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- Jan 15, 2019
lol, but why should weI think a lot of US intervention is kind of a subliminal need to act as the adult in the room because that's what everyone expects us because of our role as guarantor of peace in the world. Like last year when Turkey starting acting up. You started to hear the 'Someone needs to do something!' 'Well I guess that's us?' Fortunately though Trump kept us out.
It happens with people too. You can imagine a new teacher in her first year. She feels she's supposed to be the adult in the room and be serious and stoic and formal. So she tries to do that and is strict and no nonsense. And all the kids hate it and she hates it too. When in reality she's actually closer to Ms. Frizzle and if she'd just do that she'd be happier and her students would be happier too. But that pressure to act a certain way is super powerful and everyone is worse off for it.
For so long the US has felt the pressure to be the adult in the room that until recently it couldn't resist the urge.
Let them fucking destroy each other. We shouldn't care about other country's conflicts that don't concern us in the slightest. We should not be the "guarantor of peace". Let them fight so we can screw them economically.