• Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      10·
      26 days ago

      If the whole world showed up on Putin’s doorstep or the Iranians’ doorstep or in Washington, they’d kill 500 or 50 million or however [many], but the rest of us would survive with a new [world].”

      just borrowed that from tocopherol’s quotation a bit further down the thread.

      • Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.netEnglish
        15·
        26 days ago

        Is he gonna be on the frontline then?

        When he talks about foreign countries it makes it sound like the usual liberals calling for violence elsewhere kind of deal, doesn’t sound like he’s ready to participate in it, he’s just “spiritually ready” for 50million other people to die for it.

        I think the working class will see this kind of thing and agree with it but also get angry at it. It helps the left because it’s escalatory language but also workers just see a millionaire saying “Many of you will die. It’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make” farquaad-point

        • Llituro [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
          5·
          26 days ago

          i’m not trying to say that his words were particularly well-reasoned or even well-delivered. i was just commenting on it being interesting how the imagination of really detached people has shifted. i agree with you entirely on the actual implications of his choice of words.