Why would want to move a country that’s worse in every capacity?

Wait, you want to move to South Africa?

I downvote anything that I deem worsens the quality of the community. This includes, but is not limited to:

• misinformation

• trolls

• bad faith engagement

• uncalled for hostility and incivility

• very lazy, low effort posts/comments

He’s so fucking stupid that he unnecessarily admitted his guilt and split his own base that has been worshiping him through every single lie, con, and batshit crazy thing that he done for no other reason than him being a dipshit.

I feel like your issue is that you’re not probably giving yourself space.

Being active is good, it’s healthy. However, that’s not what you need. What you need is a break. You need a break from politics and social media. You need to have a complete reset mentally, and the way to do that is to shut off all the noise and spend at least a month living your life without any social media. Like actually take the steps to block all the social media apps/sites for all your devices. That means no Lemmy, no Reddit, no Discord, no Instagram, no Facebook, nothing.

You also need to talk with your girlfriend and tell her to stop talking about politics with you full stop, perhaps this would be good for her as well, but I digress. You need to explain to her as well as understand yourself that this is a serious boundary that you need to have for your well being. You’re aware that doomscrolling and social media are bad for you, however, you need to take action to give yourself the break that you need.

That’s the thing, the sheer amount of imbeciles who occupy these units make you question how society got to this point.

Some HOAs can be quite nice as they’re just there to add some basic community rules. However, many are hijacked by a handful of narcissistic individuals who let this insignificant amount of power go to their heads and they turn into a bunch Mussolinis

More expensive doesn’t necessarily mean better. You could easily spend $2000 on some “smart” washing machine, but that doesn’t mean it’s better than a standard $500 washing machine. I would argue that a lot of these gimmicks actually make the products worse.

This is some bullshit. You can go to Home Depot or Lowe’s right now and get yourself a pretty decent washing machine for $600 that will last you a decade.

The only people who end up in the situation like OP are the people who buy overly cheap products or overly gimmicky products, and then wonder why they don’t work as well as the standard products. If you buy a $150 washing machine from AliExpress or buy a washing machine that requires wifi, then don’t be surprised if they stopped working not too long after you bought them.

Okay, never mind, you’re just a troll

My point is universal. Actually A lot pro Israelis use this very argument a lot:

“Why don’t Gazans just rise up and overthrow Hamas?”

As if that simple. People talk about Israel on here a lot, but they constantly overlook that Hamas is a tyrannical terrorist group against Gazans as well. They rule through fear and violence. People who talk about them being a legitimate resistance group forget that these are the same people who have systematically chased out the Christian minority in Gaza, killed their opposition in the strip, banned free speech, and they killed/kidnapped/torutured anybody they don’t like by saying they work for the enemy. Netanyahu was literally funding them in their early years, so you know that they don’t have the best interests of Palestinians in mind.

It’s really hard for people to rise against tyranny. It’s really hard for people to stand up to the powerful. Things like bravery and morally right no matter what are cute ideas that people can talk about on the internet, but in the real world nobody is going to give up their lives.

Also keep in mind, calling out this stupid point doesn’t mean that someone is now magically a Hamas supporter who advocates for terrorism nor does the opposite make someone an Israeli supporter who advocates for war crimes.

I agree with this.

Weren’t some of the attackers on Oct 7th literal children? I remember reading reports of some of them being teenagers… and yes, the same thing applies to them. A leader like Sinwar and a child soldier should not get the same blame, that’s just silly.

This is true, but we also have to acknowledge that things aren’t simple or as black and white as they seem.

The big takeaway from WWII is that the Nazis were evil and responsible for the atrocities that they committed, not the German people. Low ranking soldiers being complacent through coercion is not the same thing as being a leader who has influence over the situation. That’s why we condemn Hitler and the Nazi leaders, and not the foot soldiers.

