Wow, a literal whataboutism.

The absolute best case scenario is a Francisco Franco. Absolute best case.

And yes, it’s an inherent part of human nature. The more consolidated power is within an organization, the more vulnerable it is to abuse. Dictatorships are on one end of the spectrum, direct democracies on the other.

Have you ever heard a parent say “eat your food, there are starving children in China”? The children were starving in China because Mao decided that sparrows were eating too much of the grain harvest and launched a pest eradication campaign. With nobody in a position of authority with the ability to stop the campaign (or even question the wisdom of it) and sparrows were killed en masse.

Sparrows eat grain but they also eat insects. With the sparrows gone the bugs got out of control and sparked a famine. It was the worst man-made disaster in human history. As many as 55 million people died because a dictator tried to do a good thing and was able to act without restriction or oversight.

One bad decision - even if made with the best intentions - can end in disaster. That’s why checks and balances matter. Do they slow things down? Yes. But the chart-topping governmental fuck ups are all put there by totalitarians.

You’re seeing where he starts. There are plenty of examples of where he ends.

Results? If you want to talk results let’s talk about millions upon millions of dead Jews, political prisoners, and homosexuals.

That’s just one bad example, right? How about the millions that starved because of bad management in a single party regime, I’ve got two of those to pick from.

Read a fucking book and try not to choose Mein Kampf.

Ah, yes the old “enlightened despot” routine.

Europe tried it. Ended up with guillotines and the Great War. After that they tried it again but without the royalty branding and we got World War Two.

But thanks to your comment now I see that my history books indoctrinated me. My belief that the enlightened despot of Germany that pulled their economy out of the Great Depression, built up a modern infrastructure, and was a champion of animal rights was a bad guy is clearly just propaganda influencing me. I should get redpilled and cheer for people’s power over their own government being taken away.

God Lemmy has the biggest whack jobs on the Internet.

My friend you implied that LGBT people getting thrown off of buildings was equivalent to states banning abortion, that’s why I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

There are many, many more examples of bored, privileged suburbanites full of impotent rage, but you’re free to believe whatever you like.

OK, pal. Sure.

Guy’s going to give himself a heart attack being that hateful.

Source is that cars usually crash into houses from the outside and not out from the inside.

A secondary source is that broken glass comes from windows and not walls that don’t have windows.

It’s a bed. You’re overthinking this.

I feel like I’m taking crazy pills…

You may want to consider it as well.

Hating anybody that much is like swallowing poison and hoping they drop dead. It’s doing more harm to you than them.

Have you considered chilling out?

I’m ignoring that situation because we’ve had laws on the books regarding CSAM and ferocious enforcement of them for decades.

Canada was not available to be blamed.

It’s down to parenting, or lack thereof. No politician can say “parents of America, quit giving your children unrestricted internet access and being surprised when they see horrible shit” and keep their job.

Kids don’t need smartphones.

Sites can be blacklisted on home and school routers.

Strict parents can be blamed by kids if they catch flak from their peers for not being on social media.

It ain’t rocket surgery, but you need to be willing to spend time with your kids instead of slapping a phone in front of them to keep them quiet.

I’ve got a kid that’s magnetically attracted to any screen. I get the temptation but I don’t need a study to tell me that unrestricted internet access is fucking horrible for kids.

I’m not doing anything “again”. That was my first comment on this post. You had initially gotten upset at another user.

You entitled a post “do you like it?” and got upset when you received feedback.

That shit is coming to roost. As Chinese workers become wealthier ultra low wages are becoming less common.

We’ve already seen this happen with plastic recycling. Countries would send near worthless plastics that Chinese firms would sift through while paying tiny wages. As wages trended upward recycling that plastic waste was no longer economicly feasible.

Yes.

That and the whole WMD thing shortly thereafter led to some sweeping changes to how the US handles intelligence.

For real. It’s like a living version of the principal Skinner meme.

“Multiple people are bringing cohesive arguments against my viewpoint? They must be sick puppets.”

Has anyone set up an equivalent to r/rimjobsteeve yet?

Dude, what the actual fuck is your malfunction?