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>Pinochet was the best of two horrible options

And on a scale from 0 to Cuba, how bad was Allende exactly?

(Rhetorical question, im not interested in your answer.)


The iraq war was based on lies and financial interest. Do you really want to pretend, Saddam was the primary goal? And that nation building was accomplished, sir!

And gaddafi was toppled over french/sarcozy interest.

One who doesn't know history is doomed to repeat it. Post hoc justification of own atrocities is exactly the sort of cognitive failure that patriotic delusion (and thus the future of such) can cause.


Plus neither Iraq nor Libya ended up well. So they are examples of what not to inflict upon a country.


The loss of Gaddafi basically put the slave markets into overdrive, destroyed the power grids and water infrastructure, and generally did far more harm than good. Compared to other dictators that the US put in place, Gaddafi was far from the worst.


> Solidarity and diversity are opposing forces.

This sentence is close to brain cancer. Diversity means accepting others amongst yours despite your differences, it's the essence of solidarity.

>But diversity is now a secular religion whose tenets are ever changing to keep everyone divided.

What you are referring to is the ever changing propaganda theater of "left" vs right, which pictures a caricature enemy stereotype, the simple minded can easily hate. "Look here a radical transgenderist!" and suddenly the whole concept of diversity is subject to scrutiny.

I think, the lesson you need to learn is not getting triggered by pink hair.


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