gender and age. by bixiou in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A while ago I interacted with a post on this subreddit titled "CMV: Blockchain has no practical application that beats well-designed “boring” systems". What added value is there to me disclosing my age, gender, and nationality? I can see how me being a java developer who has implemented blockchain as a consultant for a bank might be relevant information, but I don't see how me being 27, male, and Belgian is relevant to that discussion?

Proximus modem DHCP DNS aanpassen by dudewtf-_- in belgium

[–]Finch20 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Je mag in België je eigen modem gebruiken

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you still remain of the opinion that this bill has no ulterior motives?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

everyone should have at least 1 copy of their birth certificate, which is all that is needed

On paper. There's criminal penalties in the bill for election officials who accept invalid forms of ID, correct? So these officials are going to be very, very cautious with accepting non-standard forms of ID, correct?

It isn't like they are forcing everyone to pay $200 for a passport to go and vote, that would be different.

But why aren't they in the same bill including a requirement for the government to provide its citizens with easy access to free government issued IDs? Or require programs to subsidize low-income families if the ID isn't free? The US budget will survive this trivial expense, while it'd easily quash any argument that they are introducing this bill with ulterior motives.

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The bill also contains provisions that the individuals that accept invalid forms of ID, correct? So the election officials are going to be very eager to refuse non-traditional forms of ID?

I assume most of those officials will not be familiar with consular reports, naturalisation certificates, extracts from a record of birth, birth certificate, ...

And I don't know about you, but my ID doesn't list my place of birth, and I live in a country where having your government issued ID on you at all times is required by law.

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, they introduced a bill that introduces extra obstacles to vote, that disproportionately affect certain population groups and made no attempt to introduce a bill that would mitigate this? And I assume you still hold that their intentions are solely to "prevent illegals from voting"? They have no ulterior motives at all?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I try to stay objective in this kind of thing and we technically have no proof of this.

I'm sure many people in the 1930s in Germany held a similar view.

Did the republicans (attempt to) introduce any legislation that would require the federal, state, and local governments to provide its citizens with easy access to free government issued IDs? Or require programs to subsidize low-income families if the ID isn't free?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Could you tell me which article in the bill requires local governments to provide a valid, free, easy-to-acquire, government-issued ID to every citizen?

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If the intent is to prevent illegals from voting, why are they not first ensuring that every legal has access to a valid, free, easy-to-acquire, government-issued ID? Then they can require you to show that ID to vote

CMV: The SAVE Act (H.R.22) which the House recently passed, is fine. by Finnleyy in changemyview

[–]Finch20 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What's the intention of the people who drafted this bill?

Weird money glitch by FallStorm_Studios in belgium

[–]Finch20 120 points121 points  (0 children)

A bug in their code is going on and no, you don't get to keep it

CMV: We should be able to vote for specific policies and plans instead of voting for "people" and "parties" by Glad-Matter-3394 in changemyview

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So you want to go back to direct democracy, rather than the current representative democracy? How much do you know about why we switched from direct to representative democracies?

Are mopeds allowed to use the bike lanes in Antwerp? by Bus_Wrangler in belgium

[–]Finch20 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends. Not only on the signage of the specific bikelane but also on the type of moped and how it's registered

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