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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wot? No more crocodile tears? Fucking hypocritical genocidal cunt

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Why does Biden want innocent people dead and why does nobody try to stop him? What has become of humanity? Has everyone gone insane?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Ideology is one hell of a drug

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Business and military industrial complex is one hell of a shitshow.

ftfy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Fair. It's a bit of both.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago

It was obvious from the start it was political posturing as he had already sent them so much and it wasn't like they immediately needed it. Just like the port to deliver aid, also posturing to look good.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Fuck Trump, fuck Biden, and fuck Netanyahu. And while we're at it, fuck Putin and fuck Xi. Not a lot of decent people at the top these days.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That was always the case. Being at the top pretty much requires being a bastard.

That's why the best ruler is no ruler.🏴

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Waiting for our AI overlord?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (7 children)

No, for horizontal, anarchist mass organization

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Can’t wait for tomorrow’s most upvoted posts on Reddit and Lemmy teaching us how the other clowns from the rival circus are still worse. While condemning the killings of children in Gaza with those weapons sold today.

It’s impossible there was ever a society this manipulated and stupid.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

FFS. Biden is a complete cunt. Trump GOP is still worse

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (5 children)

Don't they have a point though? Your system is broken and the lesser of two evils is all you ever get to pick.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No, it's actually not true. First-past-the-post voting mathematically tends to result in 2 dominant parties, but there's no mathematical rule that determines which 2 parties. The first two in American history were the Federalist Party, and the Democratic Republican Party. The duopoly has changed several times over the years, and it could change again if we wanted it. Democratic voters have affirmatively made the choice that supporting genocide is better (read: easier) than trying to shake things up.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

You will change the Democrat-Republican duopoly as soon as you convince everyone to stop participating in consumerism (beyond one's basic needs).

Which is to say: never.

The last time neither a Republican nor a Democrat was President was more than a century ago. Good luck changing the people's habits as well as the monumental support structures both parties have erected to prevent any third party from gaining traction, ranging from super PACs to literally the entire American news network, including social media.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

There's a large number of Jewish people who are Democrats and politicians are more worried about points than doing the right thing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but when you point that out you're called a idiot for unintentionally backing Trump. Any criticism of the system or Biden no matter how deserved somehow is support for Trump

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

The package can be blocked by Congress if a majority in both chambers object.

Now we get to find out how many of our excitingly new progressives know who their representatives are. Or even if they have representatives. If they do, can they work out the seekrit next steps? Only time will tell.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Damn, Biden doesn’t want to win the election or save democracy

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