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submitted 1 week ago by balderdash9 to c/[email protected]

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago

This is the same stupid argument anarchists use to dismiss having politicians or regulations.

The Geneva Convention did not eliminate war crimes, chemical weapons, etc. But it has vastly reduced them, and it has also prevented (to my knowledge) all attempts to launch nuclear weapons into orbit. Without the Geneva Convention, things would be so unfathomably worse than they are now.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

Don't try and dull OPs edge. It's like their only personality trait.

[-] balderdash9 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There are a couple ways you can interpret this post; a meme does not constitute an argument after all.

My concern is simply about the lack of enforcement concerning the Geneva Convention. An action being in violation doesn't seem to matter so long as the violator wins the war. We can name many instances where perpetrators openly flout the rules. Hence "this is worthless".

Of course, you could always take a meme literally (as people on Reddit/Lemmy love to do) but that would be the most uncharitable interpretation.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

I feel like none of this should need to be said, but I'll humour you. Memes are rarely sarcastic. They are almost always quite shallow, though. Which is why political memes always create a rough outline for a much deeper system of beliefs that is our job as the audience to infer before sharing it.

As an example: just look at the right sharing memes about trans people, which empowers their legislators to actually harm trans people.

[-] balderdash9 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's a fair point and I don't disagree with engagement per se. But, posting here, I get the sense that every meme I make should include a list of disclaimers to ward off potential misunderstandings.

On the flip side, maybe I should word things better. But it's hard enough to join together idea and meme format (at least for me).

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Is that the once and future flag of Maine or is it more Lebanon

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The only war crime is loosing

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