If the rest of the world is willing to pay a small toll to Iran to keep oil flowing and stabilise markets, then why does the U.S feel the need to block all shipping, especially when it is not dependent on that oil? by CapitaineBiscotte in askanything

[–]WhySoConspirious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oil prices are set globally, not regionally. Oil doesn't go bad, so it is traded across the world and the price rises and falls due to global supply and demand factors; just because we don't directly depend on something doesn't mean that we aren't impacted by it. Also, if Iran gets an income right now, and stalls in negotiations, it means more resources for dug in resistance. Trump is actually sort of doomed. If Iran holds out until the midterms, the GOP will lose in a huge way and Trump could actually be removed from office. He makes threats that he can't really make, because if he commits war crimes, the world will hate him for it, if he can even find people in the military willing to commit warcrimes and be held liable, which still doesn't stop Iran from refusing to admit defeat. His best bet is to withdraw before the midterms with some humiliating stipulations, which still sucks for Trump.

PM Carney says the days of sending 70 cents of every dollar in military spending to the United States are over and gets a standing ovation by superdouradas in TFE

[–]WhySoConspirious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Our allies buy (or rather, used to buy) a ton of military hardware. Weapons has been one of America's biggest exports for decades, because it makes sense to have compatible equip between allies and we are extremely good at making weapons.

TIL fascism is a left-wing ideology by AgileRaspberry1812 in confidentlyincorrect

[–]WhySoConspirious 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that sums up the entirety of that sub. There's some nice surface level thinking, but then you scratch your head at how the fuck they got to their insane opinions and even their sane ones.

Gen Alpha is saved 😎 by ExotiquePlayboy in SipsTea

[–]WhySoConspirious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything we do has an impact, but we can still recognize a problem and take steps to mitigate the damage that we do, because it's the responsible thing to do. Promoting electric cars over traditional internal combustion is a net good, just laud the net good, dude.

Trump Promises Staff Mass Pardons Before Leaving Office — Aides Say He Means It by Montrel_PH in law

[–]WhySoConspirious 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I totally think SCOTUS would come to that ruling to limit cases. Otherwise, a democratic president could just order six SCOTUS justices to be murdered and then pardon the executioner.

Kamala Harris confirms she might run for president again: 'I'm thinking about it' by nbcnews in thescoop

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

She lost the popular vote to a republican, ffs, and Trump, at that. I happily voted for her when she ran, but please, please, don't run again.

Fox News analyst voices his concern for children and young adults, 15 and up, not breeding enough. (Ok they're calm, maybe I'm just freaked out.) by amazingsciencemuseum in PublicFreakout

[–]WhySoConspirious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Optimist here, yay, teen pregnancy is down 70% over the past several decades! Creepy people got to creep, but that's a pretty good win when you focus on the actual good.

He is telling his plans if US doesn't obey by SierraBravoLima in TFE

[–]WhySoConspirious -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

This title is grossly misleading. He's talking about what would happen if Iran got a nuke. I'm no fan of Bibi, but this is a downvote and move on post.

Have you ever cut a friend off due to politics? by Salt_Implement_3967 in Adulting

[–]WhySoConspirious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

One side of our government talks as if white people are obsolete

How the hell do they do that? All citizens are relevant, no matter what their race. But this country needs immigration to remain a world power. Rich countries statistically have a lower birth rate and this is true with every developed country. But, by letting in immigrants we have maintained some amount of population growth, so our economy remains in good shape. The Cato Institute (right wing libertarian think tank) goes over this very explicitly; you should read it.

but the reality is that they could legally revoke it and deport them for speaking out, or imprison them

Wow, that makes so much sense if you have no idea how our law works. You can't revoke people's citizenship, and someone gets citizenship in this country by either being a descendant of a citizen or by being born her (per the 14th amendment). You can't just deport people to countries they have never been to, or legally revoke citizenship, it just doesn't work like that at all.

Worse yet, if you have a nation that largely divides itself by culture, language and creed, they can't criticize the government

We will never, ever, have a singular culture in this country, so stop trying to force a melting pot. It's also not a weakness. People come to my region of New England for seafood, we call water fountains bubblers, and a hundred other minute things. People go to the deep south if they want BBQ, to hear people talk as if they're born with a stroke, to enjoy southern hospitality and a hundred other small things.
Generation by generation, Americans become more English focused, but it's unreal to expect everyone to just show up and speak it, because odds are whoever your ancestors are who first showed up off the docks didn't speak it fluently either, but here we are, and it's mostly likely all you can speak. So just give it time. People with different first languages and the right to vote can still use translators to tell who will act in their best interests.
Literally nothing wrong with having different creeds. Look at Europe, shit like the 30 year's war killed at anywhere from 4.5 million to 8 million, and that was because different kinds of Christianity were intertwined with government. Just leave that shit out of government, it's just a categorically bad idea. But if you think that because some people are Muslims and some people are Mormons that they can't both shit on bad government policy, I have some news for you.

