• man_in_space@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    If they vote for candidates who support them, then yes, the body politic is responsible.

    Democracy comes with responsibility.

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        1 year ago

        You don’t. War is a blunt instrument. If you went door-to-door and mapped out households with different-colored thumbtacks, your enemy would take the advantage and strike at you while you worried about it.

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          Being attacked by a terrorist isn’t an excuse to act like a terrorist. You don’t get to murder children because someone else did. And you don’t get to use war as an excuse.