Posted by Ian M on April 12, 2023, 12:18 am, in reply to "wrong question"
Thanks guys,
@Tomski - god that was an awful article. How can they say things like 'Nato has an important role in ensuring the ability of its member states to respond to threats to their security' without their heads exploding? FFS, it's precisely because of NATO and its relentless expansion and militarism that the 'security' of Ukraine, and now everyone in the world is under threat.
@Chris - thanks for the info, good to hear PC are still (somewhat) holding out.
@Ken - yes, there's a kind of abdication of personal responsibility that comes with this kind of hero worship, like you picked a special champion to do all your fighting for you, and you just blindly trust that they're always acting in your best interests because of their Good Heart or whatever. Like you say it never stands up to scrutiny, and really that's kindof the point, to not examine it too closely and keep hold of the warm fuzzy feeling that someone is taking care of the problem without you having to actually do anything. Pretty disempowering all in all...