That was a massive burn

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-Typh1osion- on June 18th, 2021 at 14:53 UTC »

I'd like to know what country the first comment was referring to. I had assumed it was the US.

Retrohanska59 on June 18th, 2021 at 15:24 UTC »

Is there some clever name for the logical fallacy that there are only x amount of options present? It annoys me so goddamn much when people instantly jump into opposite extreme when I question their stance as if there wasn't anything in between or outside them. Any time you for example to try criticize any aspect of capitalism there's always someone instantly jumping into China, Venezuela or Soviet Russia as if they were only countries in the world besides or as if every other country besides them were just as capitalist as US.

staffsargent on June 18th, 2021 at 15:52 UTC »

I feel like part of the problem is the idiotic and childish idea of "good guys" and "bad guys" in the context of nation states. Countries do bad things and good things, most of which is a matter of perspective. Obviously human rights abuses and denial of basic rights are objectively wrong. The problem is, almost every country in existence has committed these types of offenses. For example, people praise Scandinavian countries for their high standard of living, but ignore how many of them happily collaborated with the Nazis and currently have extremely restrictive immigration laws. That's not to say they aren't great countries, just to point out that nothing is totally black and white.