I just learned that the Na'vi were the real villains in Avatar. Billions of human lives depended on taking just a small area of Pandora, yet they refused to allow mining to take place because... religion. As their god Eywa noted, their only three rules were:
— Ana Mostarac (@anammostarac) October 29, 2024
"You shall not…
Goes both ways
— Ana Mostarac (@anammostarac) October 30, 2024
“Our planet” only exists in our minds. Ownership is a human concept not a reality. Nothing is yours nor theirs to take, so…
— LongTermOwl (@LongTermOwl) October 30, 2024
No, once you designate someone an "alien" towards whom you have no sense of responsibility and whose lives you're willing to destroy for the sake of your planet...then the "aliens" get to treat you the same way. Moral equivalence.
— Name (@Tejas04718726) October 30, 2024
Ownership in purely factual terms means "are you able to defend it from people who want to take it from you". Everything else is contracts or window dressing.
— Reincarnated As A Level 999 Shitposter (@Bikkuriman976) October 30, 2024
Hello, Based department?
— Ana Mostarac (@anammostarac) October 30, 2024
Don't forget about Jake though, he was just a crippled furry who got a government funded opportunity to take his beastiality fetish all the way.
— ꜰ.ʜ. ꜰᴏʀᴅ (@FrenlyHenryFord) October 30, 2024
Plus I hear Unobtanium is like, super important.
— Ana Mostarac (@anammostarac) October 30, 2024
I would rather be a hive minded Na'vi than a human. Just look at their lives man. They can fly amongst floating mountains and swim and bond with whales. Their happiness index would be higher than the US.
— Philosopher of the Network State (सञ्जालराज्यम्) (@NetworkStateMan) October 30, 2024
And Thanks for supporting my argument with your nuking the planet remark.…
— Ana Mostarac (@anammostarac) October 30, 2024
In that case Eywa is the real villain. An alien ant-queen, with the Naavi just acting as her worker/warrior drones.
— Bon (@Ducimus321) October 30, 2024
Wrong
— Ana Mostarac (@anammostarac) October 29, 2024
What puts your desires over those of another that already possess the land in this case?
— ShawMuhFukinShawson (@Shawshawson) October 30, 2024
Expansionism is an important part of tyranidhood! If they just stay planetside they're not *real* tyranids
— worst gangster communist computer god (@whenwerewe) October 30, 2024
By that same logic humans didn't owe them either and might makes right in that situation
— Heterodox Progressivism (@HProggy) October 29, 2024
depends, what do they bring to the table? convert smart ones, kick out stupid ones
— bch_neurodivergent (@bchneurodivergent) October 30, 2024
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