Well, letting everyone make their own definitions of "being a good person" does not seem to be working out very well right now... So it might not be the worst idea to at least give feedback when you're being a piece of shit or positively impacting other people's lives.
It is, but we should also examine why so many Japanese are fed up with tourists. People go there and act like assholes, interrupt people's commutes and disrupt their lives - all while extolling the virtues of the simple Japanese way of life.
Generally, and I do emphasize that, those who believe that "everyone should just do what they want" really just don't want their lives to be impacted by change. Which makes sense, since everyone doing what they want only reinforces the power structures that already exist in society.
Gay men, for example, usually have zero problems blending in as long as they don't get outed and don't "look too gay" (straight passing). There's a good reason why the RNC regularly crashes Grindr servers whenever it's hosted. And as long they can rail/get railed, then they don't want to upset the delicate balance of power in which they rail.
Oh no, someone used open source software for their own purposes, free of any monetary obligations or restrictions! Wait, that's the whole fucking point.
Doesn't help that modern-day CS curricula don't really teach you how to develop. They churn out developers who know what a red-black tree is, but not how to set up a .gitignore.
A large part of this was them waiting a year for Israel to get back to them about that li'l old genocide they were carrying out.
From 7 October 2023 to 30 November 2024, several requests for information and
access were sent the Government of Israel, as well as requests for information to the State
of Palestine and the Ministry of Health in Gaza. The State of Palestine provided
information and extensive comments on the report presented by the Commission
before the Human Rights Council at its 56 th session. On 15 January 2025, the
Commission submitted a request for information to Israel about ongoing investigations
and accountability efforts (see section Impunity and Accountability, para. 147). No
responses were received from Israel. The Commission has also not received from Israel
any further information on violations and abuses committed by the military wing of
Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups on 7 October 2023. The Commission has
not received any information about prosecutions of members of Hamas and other
armed groups for the crimes committed on 7 October 2023.
They also needed to bring witnesses to testify before the committee, which is a little difficult when people in Gaza can't even get food and drinking water.
The American population is not properly motivated. More than half of the adult population are not fit (mentally or physically) to fight anything or anyone. Now, if Canada invaded as an act of liberation, it might be a different story.
You might get 15% of the police and 20% of the military to do what's right, but the problem is that the 85% and 80% of those are the ones who will retain access to weapons and ammo.
You're acting like the only way to win a war is to conquer every single square foot of it, Civilization style. If Canada held NYC, DC, and maybe Chicago, for a month, they would win.
Part of the fascist playbook - your enemies are strong, but also weak and pathetic. You are strong, but you're also constantly under attack by the others.
Well, letting everyone make their own definitions of "being a good person" does not seem to be working out very well right now... So it might not be the worst idea to at least give feedback when you're being a piece of shit or positively impacting other people's lives.