Politics Discussion

So I'm pretty sure everyone has heard about MH17 going down.

What do you guys think? Was it shot down by rebel forces (who have shot down planes very recently)? Or was it just a malfunction

 

It was obvious shot down, as for who did it, I think the people that were acting super guilty answered that question. And now what I hate is that everyone has forgotten about it. No one is even bothering holding someone responsible for it. Now we have ISIS in the Iraq and Syria... Americans that say "Why should we get involved?" this is why dumbasses. Pardon the language but all these situations evolve out of something and no one does anything about it. And I keep using this example but it really is perfect: "Hitler's annexation of Poland", let's do something this time please. Someone is funding ISIS, that's all I'm going to say. And China continues to grow more aggressive. We just need one international incident and then...we finish that trilogy.

 

Alright, this one is for the Americans here. Many people aren't politically aware, least of all politically active. It is important that "we, the people" take back the reigns of power in our country, cuz guess what? We don't live in a democracy anymore, we live in an oligarchy. These two videos are from comedy shows, unfortunately the most coherent political thought no longer comes from our politicians or even the media.

First of all a bit from a show on Comedy Central called Key and Peele. It basically summarizes the electoral college system. It is meant to be funny but I guarantee you this is the most accurate description of the electoral college you will hear. The original got taken down for god knows what reason so the quality is bad. Just bear with it lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xt5VpSy6Xk

Next is Jon Stewart. Yeah you can call me liberal or whatever but the man just makes sense. Honestly I trust this Comedy Central show for news more than I do the actual news. This segment is dealing with the Koch Brothers, if you have never heard of them: 1. You are seriously out of the political loop (which is not meant as an insult most people don't know who they are, and that's the point) 2. They show how our country is an oligarchy. If you're interested look at our country's congressional re-election campaigns. There is widespread "institutionalized corruption"(just coined that term).

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/avy6xw/democalypse-2014---south-by-south-mess--ad-of-brothers

 

A dozen US cities have seen new protests over the decision not to charge a white policeman who killed a black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri.
Demonstrations from New York to Seattle were largely peaceful but rioting broke out in Oakland, California. There was some unrest in Ferguson itself, with police making 44 arrests, but the town did not see destruction on the scale of Monday night. The officer who killed Michael Brown there says he has a "clean conscience".

Ok, I don't know about you guys but I find this absolutely backwards. Yes, they should be outraged that the officer didn't get tried but rioting and making a complete mess of your town is just stupid.

 

So the 70th year anniversary of WWII just passed and Japan's PM Abe Shizo made his remark. The most important pint to me was him saying that Japan is sorry for it's actions and they stand by past apologies. However he also said that future generations should not have to apologize...

I think he's both absolutely right and wrong. I believe that in 50 years when the Showa regime are all dead and Japan's government are all born in the Heisei period (i.e. having nothing to do with WWII) then they shouldn't have to apologize. BUT. If you're going to use that as an excuse to ignore the history then that's another story. Japan did commit brazen crimes that should not be forgotten, but that's from the outside looking in. To the Japanese I think it is important to remember how ultranationalism/facism/militarism came to be and how to enable the people to prevent that in the future.

Of course the usual comments from Korea and China: "Not enough"
You know China has a lot of balls criticizing past Japanese actions when it's currently pulling the same stunts.
As for Korea they need to come to terms with their own damn history. Yes Japan created a "prostitution" system in Korea during WWII (I use quotes as the women were not paid and therefore I'm loosely defining it as prostitution) but guess what? The Koreans helped them, they did most of the procurement. I'm not apologizing for Japan or blaming anyone but instead of uniting and making sure something like that doesn't happen again they're content to point fingers. Like 5 year olds, honestly. I have plenty more to say but I'll leave it at that.

 

I have to ask this in light of all the shootings, stupidity, and pathetic rhetoric going around in this country right now.
1. To Americans: How do you think the world perceives us? Do you understand why they might think of us in such away? What do you think can be done to change this?

2. (the important one) To non-Americans: How do you perceive America/Americans? Do you think the general populace of your country feels the same way? Is America portrayed as a divided country or as a single ideological unit?

 

The U.S is a fucking joke. A cluster fuck of glad handing lobbyists willing to fuck over everyone in the entire country order to keep feeding their overweight fat faces.