I think it’s best to say they used to be able to, but not anymore.

Trump has also gutted the military command structure and filled it with his goons. The equipment is still there, but those that know how to effectively use it are gone.

Good message defeated by what looks like an ai render of the meme

Maybe he’s running an absolutely stupid overbuilt ventilation system

Maybe i should buy a digital alarm clock. Would probably help start my day faster

Voted against him, protested, made my plans, and got out of the US.

I’m fundamentally opposed to everything that criminal is doing. Unfortunately my power to change his regime is limited.

Doesn’t have much to do about slavery as a punishment for a crime.

Nows the part where you get upset because I haven’t personally started an armed rebellion right?

Which is why I am against that too.

I would be okay if it is offered as a choice. Either you go sit in jail for the same number of hours or you go do community service. Equitable and not forced labor.

The way a people’s government is shaped and interpreted is a direct result of the collective experience of that culture

I mean 70 years ago the entire Korean peninsula was directly shaped by like 6 foreign powers into what it is today.

Still don’t see how that green lights slavery or how any of this is relevant to the issue I’m discussing.

I fully understand how different cultures form and operate. I even have a degree to back it up, but I’m not going to have an anthropological or sociological debate on slavery. Slavery is never fit to be a punishment for a crime. That is what I am talking about. Why do you keep trying to drag it from that topic?

I pass judgments on all governments when it comes to violating human dignity.

You try to make this a race thing is fucking weird. I’m judging a government’s actions not the entire population of South Korea.

And when it comes to human rights I take an absolutionist stance on morality. Slavery is never okay

You must understand the American South had a unique history and people which led to the way they…

You’re defending slavery here. It’s the same problem with the US system.

I’m not saying prison time isn’t warranted, just that slavery is not an appropriate form of punishment or rehabilitation.

That’s the tricky part about having morals is they extend to people I don’t like like this guy.

Oh wait a minute I only heard about the statue bit, the deepfakes does change my mind a bit. It’s certainly not victimless in that case. I’m still not comfortable with 3 years, but more than 6 months seems more appropriate in thay case

For a nonviolent crime?

Punitive justice isn’t justice. In the case a short sentence is appropriate. He’s punished for 6 months and then barred from the country. How would the cost of 3 years of imprisonment benefit South Korean citizens? Seems like an unnecessary cost.

My opinion would change if it was a violent crime.

And don’t misinterpret me. I don’t like the guy at all, I just dislike governments and unnecessarily long prison sentences more

Yeah, still doesn’t deserve slavery for it

Beat I can do is raise the price of oil by starting an illegal war

And we’ve looped right back round to the pro-colonalism logic. Cool cool

Anyway thanks for the several hours of entertainment. I also find the lengths authoritarians go to to justify their preffered state’s actions fascinating. Very similar to the logic that anti-vaxxers and flat earthers use. Hubris about the same as an anti-vaxxer. You truly made this train ride a little faster.

May your boot be firmly lodged 🖖

Did modern day switzerland (post ww2 seems like a good line but I’m open on this) draw a random ass claim on parts of France and fill the river with skeletons? That’s certainly not in any history book I’ve ever seen

And no need to say it, it’s the obvious conclusion to your points. Just gotta step away from the boot.

Oh right the old everyone kills their neighbors defense so all genocide is a-ok.

Yeah no, I hold the modern world to a higher standard than that sorry.

Feels like you are finally admitting to the imperialism at least

Right a power drawing a line on a map claiming land and then enforcing that claim via violence totally isn’t colonialism.

Do yourself a favor and don’t look into the linguistic history of what is today China. You will see an impressive number of languages that became extinct in the past 100 years.

The Navajo language, like the Tibetan language, is doing well today too. Doesn’t change the history. It’s like you are unable to look at history you find inconvenient. I don’t defend the brutalization of indeginious populations, you do for some odd reason. Oh right you’re an imperialist authoritarian

Please refer to the meme if this is still too hard for you

If they did this about 2 years ago we wouldn’t have Trump.

I guess an eventual response is better than no response. Although for many is this juat a decision to win votes? Like I want representatives that have morals, but I suppose ones that listen to their voters is better than the current situation

If rail could be cheaper I’d take the time to use it. But when a flight takes for hours is significantly cheaper it’s hard to justify 12 hours on a train or more