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Define ‘we’. Not all of us are communists.

Holy shit you actually believe that nonsense. Wow.

That’s exactly it, and no country will risk disarmament now that Russia has proven how dangerous it is to live without nukes

China has not invaded any countries in my lifetime.

• Continue to send their military to Taiwan’s borders and harass them
• Claim entire parts of India for themselves, turns into violent clashes periodically
• STILL maintain their iron grip over Tibet
• Used debt trap diplomacy to seize ports and large pieces of infrastructure in poor nations globally

lol, the only reason they haven’t enacted a full-scale invasion in recent memory is because their neighbors are either nuclear powers or backed by them.

Now they are the most powerful nation on earth

lmao please tell me you don’t actually believe that

Did I say that the US wasn’t a bad actor? It’s just that Russia and China are too, unless you believe their propaganda.

Russia’s war isn’t a ‘denazification operation’ btw

Oh nice, you’re a tankie. Thanks for letting me know.

Like Russia and China and yes the USA

As much as I would love to see nuclear disarmament, the unfortunate fact remains that bad actors will continue to keep their weapons; which will, of course, later be used as a threat against those who don’t have these weapons.

Eh, I don’t particularly care how ‘culturally charged’ it is, nor do I feel like forcing myself to watch something for a reason like that. I just don’t care enough about Barbie for it to be worth it.

Sure, maybe. I just don’t really think this is a movie made for me.

‘Change for the heck of it’ gives idiot execs trying to justify their jobs a raging hard-on. It also pleases the idiots trying to maximize profits on something that’s already maximized, as if destroying brand equity will draw in ‘new customers through a fresh new look and image!’

No, it’ll only waste money on failed marketing for your rebrand, confuse existing customers, and make your business look more transient and, as a result, less likely to stand the test of time.

Man, I need to buy me some Hot Wheels…

Same, I just can’t bring myself to care about a movie that’s about toys I have zero nostalgia for.

Problem is that climate change is political. Worse, it’s geopolitical. It’ll take the will of the people to just tell governments to stop plodding along doing the bare minimum and take some real action for once.

What’s happening right now is terrible, but it’s also a chance to wake up the masses in time. I just hope the impetus isn’t lost to apathy.

I know 1.5 is dangerous; after all, we’re already seeing a slew of weather disasters all around the world. This is why now is the time we should scream off the rooftops that it’s not too late, that we can still fix this, because people are starting to wake up just a little more.

Now is the worst time to give into apathy, and to tell people who’re just starting to wake up that we can’t do anything.

Yeah, I don’t see what he’s getting at. There has absolutely been alarmist rhetoric surrounding climate change, and I see it all the time. Hell, I’ve seen people who think we’re already too late, even if we were to stop releasing CO2 today itself.

Part of me wonders how much the other side has benefitted from the sense of apathy this could create. After all, there’s real value in making stupid people give up entirely, in some ‘we’re doomed’ scenario.

This is critical. We need to be careful, alert and active in mitigating climate change (and putting massive pressure on our governments to do the same) but we cannot give in to alarmism; all it’ll lead to is apathy, and a all that’ll lead to is inaction.

Climate change is real, it’s dangerous, and it’s happening. However, as long as we have commitment, it is not beyond our capabilities to mitigate. We still have time, and we can still fix this.

solidarity with a wannabe Tsar

But why?

Before it was restored following the start of excavations some 40 years ago, Pucllana was routinely looted and abused. At one point,** a factory was using Pucllana’s sand and clay to make bricks**.

I’m sorry, but WHAT