"Some of you may be willing to die, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make" but unironically

Edit: The user has since apologised https://hexbear.net/comment/3848285

  • Finger [he/him]
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    10 months ago

    A duty and an obligation to whom exactly?

    • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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      10 months ago

      If you were a grunt in Lord of the Rings and your opponent was the orcish horde and Gandalf was saying this to you after having demonstrated his righteous power, there might be an argument because you live in a world where anybody with a baby brain can tell the good guys from the bad guys. You were born from a mother and your opponent was carved out of mud ugly and feral. It'd suck, but it's like fuck it, we ball.

      If you're a member of a capitalist society being antagonized by a member of another capitalist society so that treat manufacturers can uphold NFT copyrights 13% more effectively, then there's 110% less duty.

      • Gay_Tomato [they/them, it/its]
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        10 months ago

        If you were a grunt in Lord of the Rings and your opponent was the orcish horde and Gandalf was saying this to you after having demonstrated his righteous power, there might be an argument because you live in a world where anybody with a baby brain can tell the good guys from the bad guys. You were born from a mother and your opponent was carved out of mud ugly and feral. It'd suck, but it's like fuck it, we ball.

        Despite everything, this is somehow also the exact argument the op would use to justify more Ukrainians dying on mass. agony-turbo

        • WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them]
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          10 months ago

          Oh yeah, I guess I didn't circle back to it, but I agree. If bombastic violence is your approach, you probably think your opponents are an orcish horde.