Two things can be bad at once, shocker
It's return2ozma...he can't read :/
I take offense to that. I like reading.
It's so crazy that you think anyone of us is completely ok with lobbyists and super PACs. Everyone one I've known hates that shit but sure we just love the fact that monied interests get to influence our elections. Sure.
But of course you will ignore the fact one party has spoken out against citizens united and one party has installed supreme court justices that will keep bribery legal.
It's very weird that you've internalized the criticism in this meme. It's just pointing out that the U.S. condemns foreign interference from Russia while institutionalizing foreign interference from Israel. I understand that the OP is very critical of Democrats and liberals, but that's not in this meme. It's a criticism of the American political system in general, and it sounds like you agree with it. Why are you treating it like an attack?
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I hate the idea that people throw around that Israel has any influence over the US. They don't. Israel is a puppet of America. It only looks like they can influence us because we are already doing what they want. Because they are our puppet and we want a happy and strong puppet.
All this to say, let's not fall into stupid "Jews run the world" bullshit when the truth is much simpler. It'd be like saying "America runs Britain" because the French and Indian war. Empires go to bat for their colonies.
Edit: let me define influence in the way I am using it Incase some people get confused. Influence is the ability to make someone do something they would otherwise not do. Regardless of any colonial advocacy group, the US would fund Israel. The advocacy group simply communicates ways to make that funding more efficient and aligning already pretty well aligned goals. I wouldn't call that influence.
AIPAC money and geopolitical nonsense has the US actively assisting in a genocide as the media works overtime to earn their payday, spinning the bejesus out of the situation, doing massive political damage - because the US naturally wants Palestine genocided ^because ^^I ^^^dunno... ^^^^reasons.
...but Israel have no influence?
…but Israel have no influence?
They're coming from the weirdly common position of America as an evil empire they can oppose in all circumstances. Sure, one COULD actually examine the complex interplay of diplomacy and interests on the international scale, but who has time for that IR bullshit when you can just say "The Amerikkkans run the world on their puppetmaster strings!" and in the same breath mock the idea of Israeli influence as conspiratorial antisemitism.
You think a western aligned colony of Europeans and Americans sitting in the middle of an otherwise hostile part of the world needs any more grease? You ain't thinking like a state. You ain't playing that mental game of interests and geopolitical boardgame shenanigans. You're thinking that there's no way America would do this on its own, that it has to be coaxed into supporting a genocide. Nah dude. Here's the simple breakdown. Israel will do what we say when we need to get something done in the region. After that, anything goes. This is basic American foreign policy. We supported mass killings and genocides our whole existence because the killers were technically our friends. Why would this time be any different? Or what next, you going to say Nicaragua owned American politics? How bout south Korea? Why would isreal be different.
I hate the idea that people throw around that Israel has any influence over the US. They don’t. Israel is a puppet of America. It only looks like they can influence us because we are already doing what they want.
Jesus fucking Christ.
All this to say, let’s not fall into stupid “Jews run the world” bullshit when the truth is much simpler.
The "truth" being that Israel, unlike numerous other involved countries with the US, isn't running an effective lobbying campaign utilizing the open corruption of our government to leverage unconditional support by threatening both primary and general election candidates who don't tow the line?
I guess the Israelis are just too moral to do that.
It’d be like saying “America runs Britain” because the French and Indian war. Empires go to bat for their colonies.
What absolute brainrot.
Yeah dude. It's Jewish money flowing into American pockets that's why we do what we do. Nothing to do with America's long standing policy to support anyone who is friendly with us regardless of what they do to their own people or neighbors as long as we keep our access when we need it.
It's not like we haven't done this before. See: literally every dictator we have propped up. Why would Israel be any different? Why is it specifically isreal that geopolitical considerations ain't enough to get us to back another genocide? We have backed loads of genocides for less.
AIPAC just outed two progressive Democrats....
A party that is out to destroy your way of life interfering with your election is indeed a lot worse than some uneasy ally doing the same.
I don't know it seems to me that Israel is dragging the US into a very destructive regional war between two nuclear nations. Once you light that touch paper, who knows where that will lead.
One is a democracy and strategic ally, the other one is just trying to be destructive and split apart any western alliances...
Who the fuck cares? Once you commit genocide, you are the bad guy. It can be fucking Santa for all I care, if he starts bombing a country to hell, that sleigh is coming down.
This is so fucking braindead. Why would you even post this garbage? More bots posting shit.
This is so fucking braindead. Why would you even post this garbage? More bots posting shit.
