• 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Yhea, but my rule of thumb, the moment someone chooses to stop being a victim of those cycles and becomes the cause of that cycle all empathy and and understanding get flushed away. and instead I rather focus on their victims.

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      2 hours ago

      My larger point is, without addressing the cause, victims will perpetuate.

      For example, toe gets gangrene, amputate the toe without addressing the blood clot in the leg, or fasting blood sugar level of 200.

      • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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        1 hour ago

        We do need that systemic change, were undoubtedly in agreement in that bigger point. Healthcare and education shouldn’t only be free for state mercenaries, but for all. same with ending the propaganda campaigns.

        just want to make sure we also agree on that smaller point. that a 18 year old signing up to the military and getting PTSD from their own war crimes is bullshit. and they deserve punishment for their crimes rather than sympathy for their guilt