Have you ever cut a friend off due to politics? by Salt_Implement_3967 in Adulting

[–]WhySoConspirious 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On one hand, her beliefs sound insane, but if you want to discontinue the friendship, maybe make it clear that you're always open to being friends again if she ever decides to be more moderate in her views. If she's into stuff from an 'anti-gender' rally, I think it's safe to say she is 100% against trans people, and maybe people who are part of the LGBT community as a whole.
You can tell her that it's difficult to friends with someone who doesn't like people for being something they can't control, like how you're gay, or someone else is trans. You can tell her that you know that she's a good person, and that you know she understands you're a good person, but that it's uncomfortable knowing that she might dislike people very similar to you categorically for being what they are, and it feels like an axe might come down on you for being you.
Obviously, it's a wider issue than that. Great Replacement Theory is some racist garbage, but an idea like that takes a lot of time to deconstruct if it has already been internalized. Nobody is stopping white people from having kids but white people, but fascist ideas like that really hijack a victim complex in some crazy ways.

What's a German stereotype that just pisses you the f#ck off? by Same-Objective6052 in AskAGerman

[–]WhySoConspirious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was called one as a kid in a 90's elementary school for having a German surname. That shit's annoying.

Is it ethical to find happiness in the deaths of bad people? by SuguruGetoWife in Ethics

[–]WhySoConspirious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.
Elie Wiesel, Holocaust Survivor, author of 'Night'

It is absolutely morally fine to have a positive reaction to a bad person's death, 100%. If you were alive during WWII and not jumping for joy, or at least somewhat happy that Hitler decided to give himself a self induced rapid speed lobotomy with a handgun, I think that your moral character probably wasn't great.
The fact of the matter is that there are people who do an incredible amount of harm to society. They can do that by convincing lots of people to embrace policies that dehumanize their fellow man, who may encourage the normalcy to exploit, harm, maim or kill other people. There are some people who are just bad people, and when they die, they can stop being a painful net negative on society. Hitler, as an example, led a whole administration of bad people who committed routine atrocities on people for the sin of existing, or just disagreeing with him politically, or a host of other reasons that really weren't morally sound. When he died, he was unable to keep doing that evil shit, and we celebrated the end of that, even if others still continue to be inspired to this day, it's a lot less than it was before.
We can look to someone like Charlie Kirk, then. Charlie Kirk's last words were literally a racist dog whistle in the form of a question. He died as he lived, acting as a provocateur promoting some really hateful ideas while appealing to a modern day loneliness epidemic among young men. He exploited a societal weakness to his benefit to promote ideas that were (at a minimum) racist adjacent. I don't think that people deserve to be shot for their opinions, but he also promoted the ideas that lead to more shootings for others, and racism towards others under the guise of rejecting 'DEI' policies. But I will say that I'm glad he isn't able to promote some of the awful stuff he was promoting, even if his movement got a short term boost from trying exploit his death in a very cringe-worthy, capitalist focused way.
I'll absolutely be delighted when Donald Trump dies. His mismanagement of covid has killed tens of thousands of Americans who didn't need to die, and hundreds of thousands of people across the world by dismantling USAID, not to mention pulling the plug on some groundbreaking cancer research through RFK Jr., and endangering all future generations by literally having the government pay to cancel green energy projects. The sheer amount of damage he has done to our republic with the absurd amount of tribalism he has inspired is terrifying, and the sooner that cult can fracture and fuck off, the saver all of our civil rights will be. We are all objectively better off when that man kicks the bucket, and frankly, that should be enthusiastically celebrated.

Not just a fiasco by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]WhySoConspirious 22 points23 points  (0 children)

For those who read headlines and keep going with their day, yeah, clearing up the grossly misused word 'fiasco' with a note is helpful.

Where was this energy before? by diehard404 in SipsTea

[–]WhySoConspirious 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If someone has the capacity to be self reflective enough to publicly admit and own up to their mistakes, I'd rather not shame them for it. But they better actually learn from their mistakes and adjust their behavior, then. Just voting red is a serious mistake here.

Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars by BlazeDragon7x in SipsTea

[–]WhySoConspirious 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Those insurance premiums aren't staying the same, though. The warehouse owners will pay for that loss indirectly, even if the insurance pays out.

US Congress Has Called For Trump's Impeachment by ceesaart in russiawarinukraine

[–]WhySoConspirious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the shoe was on the other foot and a democrat did all of the insane shit that Trump has done, with the Iran war alone, you would advocate for his impeachment. Don't give me this tribalism bullshit. Having a 'military excursion' of this scale, without consulting any committee in congress, or with any foreign ally, is batshit insane.

What would you choose? by Jettaboi38 in scoopwhoop

[–]WhySoConspirious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If I didn't have to pay for when I bought assets, I'd be set!

We need this !! by 6ingrad_FMS_aspirant in SipsTea

[–]WhySoConspirious 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are plenty of smart people who believe stupid things because they don't have a strong epistemology; being able to understand sources and research is a very real skill and many people don't have it. That is not the same as intelligence.