Just remembered an argument I had with my uncle back in 2020. I was telling him you can't justify forcefully placing somebody in quarantine because "it's for the greater good", that such justifications are no different from what a tyrant would say.
I'm honestly proud that I am able to keep my ground and pull the same argument whenever anybody, on any political side, does the "but I'm fighting for the greater good, cause my enemies are tyrants, so I'm allowed to do this immoral thing".
What you say:
"The truckers do, in fact, need to win. They need to win because if they don't they are all arrested then they will have their lives arbitrarily ruined to satisfy the childish temper tantrums of the bureaucrats whose enforcers are suppressing them on the streets as we speak, and lying about their actions in the field on social media, whilst being cheered by masses of evil TV watching monsters."
What I hear:
"The Aryan Germans do, in fact, need to win. They need to win because if they don't they are all arrested then they will have their lives arbitrarily ruined to satisfy the childish temper tantrums of the Jews whose enforcers are suppressing them on the streets as we speak, and lying about their actions in the field on social media, whilst being cheered by masses of evil TV watching Jewish monsters."
The real monsters are the ones that are able to so easily justify immoral actions.
Fedi convinced me to stop giving a crap about the truckers. You don't care about them, their families, their rights... you care about using them to overthrow governments and taking that power for yourselves.
You are not some great liberators. You are just the next round of oppressors, and I'm not interested in playing this game.
Romanians have a saying: he who today steals an egg, tomorrow will steal a bull.
Today you convince yourself that using children for propaganda is okay, because you cause is just, you are fighting a tyrant force like no other.
Tomorrow you convince yourself that punching a police officer is just, because you can't keep letting them trample over you, and it's time to fight back.
The day after that you convince yourself that burning cop cars is justified. After that you start burning their buildings.
How many days of convincing yourself you're doing the wrong actions for the right reasons until you become the tyrant you once fought against?
@EmptyBanks
I preffer this version... Still only 5 words, And the message is the same, but the execution is perfect.
Canada:
“We will be putting forward measures to put those tools PERMANENTLY in place”
なんで君はこれを読んでいるかよ
Just another random person passing by.
Oh hi.
The Alyx Vance must go this way anyway.
Gordon Freeman dies in All Dogs Go To Heaven 2.
I wasn't designed to be carried.
En Taro Igel!
Lift me up, let me go...