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'Are we the baddies?' vibes


War is baddy, but I feel like there's something above, something where any living being emitting 10 equivalent tonnes of CO2 per year or more is an accidental baddy


Sorry, just to clarify, your point is that genocide is fine because other countries are harming the environment?


I said war is bad and harming the environment is worse, no relationships between the 2, but the western "good" people are not so good

Pollution is already causing 10 million deaths/year and this gets worse. I live near a road, and have snow-like dust in my apartment every day from pollution, this can't be good in the lungs. Most people in developed countries, including Russia, have a footprint way too high, over 6T CO2 year, and this is the reason we're all unfortunately heading into trouble and future environmental wars.


If there is no relation between the two, then what are you looking to achieve with your comment? Because what you're doing sounds an awful lot like whataboutism[0], which suggests tacit defence on your part of the russian federation's terrorism and genocide.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism


The initial comment is "Are we the baddies?" (compared to pro-russian people)

I'm just saying it's not as simple as 0 or 1

absolutely no defense of any kind of violence, terrorism and any war, that's more your perception


The initial comment is a reference to a comedy sketch by David Mitchell and Robert Webb. In the sketch, it is two Nazi soldiers discussing the idea that they might be on the wrong side of history.

So no, this is not are Westerners "baddies" compared to pro-russian people.

> I'm just saying it's not as simple as 0 or 1

Wow. Political topics have nuance. Thank you for your deep, invaluable insight. Where would we be without your Russell Brand-esque hey bro, open your mind because there are complexities in real life style ponderings.


So he said "Are we the baddies" speaking as an imaginary russian soldier? If so, sorry I misunderstood, thought he said it as a westerner




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