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Re:Netherlands played crucial role in infecting Iran with th... by jacquesm on Monday September 02, 2019 @12:43PM (#20860238)
All it took was one idiot. It's interesting how positive effect on society rarely emanates from single individuals but negative effect examples we have aplenty.

There is something fundamental at work here: destruction and creation are not symmetrical in the amount of effort and knowledge they require.

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Re:Netherlands played crucial role in infecting Iran with th... by nerdponx on Monday September 02, 2019 @12:47PM (#20860270)
Who was that idiot exactly, Truman? Taylor? Monroe?

The USA has a long history of supporting repressive, violent dictatorships around the world. Maybe it's better excluded from the list of liberal democracies, I don't know.

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Re:Netherlands played crucial role in infecting Iran with th... by katzgrau on Monday September 02, 2019 @12:49PM (#20860283)
No one truly does it alone
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Re:Netherlands played crucial role in infecting Iran with th... by jacquesm on Monday September 02, 2019 @02:16PM (#20860884)
Absolutely a valid observation, every idiot needs a large multitude of enablers. But those never seem to be in short supply. Come to think of it, neither are the idiots.
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