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Indeed. Both the Tibetans and the people of Xinjiang deserve much better than what they currently have.

And in Tigray and in Mali and in Yemen, ...

It feels surreal to think that I live on the same planet as people who face such suffering. I feel totally helpless and sad.

And the Kurds in the middle east

And those Afghanis now starving to death after being ravaged by imperialist war-adventuring for decades

Yeah, creating educational opportunities for girls was the worst. Good thing that's all being put back the way it's supposed to be.

have you seen Afghanistan before US helped Taliban with arms to fight USSR? and before USSR invaded? they didn't need your "educational opportunities" they need invaders not to invade.

It is possible both are true: Arming the Taliban was bad. Disarming them was good.

Given that the intention of arming the Taliban was to bring down a government similar to the one currently invading Ukraine, maybe the overall effect of arming the Taliban was good, however tragic for Afghanistan.

Ultimately, I do not presume to be smart enough to know what is right in international relations.

Gender equality works well for the developed world because a lot of other systems are compatible with it and we have technology to even the playing field. But it may very well be bad for most people involved, including the girls themselves, in an extremely undeveloped society.

Because you know better? Complete BS.

Because almost every society in history, including the present, and except for technologically developed ones had strong gender roles.

Citations massively needed.

The cynical use of feminism as a justification for war-mongering then bookended by abandoning the same girls to starve to death is not something to be proud of.

and Iraq? And the United States?

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