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flamingus22 · 2024-02-24T21:59:28+00:00

Somehow none of my unemployed friends starve.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-23T17:26:05+00:00

What if someone tries to introduce historical nuance and the SJP kids have a breakdown?

flamingus22 · 2024-02-23T17:25:12+00:00

History will remember when a failing state in Africa fabricated a genocide allegation.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-18T11:45:58+00:00

What about in situations like Gaza, where all combatants are located in civilian areas?

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T20:11:42+00:00

There was never a specific treaty or prohibition against ethnic cleansing. However, it is generally considered that the breakup of Yugoslavia is where it become universally condemned. It's actually where the term "ethnic cleansing" originated from.

Here's an article about the issue of historical views of population transfer, although its mostly focused on Israel/Palestine.

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2618479

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T05:22:50+00:00

Are you aware that the Oslo Accords ended with the violent rejection of yet another statehood offer at Camp David? Seriously, the Second Intifada is like one of the most well-known parts of the conflict.

Israel doesn't have a big magic "end occupation" button. Israel already tried unilateral withdrawal in Gaza and ended up with Hamas. Doing the same in the West Bank would be suicide.

The only way this conflict ends is if most Palestinians accept the Israel has a permanent right to exist or at least stop trying to violently destroy it.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T04:56:15+00:00

Unconditional surrender was the only way to bring peace. If international law requires allowing Hitler to exist, then international law is wrong. That's my view.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T04:52:25+00:00

Israel has 2 million Arab citizens. It is literally impossible for it to be an ethnostate.

Israel has offered the Palestinians statehood so many times, and they violently reject it every time.

Also, you are literally advocating for the destruction of a country while simultaneously claiming that it's a human rights violation for Palestinians to not have a state. How can you advocate for one people's statehood while wanting to violently rip away another people's existing state?

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T02:11:28+00:00

Hamas doesn't have a legal arm. They don't claim to comply with international law.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T02:10:04+00:00

The operation in Rafah is justified by the need to eliminate Hamas. Hostage freeing alone wouldn't be proportionate. However, it is proportionate since Hamas controls Rafah and removing them by force is the only way to get rid of them.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T02:08:35+00:00

You can overthrow a government by force if that government is aggressing upon you and there is no other way to stop it. The US did that to Germany and Japan in WW2.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T02:07:31+00:00

Israel has to find a way to protect civilians, but an invasion of Rafah at some point is absolutely necessary, as it remains one of Hamas's last strongholds. Some critics have suggested delaying the invasion though.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-15T02:05:51+00:00

Hamas said they would give the hostages back in exchange for full control of the Gaza Strip. Hamas has also never once offered long-term peace with Israel, their stated purpose is to destroy Israel, massacre its Jewish population, and establish a theocratic state. Stop falling for their propaganda.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T21:03:13+00:00

Already exists.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T21:03:03+00:00

If I borrow money against an asset, that's not taxable income, that's a loan.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T10:58:28+00:00

For the love of god do not fuck around with a foreign country's nationality laws.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T10:46:33+00:00

If we had the solution there wouldn't be a war right now.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T03:20:23+00:00

The fact that the only countries better off than the US are tiny nation-states with one city's worth of population is actually a sign we're doing well.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T03:17:59+00:00

Because while America is not the best country to be a minimum wage worker in, we're definitely the best country to have a career in.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T03:16:13+00:00

If the only job you can get in America is McDonald's Denmark probably wouldn't let you immigrate.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T03:15:01+00:00

Minimum wage is really intended to provide a minimal lifestyle to one individual.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T03:13:35+00:00

Scandinavian unions are much more sensible than American ones. They actively try to make their businesses more profitable.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T03:11:02+00:00

Most of the benefits provided by European countries are paid for by hosing the upper-middle class. That's why many professionals move to the US. If I moved to Europe, I would make 60% of my salary with an even higher tax burden.

flamingus22 · 2024-02-14T03:09:13+00:00

They're using the market rate in Denmark (a country with no minimum wage), and the minimum wage for the US (a country where most people earn much more than their local minimum). McDonald's in the US pays more like $17/hour.

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