Example: I believe that IP is a direct contradiction of nature, sacrificing the advancement of humanity and the world for selfish gain, and therefore is sinful.

Edit: pls do not downvote the comments this is a constructive discussion

Edit2: IP= intellectal property

Edit3: sort by controversal

  • AES_Enjoyer@reddthat.comEnglish
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    16 hours ago

    Embargos, particularly those aimed at economically vulnerable nations like Cuba, Venezuela, Iran, and North Korea, serve no useful purpose

    That depends on your point of view. The point of view of US lawmakers is that, by forcing people into “hunger and desperation” (quoting them) through imposed economic violence, they’ll bring about a change of regime. Of course, that’s absolutely disgusting, but it does serve a purpose, which in many instances worked (deposition of Mosaddeq in Iran, sanctions to Chile’s Allende…). I just disagree with the methodology and the purpose because I’m not Satan, unlike US policymakers.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      14 hours ago

      The point of view of US lawmakers is that, by forcing people into “hunger and desperation” (quoting them) through imposed economic violence, they’ll bring about a change of regime. Of course, that’s absolutely disgusting, but it does serve a purpose

      Okay, yes, but it’s a bad purpose.

      which in many instances worked (deposition of Mosaddeq in Iran, sanctions to Chile’s Allende…)

      But, again, the Shah and Pinochet were bad dudes and elevating them to national office only really managed to secure cheaper-than-market-rate natural resources for a decade at the expense of tens of thousands of people’s lives. And then the end result was what? The Iranian Revolutionary Guard reclaiming Iran? The twenty year dictatorship of Pinochet plunging a valuable ally and trading partner into hyperinflation and social upheaval? Wouldn’t US firms paying market rate for oil and copper have been better for everyone in the long run?