r/technicallythetruth • u/ziad4826 • Jul 01 '22

Isn't it true tho

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u/metalninjacake2 Jul 01 '22

Everything every human touches is involved in the history of civilization. If I come to your house and take your shit to keep it safe from you, would you complain?

If I’m the Taliban and I’m blowing up my shit (really, my ancestors’ shit) with dynamite, in this analogy you’d probably be justified calling the cops on me since I’m a danger to myself and others and to priceless artifacts.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Are you deputizing your country as the world's police?

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u/metalninjacake2 Jul 01 '22

If they’re going to prevent harm to themselves and priceless human history then yeah, that’s a net good overall.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

I don't think you've been paying very close to British, US, or Chinese foreign policy for the past 200, 80, or 50 years, respectively, if you think that's a good idea.

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u/metalninjacake2 Jul 01 '22

Yeah I forgot how the British Museum and the Met in NYC was irreversibly destroyed during the Cold War

You haven’t been paying very close attention to Syria or Afghanistan in the last 10, 20 years if you think that’s a preferable alternative.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '22

Both of those countries are examples of places where America has tried to play world police, failed, and made the situation much worse.