• Bruuder@feddit.org
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    2 days ago

    You say you are fighting for values, but if you’re not fighting for the nation or the union of nations that represent those values, it’s just empty rhetoric

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      What values? Genuinely. Which nation or union of nations is upholding good values? Germany? If you protest against genocide there, you will be beaten and jailed by the same government that wants to send you to die in Russia (again).

    • for_some_delta@beehaw.org
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      That’s one way to say, “the nation-state must be part of your identity”. I’m not into fighting wars for the wealthy.

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      It’s a conundrum, isn’t it? If one of my values is “people should not be involuntarily drafted into the army”, what to do then?