They were invaded by 1 of the 2 nations that agreed to protect them if they disarmed. The US did not uphold its obligations 3 times in a row through multiple administration's. The latest conflict in Ukraine is a result of actions taken by the USA, followed by inaction on our part.
If we didn't request their disarmament, lie about protecting them, it would be a very different landscape there right now.
It isn't solely the fault of the US, but we are major contributors.
You keep writing like they have them and thats why they are being attacked. Its specifically because they dont yet have them that they are being attacked. If they already had them like North Korea, their situation would be more similar. I doubt people would be bombing them, in the same way people aren't bombing North Korea despite it acting very hostile and making direct threats.
Not really. Not taking them into account isn't really discrimination. In the same way that there are many really awesome outfits made for children that they dont make for adults and we dont call it discrimination when they arent sized for everyone.
No first world country is going out of its way to make life harder for left handed people. There are shitty people everywhere though.
I wish it were because being any flavor of LGBTQ+ were as mundane and accepted as being left handed and didn't warrant a month of special attention... but I know its because most of these companies didn't really care to begin with, and that rainbow capitalism was just overwhelmed by a hostile and violent political movement in the US.
What's a little extra disappointing, is how much of that seems to have only existed for the sake of the US market to begin with. I would have preferred to see us isolated like a theocratic regime and only have the marketing changed for us. At least then I could say its because they see us sliding backwards and are reacting to that. Instead it becomes more obvious it was purely a 100% commercial.
I kinda always knew it... but its still sad to have it confirmed.
I actually no longer trust that to be true with how many systems and programs were gutted. I suspect we probably dismantled our early warning systems.
If thats not the case, I still question whether or not this administration would let a blue state get hit when they could prevent it just out of spite.
I work with special needs adults. Your experiences, while valid, with many of those that arent so disabled that they actually can engage with society, do not represent those with more extreme versions of this disability.
Often they will never get to experience the fullness of life they could without. Basically, people with Downs who dont have caretakers with means are fucked pretty hard.
Of the 6 I interact with daily, I think they all would rather not have the disability, and 2 have said they would trade places with the guy in the wheel chair that has seizures sometimes, but is otherwise living a normal life.
Teaching children how to make weapons is the recipe for revolution. Its not instant, but its something i would think twice about as an autocrat. Its like training a bunch of Unibombers.