The thing is that in a polarised world you support one side or the other, and the sides are the US and China. US is certainly not better deserving support than China, but liberals will call tankie anyone who support China in any way, shape or form. For a liberal it’s completely inacceptable to say that China is doing anything better than the US.

That’s in theory. In practice it’s only used by liberals to insult leftist when they criticise the US or liberalism.

Exactly this! I’ve never seen the term used by anyone but liberals to taunt, attack or divert a debate.

One exception to it : fascists managed to convince people who can only lose stuff to a war that it’s good for them too.

Meanwhile middle age fantasy had black knights and it was fine.

Racists are gonna be racists is all there is.

Oh so managers are biological LLMs! It explains everything!

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While this is not worthy of ww3, defending nato member space is something nato can and should do. Whether the strike is intended or not, nato is legitimate to defend the area to prevent a strike. More than legitimate in fact.

The government in 1700 didn’t have as strong of a grasp on the military as it does now. And the police kind of didn’t exist in this time. The biggest inventions of the 20th century are mass surveillance, repression, and propaganda. An armed force being able to go from one side of the country to the other in a few hours is also a strength for government stability.

What the fuck?! This shit with tiltok is one of the ugliest imperialist shit the USA pulled this century, dropping the rule of trade to the full on empire mode, and you’re talking here about whataboutism?

We have a country literally stealing a company because it’s profitable and can spread influence! And you’re here like “China bad”?

Is this the strategy? Anytime something bad from the US comes up you deflect for it to be about China I guess?

That’s quite ironic coming from the USA! Did the patriot act got amended recently or is this sheer hypocrisy?

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I am an engineer. Most developers aren’t though, unfortunately.

My point is the exact opposite. The smiley face is to point the hypocrisy of making the loss of 3 abrams something meaningful when Russia lost far, far more.

What proportions of its planes did Russia lost? Of its warships? Of its tanks? :-)

We’re talking about history where mysoginy left a big footprint because it was made by men that incapable of thinking that women could be more than what they were in their time.

Exactly like today. You’re asking why it matters whether it was a man or a woman, yet this whole conversation sparked because someone said that it could be a woman.

That’s conservatism for you.

you talked about enemity first, remember? you have this view of a fight, and that anyone who dare say that a woman did something and not a man, is fighting men.

You have a very defensive position. Which means you feal attacked. You say it directly when you talk about “enemy”.

You are the problem my friend. Your first comment is aa problem. And the support it receives is concerning and scary.

You are ignorant of recent history then.

Men did do their best to segregate women in the 18th and 19th century. And they succeeded. Even in the language.

Women fighting for women to be recognized in history is an important fight for women to be respected and recognized for their doing, because even now they aren’t.

And I’m not saying it’s an all men problem. It’s a society problem.

Seeing the reactions in this thread, it does seem that a lot of men are indeed enemies of women. Why would it be so hot otherwise to discuss this?