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US airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli embassy (www.channelnewsasia.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We've failed him, we've failed the Palestinians, we've failed our immigrants and refugees, we've failed our LGBTQ+ people and people of color, we've failed our poor. The story of America is a story of one failure after another.

And I say "America" even though this is world news, because he was American.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sometimes I have this thought that feels like a realization that it was never even about "the people" or "freedom" to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It was about creating an in-group and implementing a caste system under the deceptive guise of democracy. What it's never actually been is democratic or free.