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what could be worse than betting on wildfires, and then making sure you win by just setting the trees on fire yourself?
how about betting someone else's money on israel and then making sure you win by just setting the humans on fire yourself
whether you like it or not, if you have a bank account or a tuition or pay taxes, your money is right now being betted on any number of absolutely despicable ventures, including genocide. it is very profitable, though not for you. we have not lived in a democracy in decades.
there are no non-radical solutions left in a country where both traditional parties are pro-genocide, pro-ice, pro-fossil fuels, pro-wall st, pro-a.i., and pro-military. don’t feel bad - these parties did it to themselves.
the U.S. is riding a broken car and fantasizing that the car won’t be broken anymore if it just hires a new chauffeur
some policies are so sick there is simply no way to overlook them. it turns out genocide is one of those, much to surprise of the democratic party who thought for sure their voters were cynical, apathetic, and nihilistic enough not to mind
whether to recognize palestine's right to defend itself or israel's right to defend itself is a no brainer. unless you don't believe in international laws. then it’s very complicated and genocide, apartheid, land theft, and military occupations are ok.
an american arsonist who would profit from the fire they create: bad person
an entire army of israeli arsonists who are burning lebanon down so that american weapons manufacturers and tech companies and real estate developers will profit: apparently above all criticism
the people with the most to lose when socialists win - billionaires, our two corporate political parties, and corporate news - will do almost anything to stay in their comfort zone. they will spend millions to sabotage socialist candidates, to sabotage policies that threaten their luxury, and to corrupt sitting politicians. even most so-called democrats would rather line up behind trump than see popular socialist policies and candidates succeed.
we’re told we must believe in capitalism. but if banks, insurance companies, big tech corporations, fossil fuel corporations, and foreign countries who do our military dirty work get bailed out every time they screw up or run out of money or bombs, that’s not free market capitalism. if they are never allowed to fail, that’s called communism. but communism only if you are extremely rich and/or violent.
dear democrat who campaigned on opposing trump: how does your israel policy actually differ from trump’s? how about your ice policy? how about taxing billionaires? how about data centers? how about military budget? how about medicare for all? how about war crimes?
today’s democrat politicians are stupefyingly far to the right of their own voters on almost every conceivable issue. that’s because democratic voters have been trained to vote against their values, and because as a rule democrats who get elected wind up moving way to the right soon after entering office. the only logical voting strategy would therefore be to support candidates whose platforms are to your left.
backbone is critical.
leftist politicians who talk a good game but have already shown themselves to be weak when word comes down from party leadership or billionaire donors will not magically become more reliable when they’re elected to an even higher office and subjected to even more intense pressure from their peers in the ruling class.