• Cowbee [he/him]@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Systems can be bad, and the people who support and work within bad systems are bad, even if they act nice outside of that system.

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      5 months ago

      I agree with the first part, not the second. All those black kids who end up in the military because of poverty are not all evil. But you’re right about the system so work to change that rather than damning a whole class of people.

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      5 months ago

      I disagree with the second part. That means everybody living in a first world country is inherently a bad person just by accident of their birth location. We’re well past the point of choosing whether or not we participate in most systems, and at the end of the day, somebody needs to do the job of law enforcement.

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        5 months ago

        People choose to be cops. Choosing which country you live in is a luxury most can’t afford.

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          5 months ago

          Ok then, so people who vote in US elections are inherently evil? - a more analogous example

          People who consume bananas are inherently evil?

          People that have smartphones are inherently evil?

          Those things are all choices. How about another one? Lithium mining is a bad system that negatively impacts the environment. Therefore, people that buy electric cars are evil and bad for the environment, right?!?