What is worse - being a racist, or being a warmonger?

[msc545]

Even though in the US warmongers and racists are often the same people, which if these thing is worse in your opinion?

Warmongers are worse

Racists are worse

[razelove]

Neither really. It's the default setting of being easily swayed to be racist or a warmonger. The markets to make a profit or get satisfaction from racism or war are very niche, so there are few people that will have a hard on for say bomb country x, wipe out race y on a daily basis.

More the few people who make a profit from racism and war, say your arms dealers, whoever it is that sponsors people like kkk grand wizards (I fail to see where the profit is from racism except movements like BLM). They'll take advantage of a moment, blow it out of proportion, and sway the easily influenced to support and be rabid for war, to divide by race, and even within a race.

You don't typically realize you've been supporting a bullshit cause, how irrational your feelings were, or that dehumanizing your enemies is bad until years after that cause has run its course.

[Soteris]

I mean, being a warmongerer is situationally beneficial for your country where as being a racist is just always retarded. You can argue that war is inherently bad but its not like racism does not have a similar track-record of atrocities, including war.

[Anonymous]

I can't believe that people chose racism. Wait until Joe gets us into a war with Russia.

I love when virtue signalling whites say that voter ID is racist, because black people aren't smart enough to get ID. So who are the real racists?

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[FinalFantasyBro]

I might be black but I hate war and I honestly can't stand whenever my country The US bomb other nations it makes it why others countries can't stand us which is a shame because before the huge mass destruction majority of underdevelop countries used to be really gorgeous places.

[goaded]

I'd say racists, because they're more likely to be able to act on their wishes. Idiots going around saying "we should bomb [insert Muslim country here]" don't hurt anyone unless they're president, idiots making actual people's lives a misery do.

[LiamJHayden]

I'm tempted to say "warmonger" simply because I'm thinking of W and the thousands of lives needlessly ended and $Trillions wasted by him in Iraq as compared to some Bubba who blathers on how bad some race or ethnic group is but never has or will act upon it. But really, I guess it depends upon the who it is.

[BoopBoopBeep]

I'm not going to be a hypocrite. War's made me a lot of money, and some people need to get shot in the face. Racism on the other hand I think is just dumb.

[Naydyonov]

Guy who wants to bring war (death & destruction) vs the guy who believes another people of another race are stupid, incapable, whatever else. Obviously the warmonger is worse.

[goaded]

Which one has the ability to affect people based on their beliefs?

[Naydyonov]

@goaded Both. Racism on its own will just lead to ill-treatment of people. Criminals are universally disliked, yet they generally live life unimpeded after prison. Nobody is killing them, beating them. They might be denied employment.
A warmonger doesn't need to be successful all the time. He just needs his ideas to be successful once every many years. Then we get Iraq with hundreds of thousands dead. Or Afghanistan with dozens of thousands dead. Or Ukraine with dozens of thousands dead. Or Yugoslavia, or Nagorno-Karabakh.
Both are beliefs. Racism is about race, warmongering is about how to conduct foreign-policy.
Being racist doesn't even mean bullying. Racism can exist without having any real noticeable affects on its target population. Invading countries tends to be difficult not to notice for the invaded.

[goaded]

I can see that, but it's only presidents (or other leaders) who can actually start the wars. Racisim is something that affects people's lives daily.

[Naydyonov]

@goaded Leaders without absolute power are still influenced by interest groups within their countries

[RyanK9b]

The propaganda is strong in the people here..
They literally think that a racist is worse than someone who like to rage war and accept the death of thousands.

[goaded]

"I'd like to" is less important than "I will". Normal people generally can't start a war, they can be assholes to their neighbours.

[RyanK9b]

Racist aren't people who like to kill others. Thats the problem with this propaganda. It made you think that racist likes to kill other non liked races.
Thats just not true.

But a warmonger is only doing one thing. Trying to go to war which definitely lead to death.

[goaded]

OK, say I said Germany should bomb Austria; what would happen? Nothing. But I could go out and call someone a racist slur and it would have an effect on people's lives.

Going to war is worse than racism, being racist is worse than ineffectively calling for war, in my opinion.

[RyanK9b]

Yeah the racist slur would hurt soo much..
Its just like an insult. Either you are capable of dealing with it or not. Its nit like someone would die of it..

Warmonger take it 100% into account to accept the death of people.

[richardcory]

There are sometimes situations where war is the right answer. I can't imagine a situation where racism is

[Snakeyes7]

Racism to the extreme would make you a warmonger, as you would declare a race war, so I'd say warmongers are worse.

[exitseven]

Racists. Being a warmonger is the fefault setting for most people whether they admit it or not.

[AnusNdaPainus]

Warmongering destroys families

sons and husbands die

while women and daughters become casualties and spoils

[DextroShade]

Sometimes there is a good reason for war; there is never a good reason to judge people by the color of their skin.

[Anonymous]

Because we invaded Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan “cuz of RaCiSm” 🙄

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

Being a racist

[normandi]

Being both