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So much money to protect nations… from the people who need help
The world is turning into something I don’t recognise, and certainly not something I like[...]
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@adele only partially. Tanks and drones has little to do with refugees. These are two different tracks. Europe used to be too militarily weak for decades, and now it has an enemy which can be stopped only by brute force, and never by diplomacy.
@torf right, but this situation occurs because this enemy has spent too much money in war industry
@adele and has failed to overcome imperialistic thinking. And has failed to create an environment, where a human feels like a human, has a dignity and has means for human-like well-being so common for people in developed nations. But sometimes one just can't make people happier against their will. And has to protect against their representatives who happily sold their bodies for spare money (they would never earn otherwise) and the greatest adventure in their lives (yes, there are people on this planet for whom stealing a washing machine from a gal living 1000km from their house is the greatest adventure they can even imagine). Yes it is a shame of our epoch that instead of fighting diseases and exploring outer space one shall defend themselves against degraded representatives of the same species... 😢
@torf @adele The military power cannot conquer hostility, it can ensure a temporary victory, and multiply enemies. Look back at the past powerful nations, like France under Louis XIV or Napoleon, or Germany during the III Reich, or present ones, US, Russia, China, Israel. They have the power to induce immense sufferings, not to conquer enmity.
@adele What can we do change governments, economy, policies?
We can do a lot, by reversing this fear in our own mind.
We can train to, at the level of our present capacity, to welcome those who are fleeing war, famine, climate disaster, political persecution and all people who need help.
Even if we begin with small things, a smile, a piece of bread, a blanket, offering a night in our house, it has an impact that we cannot measure.
@marczz First to do is changing our mind and stop voting for nationalist parties
@adele If we overcome our own fear, we cannot vote for nationalists, xenophobic, racist, macho. All these grow on the soil of fear.