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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Why are you blaming just US and Europe? Why do Russia and China get a free pass? Russia gives support to Iran and Iran directly supports Hamas. China deliberately plays both sides while doing nothing to fix the situation. Nobody is actually trying to fix the whole situation but somehow only US and Europe are to blame. I'm not against being critical of the EU and US (there are things to be critical about), but let's not act like they're supposed to be the world police. We have other countries who could also work towards a solution, ideally in cooperation with US and EU, but they seem to be more interested in blaming "The west" than actually solving the issue.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It's because most people on Lemmy are from those US, EU, or "commonwealth" countries, so that's about all we have influence over. Also Russia and China's democracies are not looking so hot these days... what kind of pressure is a citizen of one of those countries expected to have anyway.

    In my country I can go to a government building and take a huge dump on a picture of our elected leader, and I may get thrown in jail, but I'll probably be released after a slap on the wrist.

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