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  • Krono@lemmy.todaytoPeople Twitter@sh.itjust.worksWhy is that?
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    1 month ago

    Suggesting Democrats are doing “everything possible” on an issue like healthcare is absolutely wild.

    The last time we heard Dems talk about healthcare was when Bernie pressured candidate Biden into “supporting” a public option. Then once elected, with control of congress, Dems didn’t even broach the subject.




  • Summing up the situation as “bombing their enemies” only shows your ignorance or bias.

    They are running a starvation campaign. They created a million refugees, then they carpet bomb the refugee camps. They destroyed almost all of the hospitals, schools, and places of worship in Gaza. They rape Palestinian prisoners, and when the rapist was going to be prosecuted, the populace protested and made him a social media star. The civilian leadership has called for the starvation and extermination of the entire population on hundreds of occasions. I could go on and on, the list of Israeli war crimes in the past year is horrendously long.

    And now they aren’t just attacking Gaza, they are invading Lebanon as well, doing the same war crimes.



  • I think the “temporarily embarrassed millionaire” idea is overstated, most people I interact with have a somewhat negative outlook on the economy and their future wealth.

    I think the real issue is that no viable alternative is presented to most people.

    The alternatives presented are Russian-style authoritarian oligarchy, Islamofascism, or a Venezuela-style “socialism” in which the narrative only focuses on poverty.



  • I find this meme to be absolutely vile.

    The good people of Afghanistan have been under violent US occupation for decades, and as their final move, the US looted the central banking reserves.

    This effectively drained the savings of everyday Afghanis. They no longer have access to their bank accounts. The US stole all the money.

    I often wonder, would the good people of Afghanistan be able to overthrow the evil leadership of the Taliban? I wish they could, but overthrowing the Taliban is much less likely when the US has left you in a state of devastation, poverty, and famine.

    Then those same western chauvinists can post memes like this, delighting in the Afghan people’s suffering after causing so much of it. Disgusting.


  • One of the main guarantees of the US-led world order is that the Straight of Hormuz will stay open for commerce. The fact that the Houthis can shut it down is a huge blow to US hegemony.

    In the modern age of drone warfare, US aircraft carriers are a liability. Sure, we can send in the USS Medical Bankruptcy carrier strike group and launch a few million dollar missiles, but the blockade stays in place.

    There seems to be only two options to stop this blockade: End the genocide, or invade Yemen in a war against the Houthis. Genocide Joe can’t afford to start a middle east war in an election year, so this tit-for-tat will continue into the near future.