I hear this one a lot from libs I argue with. Common sense tells me the real problem would be in the USA because we'd have nothing for all these young, armed, dumbasses to do. Bonus points if you have academic sources

  • funkfresh [they/them]
    hexagon
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    4 years ago

    Yes but how do you formulate that in a way libs will understand

    • RNAi [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      “If I stop beating my wife every night, she will act up”

      What else do they need?

      • funkfresh [they/them]
        hexagon
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        4 years ago

        I dont know dude libs are out here being libs thats why I'm asking

        • RNAi [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          Fair,

          "It's not democracy if you are being occupied"

          "The army is there to protect businesses and nothing else, and the people from there want them OUT"

    • a_maoist_quetzal [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      maybe point out worldwide polling about how the US is the biggest threat to peace? like, people around the world don't see it the way Americans do, there's protests even in allies like Korea and Japan all the time over our bases