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Invaderk2 t1_j8ohhgl wrote

Reply to comment by Ragnarok_619 in Qatar sends World Cup mobile homes to quake-hit areas by Ragnarok_619

They don’t get praise till they stop doing all the reprehensible shit. Sure we basically enslaved thousands of immigrants but we’re giving away these used trailers we were just going to scrap anyway… nah fuck Qatar

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Gasa1_Yuno t1_j8r6w13 wrote

Is there any country worthy of praise then?

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fentown t1_j8rw517 wrote

People, yes

Governments and corporations, 99% no

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Gasa1_Yuno t1_j8rxt8s wrote

Good luck selling that message to a populace

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thebarrcola t1_j8situa wrote

Name one government that hasn’t done some reprehensible shit recently. I’m not saying it makes it ok but I am saying it’s pretty hypocritical to talk shit until you hold your own government to account. I don’t even know where you live but I’m confident there will be some scandal.

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Invaderk2 t1_j8slmry wrote

It’s not hypocritical at all. I never said my country was perfect or defended any of its actions in any way, thats you making assumptions that fit your claim. Beyond all that, your argument relies on the premise that no one can offer criticism without some qualifier about literally everything else bad in the word also being bad, that’s absurd.

If you want to call me a hypocrite because you have some proof that I personally, am also grossly abusing immigrant labor then you might have an argument.

I’ll go ahead and assume you don’t have that proof though…

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