This has always been and always will be an excuse for the person saying it to be a "violent, self-centered tribalist". Humans have worked together for the benefit of the community for the longest time. Rugged individualism is inherently linked to capitalism.
There's many ways, from benign organizing of protests or involving the media all the way down to armed insurrection or terrorist threats. Again, you're a protagonist - choose your own story!
Then there's Ghandi, the Arab Spring, Milošević, the Iranian Shah as examples of things going the other way - and those are just the ones that immediately came to mind.
Again, don't be a bystander believing in foregone conclusions - that way you make them self-fulfilling prophecies. Be part of writing the story instead!
You believe that things only happen to people because they don't "speak up" but it is a goofy belief. There are people that will first fire you, then hit you with sticks and jail you, then shoot you and your kids.
You are not the first person to complain. There is no manager to call. Standing in the street with your friends is a social event. If you're not telling people where and when to show up, what to bring, and why it will work, you're just on the internet stealing valor from real heroes.
Qualcomm is the USA, how do you imagine Qualcomm blocking access from the USA?
Leaving aside the fact, that Israel is USA's ally, Palestine-Israel is quite different from Ukraine-russia.
In his pre-SVO speech putin promised to solve "Ukrainian question" once and for all. It's not even a nazi vibe, it's straight nazi ideology. russians burn Ukrainian books, destroy Ukrainian museums. All on purpose... Israel, OTOH, has >20% Arabic population, all free to speak their language, to celebrate their culture and even to practice their religion.
We can discuss and condemn many terrible things Israel does, but it's not even in the same ballpark with russia... comrade.
If pointing double standards is making me stupid, so be it.
Russia is doing and saying awful things : yup.
"straight nazi ideology" apply also to Israel, which is doing and saying the same things Russia does, and more.
I don't need the extra hasbara of the famous "arabic" (sic) population living in harmony. The apartheid is documented, as is the violent colonisation and genocide.
The previous comments were talking of IQ in a quantitative way ("x points less"), so they fit in the first definition.
Even the second definition is not really a thing. Intelligence as a concept doesn't mean much and needs to be defined properly. Using it this way is just another way to divide people superficially.
I started the thread with '"5 iq points dumber" (whatever that means)'. I intended that to be read something like "as if there was an objective measure of intelligence that scaled like iq'.
I cannot say what other intended, but at least some people are reading this whole thread in that context and I would expect you to as well even if others didn't intend that. (that is "respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." - hopefully this helps you see context better)
> talking of IQ in a quantitative way ("x points less")
I read that as a within a single individual, case A (no brain damage from cause C) vs case B (with brain damage from cause C), where using it as a shorthand for intelligence differences within a single individual makes it a useful shorthand for most readers, IMO.
If you were in an "open air prison" (silly term, but ok), would your next move be to raid a peace and love festival and slaughter kids ? Just wondering?
