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ImpressiveScience856 t1_je9hq6k wrote

Yeah I don’t know how there isn’t a more mutual understanding online that both parties absolutely suck…. I can’t call out one party without someone pointing at you and calling out the other party like somehow my constructive criticism immediately meant I’m on the opposing side. They have us right where they want us though….

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SsurebreC t1_je9hq0j wrote

It's an American solution to the problem because it's pretty clear that America and Americans don't really give a damn about life or we'd have better laws and policies in place that actually protect it. We'd have a Federal law that requires paid paternity leave, we'd have better healthcare that takes care of mothers and children during birth in particular, we'd have tax incentives for child care, better and safer schools, plus we wouldn't be sending kids to wars. But we don't. Because we don't really care.

As a result, we turn to the only god we currently worship: money. It's a shitty solution but it's at least one that's plausible enough to work.

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Oddball_bfi t1_je9hcnd wrote

I mean - that's a grim old headline.

It could have been much more jolly if it had read, "Driver who crashed into Apple store charged with law which only applies in store" with the subheader, "Fine expected to be three times that received by driver who crashed in to Samsung store."

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Sbubbert t1_je9gsz6 wrote

No US citizens should be in Russia. Period. Doesn't matter if you're a journalist or any other job. Everyone has had more than a year to get the fuck out. They know the risks of staying there. It sucks to say this, but we have to leave him there. No swaps. He should have known better. Anyone entering or staying in Russia past the beginning of March 2022 should be on their own, and should not expect the US gov to save them should they be detained.

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EnvironmentalValue18 t1_je9g678 wrote

They’re entitled to a fair trial, but all those people they’re mangling and sometimes killing aren’t? I mean, there’s no trial if you kill the person, and mangling them beforehand is like handing out a sentencing on the way to the court house. What a joke.

If that’s the fair they mean, then I’m sure a lot of people at this point would love to give these officers a “fair trial”.

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