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It's a bad strategy.

A high schooler could tell you that.


Fools hacker news every day. And it worked on the Iranians.

Did it? I’m pretty sure a cease fire is something they appreciate, and they haven’t given up anything for it yet.

If the madman act had worked there would've been some significant changes before the bombings last year. Or, ok, maybe you gotta show them you're serious. But the madman act would at least then prevent needing to attack for weeks this year. Oh, nevermind. But... third time's the charm, right! He's definitely gonna get what he wants this time?

The people running the country, killing protestors, etc, aren't trying to "win" in the same way Trump is. It's easier to avoid regime change than it is to cause it from air strikes.


And yet it was worked for him time and time again.

I don’t like it because we’re needlessly hurting relations, but to say it’s a bad strategy is silly.


We must have a completely different definition of 'it worked'. The only thing that worked here is that he managed to get Epstein off the front pages, but that will only work for so long. Oh, then there is Cuba of course.

Why do you still believe there's any crime at all that could somehow turn around the people who support Trump?

Do you really think, after over a decade of buying into a cult, they will suddenly give up after seeing slightly better proof of things that are already widely known?

It's delusion to think this has to do with Epstein. Israel committed to this war Oct 7th, and the Trump admin jumped in for worse reasons: They thought they were special and could win. They thought they would be seen as strong.

Why do Trump friends own so much news and media if Trump believes he has to make up a war to distract from Epstein?

No amount of preachers raping kids has stopped fundamentalists christians from supporting their institutions that enable such activity. They are some of the same people who support Trump. They don't care if he personally raped a kid. "The ends justify the means". 2A folks support him even though he has directly said he wants to take guns from people without due process and even though he said Pretti should not have brought a gun to a protest, something that Kyle Rittenhouse supporters probably should have a problem with.

They don't care. The ends justify the means. They've never cared about the actual person involved. Everything they say in defense of him is post-hoc rationalization and entirely a front. They do not care.


> Why do you still believe there's any crime at all that could somehow turn around the people who support Trump?

Did I say that? Or did your reply get attached to the wrong comment? Either way, no I don't believe that at all.



We should punctuate the difference between self-actualization and liberal colonization.

I'm not Iranian, Iran has no effect on my life, and I'm a pacifist.

Why would I compel someone to liberate themselves with a mistaken paternalism? It's irresponsible.


because the person funding isnt doing it out of the good of their heart. They have interests in removing the current government. The rebels also have interests in removing the current government. That is all its just two people working together on a common goal its not that deep.

Since Iran is clearly seeking to remove the U.S. government, is arming democratic factions a morally justifiable response?

It is creepy, that's what they're saying.

what i understood is that "showing up on their suggested friends list is creepy, and it's an information leak". the way i read that is that they would prefer not to show when someone visited their profile. and that's what i consider creepy.

We have drones now which are cheap and recyclable.

But it takes humans to decide how much work we're going to make for ourselves.

No one likes those shitty kids that keep making messes because they are entitled or angry.


What?

Liberals want to have their cake and eat it too.

Conservatives want your cake


I guess so

If your goal is to turn a profit

If you want to make something that is true then you can't fail. You don't need any defensive structures because the everyone else just spins in lies.

People only need moats when they are insecure, by definition

The most truthful artists don't need that.


Trust is not a bug

You need to accept that every generation some people are going to try and fuck things up.

Then you get to decide to stop or help them


They will have to grapple with the hollow, gnawing feeling in their gut for the rest of their life.

It's some vindication, but it's also just sad.


Thank you for this comment.

I printed it out so I could paste it on my toddler thrashing machine :)


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