I think downvoting comments like the parent exacerbate political polarization. Definitions of words such as "genocide" and "slavery" indeed is problematic and arguing like the parent doesn't imply being a Trump apologist.

Remember when Biden called the war in Ukraine a genocide? Didn't you think it watered down the word? If that's a genocide, does it mean we need a new word for holocaust-style genocides? Do we need to start saying things like "oh, yeah, this is a genocide alright, but not quite as much as the real ones in Rwanda and Germany". Is this really what we want to end up having to say?

That being said, prison labor combined with strong ethnic bias in the police force is very, very close to genuine slavery. What was this gross thing with the corrupt judge again. Kids For Cash? or something like this? Slavery.

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nativeit 13 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's worth noting that their policies with regard to global health initiatives are currently killing 88-people every hour, on average. Mostly children.

https://www.impactcounter.com/dashboard?view=table&sort=titl...'

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southernplaces7 12 hours ago | parent [-]

Wow, talk about a completely loaded and dishonest definition of cause and effect. I personally think that the U.S should fund these programs for health overseas, but saying that it no longer funding some of them is killing 88 people per hour is completely off base. The diseases these programs addressed are what kills 88 people per hour, not some U.S policy. Since the U.S doesn't have a legal obligation to fund such programs, you claiming them as responsible is like saying that because you don't donate X money per month to some anti-malaria charity (for example), you're killing some group of children that would have had their malaria treated in those months by your specific donation.

	▲	southernplaces7 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Why not address the very valid argument instead of downvoting like some little child?

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CamperBob2 14 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Remember when Biden called the war in Ukraine a genocide? Didn't you think it watered down the word?

No, it did not "water down the word." It is the stated position of Vladimir Putin that the Ukrainian people are indistinguishable from Russians, with no identity of their own. To that end, his forces have been kidnapping Ukrainian children and "repatriating" them to Russia since the invasion began.

Some homework for you:

https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lseih/2020/07/01/there-is-no-ukraine...

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/putin-still-steali...