I was trying to imagine how Trump supporters square the children in cases thing. They probably aren't Sith- rejoicing in evil is a fiction thing. I think they see the kids-in-cages thing the way the center-left sees the accidental deaths of war, bad, but a side effect of
a necessary policy. (The center-left doesn't want to disband the army & become isolationists) So Trump supporters must see themselves as at war with Mexico & the kids are just collateral damage. We misunderstand them if we think their goal is just to cage children.
♡ 0 ↻ 0This also happens in the Arabs vs Israel dialog. The Arab propaganda/position is that Israelis are on a campaign to only kill Arab children. The state of Israel sees itself at war with its neighbors & the death of civilians as collateral damage.
♡ 1 ↻ 0Anyhow, public policy is messy, there are fewer pure policies than we'd like to think. We should still let immigrant kids out of cages & minimize civilian death in war. To change the Sith you have to realize they don't see themselves as Sith, they can't renounce being Sith.
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