They’ll have plenty of friends and family that suddenly feel an urge to come over and lend them a hand once the real shit goes down

This is how capitalism starts

Ah yes, the Houthis paused because their demands were met

pats head

We do not need to take a single side

I’m afraid you registered to the wrong instance

Worked on the Houthis though. Iran might be a tougher nut but they won’t sacrifice everything just to keep the Strait closed

Then again, keeping power over the Strait is one of the most valuable pieces they still have on the board

But who are you referring to that is ‘not upset with 2’?

You just made that up as an excuse for yourself not to worry about the 20.000

Yeah or Syria

Who said they were “ok with 2”? You just fantasized that

Even then, you’d have to be pretty thick to equate that to 20k

Ok so you understand that it should be zero, but you can’t comprehend that the one is closer to it than the other

Room for growth

Sounds like you’re the one here with ‘a number they’re ok with’

And apparently that number is 20k

Well apparently there’s an entertainment factor to it.

Maybe not exactly the one they think though

Maybe they’re not that different from us after all

I think you’re mixing up two different incidents there lemming

Ah yes the valiant and honorable Iranian police

Briefly interrupted from checks notes hanging the gays

Ok so your counter argument to “but they killed 20k protestors” is literally “would it really be better if they only killed 2?”

Well imagine you’re in Iran: you don’t have weapons, you don’t have any chance to organize… What is going to stop the oppression?

Sad to say but something like this really is the only chance they have

He’s running up and down the deck

Sure, and for the record I don’t condone that choice.

But I also think it’s naive to claim that it must be pure racism. From a military/intelligence point of view, it’s just far more likely to find collaborators when they have a link to the other side.

Those 3 aren’t proof that all Japanese Americans would have collaborated, but it’s still interesting that the very first that found themselves in that position and having almost no other information, immediately chose to betray the US. I don’t really think that would have happened if they were of Chinese descent, for example.

Although I agree that it’s an injustice, I also don’t forget that the first Japanese Americans that got the choice chose for Japan and betrayed the US.

It’s very broad and will hurt far more innocent than (potentially) guilty people, but it’s important not to underestimate the nationalism ingrained into some people through ethnicity and upbringing either

Interesting thing though. How is Polymarket going to arbitrate such things?

There’s going to be discussions that are never going to be truly resolved as opposed to, for example, sports betting, so how does this turn out?

I guess they got a smart ToS but they’re incorporated in the US so I guess they’ll be tested in court sooner rather than later