1. Mod of [email protected] posts a great Greta Thunberg quote, but then tries to use it to justify not voting in the upcoming US election
  2. Multiple people point out that’s very clearly not what she meant
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Using your mod powers to decide who is allowed and not allowed to speak is not very anarchist of you, @[email protected]

  • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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    2 months ago

    https://www.cfr.org/article/us-aid-israel-four-charts

    Notice that there has been a historical level of USA investment in isreal. This year, when isreal decided to paint a target on themselves, it gave the USA a choice of tripling down or lose a significant level of force projection in the middle east. Losing that would ALSO sabotage the democrats campaign. The USA as a cultural whole is responsible for genocides in all the regions it has dumped money into. Maintaining the institution of the US is integral to the security and wellbeing of many people that live outside the USA.

    it is NOT anti-anarchism to point out that geopolitics is a series of hostage situations, which several people are trying to convey to you.

    YOU ARE in a position of power, and i’m mad at YOU because you are using that power in an irresponsible way. YOU have put moral responsibility on the hostages.

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      tripling down or lose a significant level of force projection in the middle east

      Oh so you’re an imperialist apologist. Opinion discarded.

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        2 months ago

        Opinion discarded.

        While I agree that the sentence is imperialist apologia, I disagree with this approach. There’s something to be learned from everything, especially when there’s much mroe than what you’re focusing on.

      • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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        NOPE

        I’m willing to understand the operating paradigm of other people. This is the modus operandi of the US. They have motivations that they SHOULD dissuade themselves from being influenced by, but that doesn’t make a difference in how the world currently is, or what currently motivates them.

        You can conflate in your head what is and what should be, but that just frustrates real attempts to making the world closer to what it should be.

        This reductionism on your part is disrespectful.