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Yeah, blaming the population, that's totally fair. What country are you from? Are you sure you're "free of guilt"? Why even stop at war? Do you have poverty in your country? If so, why are you happily posting in HN instead of fighting in the streets?

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Mostly because I don't believe government intervention can solve poverty. If anything, governments should get out of the way and let people make money, so protesting in the streets to "do something about poverty" is actually counterproductive.

When it did any good, yes, I did my share of protesting. I even did some politics, I'm actually still a party member.

I'm from Germany. I'm pretty sure I am personally free of guilt today, but I'm convinced that most Germans during the Third Reich were not. They knew what happened and they didn't protest, they didn't act and enjoyed Hitler's social programs instead. I don't think there's much controversy around that.

> Why even stop at war?

Because it's an act. Poverty isn't.

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