• rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    11 months ago

    Idk if the we is meant to include yourself, but anyone who happily supported the invasions after 2001 was an idiot. I was pretty young when 9/11 happened but even through the fear my family was smart enough to not blindly follow their emotions and the incessant “support the troops or else” narrative at the time.

    • Keeponstalin@lemmynsfw.com
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      11 months ago

      It’s almost like living in a world where food, water, electricity, and aid are extremely scarce because your occupier wants them to be, while being in a constant state of displacement and fear from unending indiscriminate bombing campaigns that target schools, hospitals, refugee camps, and more can make some people act irrationally