@hevyb1@FalkTG@JTBJoaq91338 1, NATO didn't exist until after WW2.
2, The Commonwealth is a political association of 56 countries. Only 3 of them are in NATO.
3, NATO is a defence alliance not an attack force and no European country has reneged on its obligations.
4, Trump is destroying Iran not helping it.
@EClaussen@illyriusx@ISDS108 But need a philosophy be comprehensive to have value? E.g. We might benefit from taking on Aristotle's virtue ethics but to believe his 'science' or natural history would be to be in error.
Similarly modern takes of stoicism help many but the religious aspect is forgotten.
@illyriusx@ISDS108@EClaussen Creative self.
Isn't it a kind of postmodern take to argue that there cannot be an overwhelming, complete or coherent worldview? Does that mean there are no post modern philosophies?
@illyriusx@ISDS108@EClaussen I'm not sure Nietzsche intended to form a coherent world view. I heard he was taken with the preSocratics though don't know enough to confirm this. My take was that he predated existentialism and argued for a kind of life like art, an overcoming of earlier philosophies, a
@aylth123@benleo@GBNEWS What exactly does the most powerful military in the world need help with? Isn't it just a case of Trump seeking international support to legitimise his illegal war?
@JoePannu119738@CynicalPublius The ME is full of countries America has just shown it cannot protect. South America? Really?
As for Japan they've recently come to a deal with Iran to let LNG through.
You can have Russia and North Korea for friends in future (lol!). Seems to be the way the US is going!
🚨The American System is Badly Broken
🚨The most dangerous moment in the world since World War II, probably even including the Cuban Missile
Crisis.
🚨JEFFREY SACHS: I've never seen anything like this.
Who's crazier, Trump or us?
🚨How can we not be grownups and say,
"That man's a loon. Get him out of there before he kills us all"?
🚨Nobody says this. And if you go long enough with derangement, we'll blow up the whole world. And Trump is just the kind of guy that can do it.
🚨Donald Trump is literally mentally ill to a very serious extent.
🚨He is, from a personality point of view, a malignant narcissist, I think is the right definition.
🚨The malignant narcissist definition adds paranoia and confabulation to this list.
🚨I personally think we're dealing with a psychologically deeply debilitated individual who happens to have a lot of power.
🚨He is president because of much deeper problems in the American political system.
🚨So he is a symptom as well as a cause.
🚨The American political system is deeply corrupted.
@decorativeartt He is our Prime minister. I never thought I'd say this but thank God he is!
Who are all these w⚓s who would rather we were more involved with Trumps lunacy?
@afneil Battleships are so yesteryear. $50k drones and some mines and fishing boats can choke 20% of world oil but people want to decry our lack of big ships?
It's bullshit.