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I've noticed that lemmy as a whole is much more leftist than reddit (outside of political servers of course) (self.showerthoughts)
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I can't really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by "both" sides of the spectrum. It's just something I find interesting.

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[–] Diprount_Tomato -4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

How many times has diplomacy ever solved a dispute? Munich 1938 is a great example on why they usually only delay the inevitable

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Presumably it works some of the time. My country doesn't descend into war every time there's an election.

[–] Diprount_Tomato -1 points 2 years ago

Those are not the disputes I'm talking about

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Diplomacy is like an oxygen supply: You only notice it when it fails. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t generally work.

[–] Diprount_Tomato 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Like when?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You mean besides the decades the US and USSR didn’t blow the entire world to pieces or even enter direct conflict, which would likely have killed millions more than the proxy wars that occurred with diplomatic intervention? I’m sorry, I just can’t take anyone who truly thinks that diplomacy is always useless seriously. It strongly suggests they’ve never read a history book.

[–] Diprount_Tomato 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nukes discouraging any escalation into war:

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are going to be multiple factors in any international relations situation. I’m sorry you don’t understand that.

[–] Diprount_Tomato 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah, and the probability of nuclear annihilation is a hell of a factor to prevent war

[–] Piers 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, do you have a genuinely better alternative than a democracy with some rules to prevent ogliarchys and protect citizens rights?

[–] Diprount_Tomato 1 points 2 years ago

That's definitely not the same as having no private property

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