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Russia invading Ukraine is bad for the entirety of Europe and the western world, it's not just "US interests".

Hell yeah.

Normalisation in culture has effects on how people behave in the real world. Look at Japan's sexualization of women and minors, and how they have huge problems with sexual assault. It's not about whether or not real children are getting hurt, it's about whether it's morally right or wrong. And as a society, we've decided that CP is very wrong as a moral concept.

They had that before but it kept getting vandalized

Pessimism is so addictive. I've struggled with it a ton throughout my life.

I get your statement but it's really overly violent, and honestly sounds kind of libertarian. More guns & more violence really will not solve anything. If you get violent all you do is justify violent means for your oppressors. In this day and age, there's no winning a fight of violence against the government and groups you disagree with. There's far better alternatives that we have. The benefit of capitalism is that it means the only fucking thing that works against the power structure is to scare them from losing control of their capital. I guarantee en-mass "voting with your wallet", and literal voting, will have a much better effect than arming up.

Also, you're free to call Nazis, Nazis. Nobody is stopping you.

Pessimism literally helps nobody, it just makes people more depressed and less likely to do anything about a bad situation. Don't forget that last election had one of the highest young voter turnouts ever recorded, and was by far a huge swing to liberal. Since then the Republican party hasn't even been close to as organised as they were during 2016 and 2020.

Change can and will happen. It already is, albeit slowly and with bumps along the road, just like any progression in society.

Hey friend, I'm sorry that you've fucked up a bunch lately. I know the feeling. Just know that you are really valuable to your family and friends, and they'd be extremely hurt if you did do something like that.

Everyone is feeling so stretched right now, and you are not alone. But we will get through this, and things will get easier down the road.

I know it sounds stupid, but money is just.. money. Yes we need it to survive in this day, but your life is worth so much more than a bit of cash or debt.. and it sounds like you're a smart person. So just know that those mistakes are a part of your journey, and a part of moulding you into the person you will be in a few years.

Yeah, but you can still regulate the content. Just because you can find CP on the web, doesn't mean that they shouldn't make it illegal. It deters people from it, and allows police to prosecute.

This comment is straight fire, no cap

Yep, forums don't grow overnight! We'll get there someday.

Yep