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In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Democrats sabotaging El-Sayed
Date: 08/28/26 2:06 PM
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I understand the strategic advantages. However, we allegedly strive for higher ideals. Our history really isn't consistent in that regard. Lots of examples (like supporting dictators just because they said they weren't communist). But we often are the first on the scene after a disaster. Supporting genocide, which is effectively what we're doing, is grossly inconsistent with that ideal. No matter the strategic advantages.

Also supporting land theft (by "settlers"), but that's a different tangent.

I don't expect obedience. Nations have their own goals that may be contrary to (or unrelated to) ours. However, when they are committing atrocities and we provide material support (i.e. actions matter more than words), I believe we are obligated to say "you aren't getting any more aid or assistance until you stop, and maybe not even then if the damage is bad enough".

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