• nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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    14 days ago

    Here I go again, taking the bait.

    • Trump put the lie to the Democrats’ claims about wanting to end the war in Gaza

    lolwut. The guy literally said that Israel should “finish the job”.

    • The Democrats would never dare to upset Capital like Trump just did. (Trump will of course always capitulate in the end as he has done here)

    Lina Kahn has left the room.

    • Bernie is old and tired. He says a lot of the right things but he keeps trying to work within the fully captured DNC.

    Which is only fully captured because anti-electoralists/accelerationists approach to changing the party has been “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”.

    • Minorities in the imperial core are surely worse off. It remains to be seen if Trump’s attacks on the soft power apparatus are sufficient to free the Global South from Western exploitation. (I am aware there is some actual aid in there with the labor suppression, coups and propaganda media. Both seem to be being dismantled)

    “Cut one and we all bleed.”

    I really think that “the imperial core” is pretty cringe, considering the imperialistic expansionist policies of the “AES” states (the big two are not socialist states). Both Russia and China are also driving hard on exploiting the global South and erosion of US soft power results in reducing checks on that as well as increasing the possibility of further hot wars.

    Adding to that, removal of funding for vaccination and other health initiatives is a net negative for the global South. Really seems that you’re less supportive of developing nations and more just wanting the West to lose, even if it means everyone else in the world is wise off.

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      14 days ago

      Ok! First off, thanks for engaging instead of the ol’ donvote-and-run

      The guy literally said that Israel should “finish the job”.

      Few things. First, don’t confuse words with actions (ESPECIALLY with Trump). He got the ceasefire done before even taking office.

      Secondly, I definitely think he’s a soulless ghoul who would sell out the Palestinians for any reason or no reason at all. The point in this argument is that he exposed the blatant dishonesty of the Democrats.

      Lina Kahn has left the room.

      Like - good for her and the Biden White House for nibbling around the edges. Good thing they actually passed laws and not just regulations that will get immediately dismantled when the pendulum swings. In America, CAPITAL ALWAYS WINS

      Which is only fully captured because anti-electoralists/accelerationists approach to changing the party has been “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”.

      Unfortunately this one is frankly ridiculous. You literally think the arrow of causation goes in that direction instead of people becoming disillusioned after trying to make change inside the party? People try to make change, discover Capital is in complete control, and abandon “civility”.

      “Cut one and we all bleed.”

      I fully 100% endorse this statement. I lament the loss of lifesaving aid. I lament MORE the decades of self-determination that were stolen by the USA.

      I really think that “the imperial core” is pretty cringe, considering the imperialistic expansionist policies of the “AES” states (the big two are not socialist states).

      Are you an ultraleftist? Which countries have Capital on a leash and which countries are on Capital’s leash? Think carefully before answering.

      Adding to that, removal of funding for vaccination and other health initiatives is a net negative for the global South.

      Sure, if we are only counting that I fully agree. We haven’t even talked about the collapsing effect food aid has on local food economies.

      Really seems that you’re less supportive of developing nations and more just wanting the West to lose, even if it means everyone else in the world is wise off.

      I definitely want the West to lose, that’s not in question. The better question is: Is the Global South suffering because the US just hasn’t dropped enough rice out of C130s or because of decades of exploitation?