VoxelVexillologist
🇺🇸 Multidimensional Radical Centrist
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VoxelVexillologist
🇺🇸 Multidimensional Radical Centrist
9hr ago
There are plenty of examples of war between sides arguing over the definition of "your own country" (Ukraine, for a current one), many of which include the unfortunately standard set of war crimes.
VoxelVexillologist
🇺🇸 Multidimensional Radical Centrist
10hr ago
Being a member of the WPK is relatively prestigious socially and hard to do
I've never deeply understood how this works (I respect that it does) because in my jurisdiction, my party membership for the purposes of attending the local convention is entirely decided by which primary ballot I select at election time. I guess I could separately join and pay dues, but in the US I've never even heard of the idea that a party would reject someone from membership.
Very different worlds.
VoxelVexillologist
🇺🇸 Multidimensional Radical Centrist
10hr ago
I feel like there is a very broad strokes claim that "the Right thinks that systems exist to work around the failings of individual humans, while the Left thinks that humans have to to work around the failings of systems" here. The deviance in individuals would seem likely manifest differently. But I suppose "power corrupts" is as true as it always has been on all sides here.
This isn't really a fully coherent hypothesis, I'll admit.
As one prominent politician put it: "And when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything."
Notably, the Left still seems to hold Bill Clinton in high regard, despite a physical relationship with a much younger subordinate --- contra the TA and student elsewhere in this thread: intern and Most Powerful Man in the World. But somehow still allowed to be considered "consensual". And one direct accusation of rape. Also his wife who has long defended him against these accusations remains in good standing, as opposed to people who merely emailed Epstein a couple times.
Although the Chavez case could also be seen as an example of being willing to hold their own leaders to account: I generally have more respect for organizations that clearly abide by their stated principles. Uncharitably, I might not be surprised if we start hearing about how Chavez (famous union leader) was always a dirty right-winger because agriculture or quotes about immigration or that choice of flag.
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