How is it violent and manipulative to use less energy? We need to do it anyway, for all too obvious reasons. By partially disempowering the most anti-democratic human rights abusing governments on the planet we’d be reducing misery and destruction. We’d also be disempowering the most anti-democratic and environmentally destructive forces in the US.
How is it violent and manipulative to use less energy? We need to do it anyway, for all too obvious reasons. By partially disempowering the most anti-democratic human rights abusing governments on the planet we’d be reducing misery and destruction. We’d also be disempowering the most anti-democratic and environmentally destructive forces in the US.
You know as well as everyone that manipulating markets in order to punish a single person (Putin) is going to hit millions of others in the pocketbook around the globe, not just those sinister "Russians" that you liberal-types fear live in the darkest corners under your bed. And it isn't even "Putin" who will be harmed. Everyone knows. The idea is to hit the population hard enough that they blame their leaders (and in this case it will be populations in many countries). That is supposed to pressure Putin into doing what we want. But it doesn't work, everyone can see such strategies merely immiserate populations who do not turn against their leaders, but drive them further into their arms. Just look at Venezuala, Iran, Russia, etc. They know who is responsible. It isn't their leaders, it is YOU who wants to immiserate them.
If we were to "partially disempower" (what a phrase) the most anti-democratic human rights abusing governments on the planet we would have to start with ourselves. It is the US who has overthrown more governments, invaded more countries (usually based of huge lies, see Iraq and Vietnam as the two most troubling examples), intervened in more internal affairs, and don't forget has by far the largest prison population (talking about civil rights), and yet is so forgiving of itself because it knows its always in the right. Gee, we may torture and bomb our way across huge swaths of the planet, but we mean so well, gosh darn it.
The US simply wants to stay top dog, and will do anything including starting wars to accomplish it, and justify its all the while singing about its "virtue" and "moral righteousness." To be so full of violent, pathetic, debased "moral righteousness" is disgusting, quite honestly. You cannot hide the Monstrous actions of our country under such a small pile of b.s. It is in public for everyone to see.
Agreed, but who is this "we"? Which organized political force exactly is going to start, steer and complete this change? Democrats or Republicans certainly won't as they are both obviously beholden to same corporate owners who put them on as sock puppets to entertain and distract the population. The only thing they can agree on (beside war mongering across the globe and never ending pledges of allegiance to Israel) is to prevent by any means possible a rise of independent 3rd party or popular movement.
How is it violent and manipulative to use less energy? We need to do it anyway, for all too obvious reasons. By partially disempowering the most anti-democratic human rights abusing governments on the planet we’d be reducing misery and destruction. We’d also be disempowering the most anti-democratic and environmentally destructive forces in the US.
You know as well as everyone that manipulating markets in order to punish a single person (Putin) is going to hit millions of others in the pocketbook around the globe, not just those sinister "Russians" that you liberal-types fear live in the darkest corners under your bed. And it isn't even "Putin" who will be harmed. Everyone knows. The idea is to hit the population hard enough that they blame their leaders (and in this case it will be populations in many countries). That is supposed to pressure Putin into doing what we want. But it doesn't work, everyone can see such strategies merely immiserate populations who do not turn against their leaders, but drive them further into their arms. Just look at Venezuala, Iran, Russia, etc. They know who is responsible. It isn't their leaders, it is YOU who wants to immiserate them.
If we were to "partially disempower" (what a phrase) the most anti-democratic human rights abusing governments on the planet we would have to start with ourselves. It is the US who has overthrown more governments, invaded more countries (usually based of huge lies, see Iraq and Vietnam as the two most troubling examples), intervened in more internal affairs, and don't forget has by far the largest prison population (talking about civil rights), and yet is so forgiving of itself because it knows its always in the right. Gee, we may torture and bomb our way across huge swaths of the planet, but we mean so well, gosh darn it.
The US simply wants to stay top dog, and will do anything including starting wars to accomplish it, and justify its all the while singing about its "virtue" and "moral righteousness." To be so full of violent, pathetic, debased "moral righteousness" is disgusting, quite honestly. You cannot hide the Monstrous actions of our country under such a small pile of b.s. It is in public for everyone to see.
Agreed, but who is this "we"? Which organized political force exactly is going to start, steer and complete this change? Democrats or Republicans certainly won't as they are both obviously beholden to same corporate owners who put them on as sock puppets to entertain and distract the population. The only thing they can agree on (beside war mongering across the globe and never ending pledges of allegiance to Israel) is to prevent by any means possible a rise of independent 3rd party or popular movement.