▲ 438 ▼ Iraq set to lower the age of consent to just nine years old (womensagenda.com.au) submitted 2 years ago by xc2215x@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world 94 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mightyfoolish@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That's pretty sad. I don't understand why we play with so many millions of lives as if it's all one just big game. Thank you for the through reply. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago agree. the regular people are always the ones that will end up suffering. lockheed martin shareholders got to enjoy a 30% spike in their holdings after feb 2022. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians lost family members, had to flee their homes, lost limbs, many died/will die, etc i view geopolitics almost like i do tectonic plates. every once in a while when there are shifts, earthquakes happen. I think the Ukraine war is the small earthquake that always happens right before the big one. to make more WW2 analogies spanish civil war & italian invasion of ethiopia = ukraine proxy war & israel/gaza/lebanon/iran situation rise of fascists across europe = rise of the new pseudo-fascists in US & Europe & really all over the world (look at Argentina, India, etc) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kava@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago agree. the regular people are always the ones that will end up suffering. lockheed martin shareholders got to enjoy a 30% spike in their holdings after feb 2022. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians lost family members, had to flee their homes, lost limbs, many died/will die, etc i view geopolitics almost like i do tectonic plates. every once in a while when there are shifts, earthquakes happen. I think the Ukraine war is the small earthquake that always happens right before the big one. to make more WW2 analogies spanish civil war & italian invasion of ethiopia = ukraine proxy war & israel/gaza/lebanon/iran situation rise of fascists across europe = rise of the new pseudo-fascists in US & Europe & really all over the world (look at Argentina, India, etc) permalink fedilink source parent