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An Israeli missile has hit Iran, two US officials have told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

Iranian state media is reporting that flights have been suspended over several cities, according to Associated Press.

Iran has been on high alert after Israel said it would respond to an Iranian attack against it on Saturday night

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[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 236 points 7 months ago

It would have been nice if this world wasn't run by fucking children.

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 82 points 7 months ago

literally every anarchist has been saying this for centuries.

whatever your politics, welcome to team 'at least some of the people in the room should be adults, we have nukes floating around ffs'

[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago

Great, like that the world, nukes included, would be ruled by the strongest, which often aren't the brightest of us.

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)
[-] Dremor@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

That's not something I know about, mind putting me in the loop?

In any case, I was sarcastic if that wasn't obvious. There is good people among anarchists, as well as among those who aren't. But not having rules make it way easier for the bad apples to get their way with it, as with them it requires a lot more investment and careful planing to break them.

Anarchism, like most other social organisation theory, isn't immune to mass manipulation, coercion, or similar techniques used by the few to impose their view and interest to the broader masses.

[-] GnomeKat 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

As far as I understand, Anarchism doesn't mean no rules, it means no rulers. No hierarchy of people.

The rules would be set up in such a way to actively discourage individual accumulation of power as much as possible. But a system like that could still have rules, just enforced collectively instead of power being parceled out to individuals. I think there are a lot of practical ways you can try to reduce power accumulation, like term limits is a very obvious example that is a concept we are familiar with. Or like ways of reducing wealth inequality can also be seen as a way of trying to reduce hierarchy.

I don't know all the theory, I honestly feel like that kinda shit isn't always the most useful anyways. But there are obvious things we can do now to reduce hierarchy and they seem like things that would be good. Having an ideological stance that hierarchy is bad, and we should reduce it as much as possible.. that's Anarchism.

[-] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 10 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Anarchy is not not having rules, it’s not having rulers.

Think democracy of the purest form. Not elected (and bribed corrupt) representatives who pay themselves from our pockets to push their own agendas.

[-] jorp@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

what exactly is this argument you're making? would it not apply to switching to democracy? would it not apply to moving towards liberalism? how come when it comes to going further left suddenly "no system is perfect" arguments come out as if better needs to be perfect

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

therefore you must put the few in charge without contest? compromise with tyrants? edit: except forgetting to negotiate for yourself, and being all in on team tyrant?

sorry I dont mean to sound rude, its just it always sounds like a christian standing up in the pews, proclaiming that the pastor is being corrupted by the devil, and declaring that he's done with this blasphemous church, and he's starting his own church (of the devil. but not in like the cool way, because he's a christian)

it just sounds like an excuse to not try. and its not like there aren't measures to take; forms of organization, social leveling conventions, etc.

[-] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

sounds like you don't know what the word sarcasm means. is the word you were looking for 'flippant'? its a good word and I'm sad I don't see it more, so I hope you did.

so yeah its not perfect? nothing is? but most criticisms of anarchist thought seem to just be describing the present as what-if, and most of the 'solutions' to 'avoiding' those involve 'let's just do that on purpose right now!'. including this one. the point is resistance and resilience, not immunity. also like human dignity and well being and flourishing and junk.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

whatever your politics, welcome to team

Nothing an old anarchist hates more than a new anarchist. They ruined anarchism, I tell you!

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Epstein already proved that and allegedly a Mossad agent. How much blackmail does Bibi have on Biden?

[-] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 9 points 7 months ago

Biden expressed his love for israel way before Netanyahu was a political candidate.

[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

True dat... Biden, "I'm a Zionist," knows his place.

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago

Israel is doing its part by killing them all.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Demented sociopathic children. Normal children would do a better job.

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