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December 3rd 2016, 12:49 PM
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shevek
Peasant They/Them Netherlands
Never be afraid to ask, but don't demand an answer 
I hate hypocrisy.
So if I have a limited amount of money that I can spare for charity, and therefore I can't give to all charities that I agree with, my solution would be to choose the ones I care about most and donate to those. You say that is hypocritical and instead I should not donate anything? How is that better?

Black people treated blacker people just as we treated black people, before white people arrived in Africa?

What I meant is that white people treated black people as second class citizens. And they considered it part of their national identity. That didn't make it right. In the same way, if LGBT people don't have the same rights as other people, that isn't right either, from my perspective. As I wrote before, it's not like I have any power over your laws, but I can tell you that I think you're oppressing that group of people for a reason beyond their control, and that is wrong. If I had power in my country, I would put pressure on your country (for example, by requiring improvements as a precondition for trade).

Power comes from obedience of others
Yes. And that can be achieved in two ways: with a dictatorial regime (Cuba, North Korea) or with money. And in rare cases by gaining the trust of people (Trump seems to have done that, amazingly by lying all the time). Money can help a lot with that as well.

Story about my friend is a long one
That's ok. I have time.