Yes, as opposed to all those super democratic capitalist third world countries.

I meant non-bitcoin crypto. I’m not 100% clear on this, but AFAIK there are less energy-intensive coins.

The politics of the thing aside, couldn’t they have found a currency that doesn’t burn fucktons of energy?

De-nazification doesn’t mean “kill all Nazis;” it means “make people stop being Nazis.” If you have a cheap and efficient method for that, I’m all ears.

Are those people actually making trouble for Trump and co or are we talking glorified parades here?

Too busy jacking off to the image of dead brown kids and oil. And I’m not only talking about Republicans.

I mean obviously not, but either way it’s not an act of hate, racism, xenophobia or fascism. It’s the whole war crime part that’s problematic, is my point.

Uh I don’t think “praise be to Allah” is an act of hate, racism, xenophobia and fascism, but also if the goal is to “push the bar back to where it belongs” then clearly it’s not working. Maybe consider doing something about the hate, racism, xenophobia and fascism?

I mean no? Obama was evil as fuck, but at least in terms of raw numbers Trump has him beat. Biden would be a more realistic comparison.

And Afghan weddings, don’t forget Afghan weddings.

You seem to fundamentally misunderstand what conservatism is. According to Wikipedia,

Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values.

This means that the injustices inherent to these things are also fiercely protected. It’s impossible to support such a thing wholesale (or basically wholesale) and be “nice.”

We need to clean house to show the world we’re done being the evil empire.

Except the US is clearly not done being the evil empire. On either side of the aisle.

Not like other US war criminals were punished. Trump could live another century and not see even a slap on the wrist for his crimes abroad.

Have you thought about the sheer retardation of modern copyright law today?

Yeah America’s track record (even before Trump for the libs in the back) does not imply respect for international or even American humanitarian law. Pete Hegseth can kiss my ass if even a single pilot refuses to drop the bombs.

The US isn’t an ICC signatory, but it has its own military law that defines illegal orders, so some subset of war crimes is also illegal under US law. I’m guessing destroying the water infrastructure of nearly 100 million people would be included, but I’ll leave it to someone else to fact check that.

TL;DR: It’s illegal to commit some war crimes in America, but I don’t know about this particular war crime.

They have rejected monitoring. Rejected negotiating. Rejected reasonable terms that led to sanctions at multiple points.

What? Have you never heard of JCPOA?

Silencing dissent is logical but not creating martyrs in a culture that idolises them.

Authoritarianism is a balancing act between not creating martyrs and making dissent dangerous. You can’t do one without the other, so while the Iranian regime might (or might not) be acting suboptimally the concern is still its own survival.

Clamping down on women for wearing what they choose with violence is not logical.

It gets points with their base of support, but also every regime anywhere does irrational things. The question is how much, so even if this was irrational (which again isn’t guaranteed) it doesn’t contradict with the wider point.

In the case of ideology overriding logic, that could lead to use against Israel.

[Citation needed]. Everything we have from the regime, both statements and actions, states otherwise. Iran can clearly deal significant damage to Israel using its missiles and drones, yet it only does so when threatened. Why would nukes be any different?

Their support of multiple factions in multiple neighbouring countries targeting than working constructively is also illogical and inflammatory

Iran is in direct competition with its Arab neighbors and Israel for regional supremacy; conflict between these camps is basically inevitable, especially with the Arab side being pro-America and Israel. Besides, their neighbors won’t trade with them with Western sanctions in place, making this a moot point. Their support for these militias improves their image domestically and regionally (factions like Hamas and the Houthis are very popular in the Middle East), gives them regional power (Iraq and Lebanon being obvious examples, but also Syria when Assad was around), makes local US presence costly and allows them to open up new fronts against Israel basically on demand. Tf you mean illogical, it’s downright genius (and very often evil, but that’s not what we’re talking about). Your position seems to hinge on the assumption that conflict is illogical, but there is such a thing as rational conflict. It’s not like Iran hasn’t tried to improve relations with its neighbors; it just does so on its own terms rather than America’s. TL;DR: Your point is analogous to asking why Ukraine doesn’t pursue better relations with Belarus.

That’s naive. Trump was a near-inevitable symptom of late stage capitalism, not a stroke of dumb luck.

and directly perpetrated by people who were the descendants of those victims and keepers of those memories

Not quite. Israel is predominantly populated by Jews of Middle Eastern or Eastern European descent who had nothing to do with the Holocaust. There are plenty of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, but Israel was built and remains predominantly shaped by people who didn’t experience the Holocaust. In fact, quite ironically, Israel basically stole and keeps stealing a lot of Holocaust survivors’ reparation money.

canceled a workshop about the “fragility of democracy.”

Tbf, this is a good way to educate people about the fragility of democracy.