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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
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AXH lemmy.zip AXH@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2026-06-03
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I don't know if something being mostly scams and corruption qualifies as morally neutral
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-01-18
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AXH wrote:
I don't know if something being mostly scams and corruption qualifies as morally neutral

The corruption and scams are directly undermining the empire's ability to fight wars around the world though.
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just2look lemmy.zip just2look@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2025-06-14
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ wrote:
The corruption and scams are directly undermining the empire's ability to fight wars around the world though.

They are also taking money from the working class and funneling it to oligarchs.
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Remember_the_tooth lemmy.world Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-01-23
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ wrote:
The corruption and scams are directly undermining the empire's ability to fight wars around the world though.

I'd love to see this presented as a trolley problem.
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ lemmy.ml yogthos@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2020-01-18
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just2look wrote:
They are also taking money from the working class and funneling it to oligarchs.

that's the fundamental natural of the liberal capitalist system though
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eldavi lemmy.ml eldavi@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-07-18
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Remember_the_tooth wrote:
I'd love to see this presented as a trolley problem.

the trolly problems feels like an intentionally oversimplified representation of an issue that ensures that the background explanation is dismissed so that neoliberal framing is emphasized.
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Digit lemmy.today Digit@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
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... is actually morally neutral.

Sure it is.
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gecko lemmy.ml Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2025-08-12
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just because it cant achieve its objectives doesn't mean it cant cause death and destruction
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apotheotic (she/her) beehaw.org apotheotic@beehaw.org
Joined: 2023-07-11
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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ wrote:
that's the fundamental natural of the liberal capitalist system though

That doesn't make it morally neutral :3
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