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A comment on Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan. Parent comment

Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by hshshs2 on Friday January 22, 2021 @10:58AM (#25872748)
Exactly, off the top of my head I’m aware of the fact that the US has accidentally bombed a hospital and a wedding party... but it’s background news. Bring it up to the average american and they might feel uncomfortable or explain it away... but tell them you think soldiers are murderers and many will immediately get upset. We’re a brainwashed population, i’m aware of it myself and still experience these biases.
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Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by s1artibartfast on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:21PM (#25873714)
Ill bite, calling average soldiers murdersers is equivalent to calling american taxpayers or voters murderers.

I think there is some hypocracy in doing so while simultaneously paying for the bombs voteing and for the people who give the order. The buck stops with the american people, and only they have the power to stop it.

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Re:Palantir’s God’s-Eye View of Afghanistan by stuckindider on Friday January 22, 2021 @12:13PM (#25873613)
The media is the propaganda division of the congressional military industrial complex.
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