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Re:Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with ver... by gruez on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @07:50PM (#24055776)
>As near as I can tell the criteria for the us government getting involved is you have natural resources and you mistreat your people. Neither one alone seems to be sufficient.

the US seems to be pretty chill about saudi arabia, which does have oil and mistreats people. I'm sure the rest of the countries around that region aren't exactly a bastion of human rights either.

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Re:Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with ver... by vmception on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @08:21PM (#24055942)
Thats because the US requires juvenile moral arguments to maintain support for things that have nothing to do with juvenile moral arguments.

It derives it’s power from a population that has little history, prophecies or goals in common, so childish moral high ground is all it has to continue stewarding its massive resource appropriation efforts.

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Re:Skyscraper design combines cryptocurrency mining with ver... by gpm on Tuesday August 04, 2020 @09:37PM (#24056434)
The US is involved in Saudi Arabia though, just as an ally instead of an enemy.
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