You’re saying it as if this is common, it’s absolutely not. Russian defections and desertions to Ukraine and vice versa are very rare, and for good reason. The chances of you successfully running away are slim compared to failing and getting killed by either Russia or Ukraine. If it was as easy as you think it is then number of causalities among troops in this war wouldn’t be in the millions.

But this also ignores how these are not comparable situations at all. The Gaza war is nothing like the Ukraine war, where are IDF conscripts supposed to defect to? It’s not like there’s anything in Gaza, they can’t leave through legal channels, and all their neighboring countries will kill them the moment they find out they’re in the IDF. It’s a difficult situation to be in.

You can choose to not join or to leave the IDF (it might cost you some jail time, but if that’s the price for keeping one’s soul, so be it). You can’t choose to not be an Arab.

I see this delusional and out of touch argument being made all over the internet, and it’s so damn annoying. These takes are always from chronically online larpers who never leave the comfort of their house, they always say shit like:

“why don’t people of Iran just overthrow the theocracy?”

“why don’t the people of North Korea just topple the Kim dynasty?”

“why don’t Russian conscripts just refuse to fight in Ukraine?”

“why don’t Israelis just refuse to be in the IDF?”

“why don’t Americans just have a revolution?”

Could it be because that reality is not that simple? It’s easy to sit there in your dark room all day dreaming about being a heroic revolutionary, but in reality? You wouldn’t do shit because you understand that the consequences are a lot harsher in reality than in your imagination. This over simplistic view of the world just boils away the complexity and nuance of humanity. Nobody is willing to risk their freedom, stability, future, or life to appear moral or have a “clean soul”. When shit gets real and you’re in the same position as all these people, you’ll end up doing the same as them. If reality was that easy then we wouldn’t have tyrannical regimes or wars or exploitation, but we do. Trying to blame a 20 year conscript for being forced to serve in the military by extremist leaders is stupid and unhelpful. They’re not making the situation better, but it’s also not their fault they’re in that position in the first place.

I don’t worship youtubers, I’m just not braindead enough to deny reality because of my myopic personal preferences. This guy has a 110 million subscribers and his every video has been getting millions of views for well over a decade now. He is one of the biggest and most well known people on the internet, and he has a lot of influence because of it. When this guy puts out a video about a cause, his point of view is going to introduced and adopted by a lot of people. In this case, he put out a video on a cause that people in here advocate for, and they’re pleasantly surprised that their views are getting this kind of exposure. You not understanding this obvious nuance is your problem, not anybody else’s.

What in the fuck are you even on about? Your hypothetical doesn’t address my points and it’s not used to demonstrate a point of your own. What is the point you’re trying to drive here that endorsements from extremists is a good thing? That’s just stupid and so is this hypothetical because it’s a situation that NEVER happens. Nobody accepts endorsements from extremist groups they disavow. That’s why it’s a problem. Accepting an endorsement from an extremist group, especially when you preach that you’re against extremism, is a big red flag because it shows a conflict, it shows a contradiction. The inconsistencies in morals, views, values, and character are a problem. This common sense, this is obvious. I should not need to explain this to you this many times.

I don’t think you understand that hypotheticals need to have a valid point to make in order for them to be relevant. Making them for the sake of it is pointless. It’s clear you don’t even understand what my point is, what I’m arguing against, or why I’m arguing against it. I spelled it out for you multiple times, and you still don’t get it. There are only two possibilities for this, either you’re too ignorant for this conversation or you’re too disingenuous for it. Arguing for the sake of arguing is a waste of time, especially if you’re engaging in bad faith which I’m pretty sure you are. In the words of the great T-Pain “If you ain’t got it by now then you’re just ain’t getting it”

“I’m incapable of understanding the nuance of someone with a lot of influence speaking out in favor of a topic I advocate for because I’m ignorant and judgemental towards certain activities and people who make a living off of them”

Yeah okay, bud. Good mentality you got there. But you’re right, this conversation is pointless, so let’s end it here.