I don't fucking get why no one catches the hyperbolic pun thievery of the word. Fear is like Money. It's not real. Terra is more real even if you fucking kill everything alive on the crust. They'll be brought back faster than you'll remember that you had a soul.
America. America is a nation of terrorists who points the finger at other nations and wants to police everyone, while they continue to wreck the world.
For a long time the claim was that it's only terrorism when non-state actors do it. If a state does it, it's not terrorism by definition.
Then the loyal dogs in the EU declared in January that an official branch of Iran's own military is a terrorist organization, so I guess the old definition is defunct. It basically just means "outlaw" or "designated bad guy" rather than having a real definition.
The etymology of the word starts with describing state actions. The French government invented terrorism as a policy; Indiscriminate, politically motivated violence.
There was a while where it obviously met and exceeded the definition in the UN Genocide Convention, but a lot of people refused to acknowledge it might be a genocide because the UN had not yet declared it to be one. The UN is notoriously slow at that kind of thing, though, especially when a powerful country wants them to be slow.
western libs are smarter than global consensus, bear in mind. really, what it is, is they'll say anything so long as the money keeps moving.
the reality is of course that terrorism is any act that is intended to modify public behavior through widespread fear. here's some examples of terror states:
America
Russa
Israel
India
Iran
i'm POSITIVE there's more, and i'd even be willing to hear arguments that every nation today is either a terror state or subservient to a terror state.
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A terror state is a state that controls its citizens through the use of terror. A terrorist state is a state that then inflects that terror out into the rest of the world in an act of expansionist imperialism. So... Yeah. It's internal. Because I was talking about internal use of terror to control a citzenry
what did Iran, India and to strech it Russia do? Ukrne war was: 2014 us lead coup to overthrow govt that wanted to become neutral And then wanting to put nukacola next to russia border. Didnt the same stuff happened to .... cuba during the cban misl crisis when us didnt allow for nuka near its own border. Same stuff
Also lets include the old British & French empires ito it. They kied so many people they made entire continents. North America & Australia
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in reply to Unruffled [they/them] • • •The first is a single attack that is better defined as "blowback".
The second is what occurs by the Imperialist and Imperialist aligned powers that cause the blowback in the first place.
Bush didn't "do 9/11". Decades of American Imperialism "did" 9/11. It was the inevitable result of its crimes.
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in reply to Unruffled [they/them] • • •For a long time the claim was that it's only terrorism when non-state actors do it. If a state does it, it's not terrorism by definition.
Then the loyal dogs in the EU declared in January that an official branch of Iran's own military is a terrorist organization, so I guess the old definition is defunct. It basically just means "outlaw" or "designated bad guy" rather than having a real definition.
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in reply to Unruffled [they/them] • • •"Nuke 'em from orbit" isn't an uncommon phrase.
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Terrorism is when non-UN recognised states do it
Otherwise it’s “war”.
Fuck States. Fuck Israel.
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in reply to Tja • • •western libs are smarter than global consensus, bear in mind. really, what it is, is they'll say anything so long as the money keeps moving.
the reality is of course that terrorism is any act that is intended to modify public behavior through widespread fear. here's some examples of terror states:
i'm POSITIVE there's more, and i'd even be willing to hear arguments that every nation today is either a terror state or subservient to a terror state.
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Premiership of Narendra Modi - Wikipedia
Contributors to Wikimedia projects (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.)Tja
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A terror state is a state that controls its citizens through the use of terror. A terrorist state is a state that then inflects that terror out into the rest of the world in an act of expansionist imperialism. So... Yeah. It's internal. Because I was talking about internal use of terror to control a citzenry
Tja
in reply to The Cuuuuube • • •I am currently in India and I have absolutely no impression that people are controlled by terror. Those who oppose Modi seem to be very open about it.
EDIT: maybe it applies more to opposition politicians?
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in reply to The Cuuuuube • • •what did Iran, India and to strech it Russia do?
Ukrne war was: 2014 us lead coup to overthrow govt that wanted to become neutral
And then wanting to put nukacola next to russia border. Didnt the same stuff happened to .... cuba during the cban misl crisis when us didnt allow for nuka near its own border. Same stuff
Also lets include the old British & French empires ito it. They kied so many people they made entire continents. North America & Australia