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  • I have tried to get my point across before, but was labeled a transphobe. I have no issue with trans people and wish them all the best in their pursuit of happiness. I understand the issue they face: Society put them in one of two gender categories, and they don’t feel that’s where they belong. That’s a valid issue in my eyes.

    I just don’t really see the current approach fixing this. Its like we saw that there was an issue with racism, but instead of abolishing it, we added more categories like “race-fluid”.

    In my eyes, the root issue is the concept of gender identities, and how big a role they play in our day to day lifes. Why does the way people address me (sir/madam, he/she) depend on my gender identity? Why does every form I fill out ask for my gender identity? Why are so many things separated by gender?

    I’d like to see a post-gender society, where we don’t need pronouns. Where there is no concept of gender identity, because everyone is just themselves.

    Instead of staying inside the box, adding classification after classification, I think we should leave the box and stop assigning a gender identity to every one of us.



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    I am not defending US imperialism, just criticizing a double standard.

    Imperialism is a state seeking to maintain and/or extend power over other states. That is exactly what China is doing with Taiwan. Of course, unequal exchange is also a form of imperialism.

    Imperialism is when you have a civil war.

    That’s just wrong. What is true though is that civil wars more often than not are influenced by foreign powers trying to influence them to their own benefit.



  • FCAS is a multinational project with pillars, or work packages, distributed among the three partners France, Germany and Spain. This division among national lines takes precedence over the division among company lines, as the project deals with national classified data which may only be handled by citizens of the corresponding nation.

    So while Airbus is an international company, it has German and Spanish work packages that only German and Spanish nationals are allowed to see/work on.

    French Dassault was responsible for Pillar one, the core of the project, which was the development of the “New Generation Fighter”.

    Dassault/France decided to pull out of FCAS and develop their “New Generation Fighter” entirely on their own.

    Now German and Spanish partners are left with an FCAS project without its centerpiece, and they are mad.

    Anger is mostly directed at Dassault, which is refusing to work with its supposed partners, turning a tri-national project into a national with no regard for the effect this has on German and Spanish counterparts.

    But the French Government also has a part in this. Dassault is their contractor, but they allow this to happen.



  • It’s really more of a contract, “I promise to carry and raise your children, you promise to provide the money” That’s why throughout much of history, you couldn’t get divorced, it wasn’t about love, it was about security.

    Nowadays marriage isn’t really as important as before, but still relevant. For women, having a child usually still means making career sacrifices.











  • I went on a “tangent” rather than answering your question, because I don’t agree with the underlying assumption.

    You asked if it was speciesist to prefer one species over another. By definition it is, thats just what speciesism is defined as. I have an issue with the underlying assumption that speciesism is

    a) bad

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    b) the same as racism

    I could’ve just said: “yes, that is indeed speciesist”, but that wouldn’t have gotten my point across.

    Your last paragraph hosently doesn’t have anything to do with anything I said. I don’t care about morals, but I believe one shouldn’t cause any more suffering than necessary, that goes for humans and animals.


  • The point is though, treating them all equally doesn’t make any sense because based on their species they have different needs.

    Some animals enjoy the company of humans, others do not. Some radiate a calmness that is appealing to some, while others have an enthusiasm that more fits other personalities. So when getting a pet, why would you ignore all that?

    Should I get a crocodile as a pet just to treat them all the same? I wouldn’t be doing that crocodile any favour, nor myself.

    I guess its that old “equality vs equity” debate all over again.