this reply is the reason why people would rather just jump straight to insults and i don't blame them for it honestly.
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You tell Ryan he should care/do more about Gaza and that there’s injustice everywhere.
I ask you if you’re doing something about all the conflicts and this is your answer.
“If you don’t care about Gaza like I do then you’re the problem, and insulting you is okay”
From my perspective, what makes Israel/Palestine more significant is the land I live in (UK) played a very big part in fucking up the Middle East… and continue to do so. I don’t want to contribute to it. Other issues the UK doesn’t play such a significant role.
Israel is the Benny Hill of counties.
UK played a significant role in fucking up a lot of things in the world. But realistically, you stop paying taxes and then they put you to jail? How is that a good outcome for any UK citizen
Agreed. The best way I’ve found of avoiding paying tax is earning fuck all money.
I appreciate my process is a little flawed…
Same, this is part of why I don't accept zaps
That’s not realistic for most. But if it works for you that’s good at least
It's non participation
It's not actually a flawed strategy, by not making much money you're avoiding symbolic support via taxes but also pragmatic support because you're not contributing too much to the warmonger empire economy
Instead of living your life, improving yourself and your local community, let the troubles of the whole world drag you down, and impoverish yourself. Sounds like a great plan 🤦♂️
Give me 1sec let me put my kids into poverty so I can take care of Gaza. It’s more important
The three dots in my post clearly indicates humour…
But on a serious note, I’ve also family in Lebanon and I give a shit about them as well as family who live close by.
Beirut keeps getting bombed, which I don’t enjoy much.
No issues with you. Always been able to have a reasonable conversation with you
If only you could always be reasonable instead of just selectively depending on who you're talking to
Reading this while on my way to a Lebanese food truck for lunch today 🤙
I'm sorry for your family's situation. There's nothing I can do about it though, so dwelling on it makes no sense. I'll continue to improve myself and my local community. It's all most people can actually do.
I mostly agree re. improving self and locality but I stand by my original point, my country’s government and businesses local to me are directly involved in the killing. To ignore it completely would be a fail from my perspective.
If I were to pay more attention, maybe even post a note of solidarity of Nostr, how would that help people in the middle east? What concrete, real world example can you give me of how that would improve the situation, and make people's lives better? It all seems like virtue signaling.
I'd rather spend that energy on people close to me, who I can help directly.
You're sick with tribalism
Still posting pointless replies in my thread while having me muted but you tell yourself you're the one "improving yourself and your local community"
You could at least post more about the topic on nostr if it's too hard to get away with standing against the funding in the UK
I'm going to be honest here, I couldn't give two fecks what the country has done or not done in the past.
I don't feel guilty for it, any more than I think the Germans, French, Vikings, or Romans should feel guilt for invading us in the past either, and I hold zero grudges against any of them.
What is done is done. We cannot go back, we can only go forward, and unless people digest what that means, we are stuck in a perpetual cycle of hatred and conflict.
If it wasn’t dangerous to opt out of your currency or not pay taxes, then I’d say yeah you are part of the problem. But that’s not the case.
You didn’t answer the question
You say this while spamming my thread, having me muted, not even close to answering my questions
Either you're self awarely using your own hypocrisy to attempt gaslighting, or you're not even self aware of how hypocritical your own gaslighting attempt looks