EDIT: READ THE SIDEBAR BEFORE COMMENTING HERE 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.)