There’s now going to be a war against Iran, and the US media is portraying Iran
as the aggressor, even though Israel blew up Iran’s embassy. THAT should have
been a call to end support for the genocidal ethnostate of Israel and call for a
ceasefire, but instead we’re doubling down on support. Also, friendly reminder
that Israel would not be able to do this without US support. Biden could have
ended this, but chose not to. What is your defense now? How can you still
justify supporting this genocidal maniac? How low is too low for you? How much
suffering is too much? How many lives have to be ended or destroyed because of
Biden? How much is enough that you are willing to protest, speak out against it,
or at the very least not defend it in some deranged manner with “aT lEaSt He’S
nOt TrUmP.” People are dying. Imagine being the caliber of person who can excuse
this and say this, or even approve of him and say he’s doing well. Literally the
only way to look the other way is by convincing yourself that Iranians and
Palestinians aren’t really human. “Scratch a liberal, and a fascist bleeds” –
maaaannnn I used to think this was a bit overstated, but it’s really no
exaggeration at all, is it? Edit: Lol at the right-wing neolibs who can’t help
but parrot their genocide-defending bullshit in spaces where they’re not
welcome. Thanks for providing examples of exactly what this post is about.
Imagine thinking the person who is literally making a genocide possible is also
the person who is “best for Palestinians.”
Like bro do you even sockpuppet
You gotta set up some subterfuge or get the shills involved to give you support, if you’re going to express opinions like this
I’m just glad I’m not American. I can’t imagine being told I’m only allowed to choose between a politician I disagree with and a fascist and not chosing one means the fascist wins by default. There honestly doesn’t seem to be a winning move.
It’s just the nature of power: Because governments are powerful and therefore attract people who want to grab control of that power, you’re never going to see a big, powerful government that’s not doing some large amount of naked fascism. Russia, China, and the US all succumbed to it to some degree, regardless of what high-minded rhetoric went into their formation. It’s always going to take a significant battle by “the little guy” to make them behave in any at all reasonable fashion.
We’re always going to have to be putting some sustained energy of resistance, activism, politicking, good works outside the machinery of pure politics, what-have-you, into the system in order for it to behave in any way that’s not just naked oligarchy. It’s just a natural result of what powerful people will tend to do in order to grab the reins of government to continue and extend their power: If there’s nothing counterbalancing their pressure, then they’ll win. It’s a lot easier in the US than in Russia or China but it’s definitely not easy.
Put another way: If showing up one day and pushing one button to choose a clearly better option over a clearly worse option is too much to ask of you, then there’s absolutely 0 chance that you have the energy for the amount of work that would be needed to create an actually good government like the one you’re saying the US should have (which, absolutely yes, I agree with you.)
I’m just glad I’m not American. I can’t imagine being told I’m only allowed to choose between a politician I disagree with and a fascist and not chosing one means the fascist wins by default. There honestly doesn’t seem to be a winning move.
It’s just the nature of power: Because governments are powerful and therefore attract people who want to grab control of that power, you’re never going to see a big, powerful government that’s not doing some large amount of naked fascism. Russia, China, and the US all succumbed to it to some degree, regardless of what high-minded rhetoric went into their formation. It’s always going to take a significant battle by “the little guy” to make them behave in any at all reasonable fashion.
We’re always going to have to be putting some sustained energy of resistance, activism, politicking, good works outside the machinery of pure politics, what-have-you, into the system in order for it to behave in any way that’s not just naked oligarchy. It’s just a natural result of what powerful people will tend to do in order to grab the reins of government to continue and extend their power: If there’s nothing counterbalancing their pressure, then they’ll win. It’s a lot easier in the US than in Russia or China but it’s definitely not easy.
Put another way: If showing up one day and pushing one button to choose a clearly better option over a clearly worse option is too much to ask of you, then there’s absolutely 0 chance that you have the energy for the amount of work that would be needed to create an actually good government like the one you’re saying the US should have (which, absolutely yes, I agree with you.)