• WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Military industrial complex goes BRRRRRRR while the oligarchy distracts you with yet another “most important election of your life” — forcing you to choose between fascist dystopia or neoliberal dystopia instead of … actually improving the planet and society for future generations.

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      9 months ago

      ok but, trump actually directly said he plans on being a dictator… it’s really the most important election in much of american history…

      • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        Just because Biden is the lesser evil (and he most certainly is. By far) doesn’t mean that he should be allowed to be an evil.

        He’s supposed to represent the interests of every American who isn’t a fascist, not a foreign government that IS fascist.

  • NounsAndWords@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Sanders notably attributed the war in Gaza to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “the right-wing Netanyahu government” — not to Israel in general.

    This extremely obvious distinction seems to get completely lost in every discussion on the topic. I like Israel and they have the right to exist. I don’t like far right conservative governments run by corrupt war criminals (but enough about Bush…).

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      9 months ago

      Absolutely. Just like caring about the fate of innocent Palestinians doesn’t mean rooting for the Hamas terrorists. Another distinction a lot of bad faith actors conveniently ignore in order to shift the narrative.

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        9 months ago

        Absolutely.

        There are essentially 4 groups that need to be discussed here. The governments of Palestine and Israel, and the civilians of Palestine and Israel.

        The governments are both murderous monsters who feed off of each other to fuel their hatred and justify genocide.

        The civilians are the Innocents being killed and displaced.

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      9 months ago

      I mean yeah he actually wasn’t quick to denounce Israel’s genocide in Gaza. I am super happy he has come around but I think I’m the beginning he was reluctant to (not because he agreed with it, because he probably didn’t want to mess with Israeli money coming after him politically).

      • IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.world
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        9 months ago

        I doubt he gives a good fuck about AIPAC setting their sights on him, they’ve been sniping for years.

        I can’t speak for him but my bet is that he’s experienced enough to wait for the dust to settle a little before forming an opinion.