• amorpheus@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    9 months ago

    North Korea has been running dozens of literal concentration camps, but dealing with that has been too inconvenient. And it’s only becoming more so as time passes.

    • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      Yeah, and China, and Myanmar, and it wasn’t my intention to trivialize those - they are anything but. I was more pointing out that the last time this particular group was involved and the reason they’re even on that land at all. The irony of the whole messed up situation.

    • Tinidril
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      9 months ago

      Is my country funding North Korean death camps? Suffering is suffering and all of it matters, but when my tax dollars are paying for it, it just hits a bit differently.

      Israel through AIPAC is also dumping $100m on this election cycle aimed directly at progressive candidates. Fuck Israel hard. We don’t want foreign interference in US elections from Russia, and we don’t want it from Israel either. We should have cut those fuckers off ages ago.

    • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      arrow-down
      8
      ·
      9 months ago

      Careful lemmy doesnt appreciate “what about ism” it detracts from their flavour of atrocity support.

      Support the popular atrocity only dont mention any other.

      • Dasus@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        9 months ago

        Careful lemmy doesnt appreciate “what about ism”

        It’s “whataboutism”, and it’s a poor rhetorical device in any scenario.

        Imagine being caught murdering someone and trying to absolve yourself of responsibility by going “hey but what about all the other mass murderers, huh?”