• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        Israel, with full US backing, is destroying the entire concept of international law. ICJ? ICC? Security Council? All worthless.

        Yes, American foreign policy affects the entire world, and right now America is letting Israel lay the groundwork for World War III.

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        I’m not going to gamble with Trump’s fascistic Plan 2025.

        fascism is already here in effect if not appearance. the president wants to pass an extremely draconian immigration bill and is simultaneously backing the wholesale slaughter of Palestinians. you need to understand that for all intents and purposes Biden is as bad as Trump, even on minority rights. the lip service from Democrats about book bans and abortion restrictions is worthless because they refuse to step outside the bounds of liberal norms to actually defend oppressed people.

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        American foreign policy affects the entire world.

        And you think Biden’s foreign policy hasn’t been a much bigger catastrophe for the world than Trump’s was? How can you post so good on economics and MMT and China and then post this kind of liberal dredge? madeline-shock

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            Okay, some counterpoints:

            1. Trump is incredibly fucking stupid, in addition to being a wildcard. Not only can we never predict what he’s going to do, the ruling class can’t predict what he’s going to do. Worse (for them) is that he’ll just do stuff even if it’s counterproductive or harms US interests.

            2. Biden’s domestic policy is basically “let the red states do whatever they want to queer people because it’s good for elections” which really isn’t that much better than Trump. The state-level anti-trans legislation that has passed during Biden’s term is going to lead to more deaths. He owns that because he doesn’t care about us.

            3. If you’re telling me the only reason Democrats aren’t actively joining a bipartisan genocide of queer people is because they believe they need to pander to the progressive left, something I agree with, then that’s literally a hostage situation. “Vote for us or we’ll fucking kill you.”

            4. I’m a trans woman and I can only speak for myself as just one individual, but I am not going to vote for someone else’s genocide to maybe (not even certainly, maybe) protect myself. I already voted for this once. It’s my fault. If I had any bravery I’d find a way to throw by body into the gears of the machine to slow it down, not cowardly protect myself by throwing other people in my place.

            5. Israel is doing this genocide waving a rainbow flag. They butcher children in my name. They wear my fucking colors and pretend like they’re progressive and pro-queer while they pound Gaza with 2000 pound bombs.

            6. I already voted for this once and I want to die. Have you been listening to the news? Not the bullshit from CNN/MSNBC/NPR but the real news from DemocracyNow and Al Jazeera- even TikTok is a better source than the center-left horseshit these days. Have you been listening? The horror stories I keep hearing are making it hard to keep going. I voted for this. I’d rather die than vote for this again.

            7. Bushnell has had more influence on American politics than every vote either us have ever cast in our entire lives.

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                    Climate change and nuclear war will probably combine to cause near human extinction within the next few decades.

                    We do not have a long game to play anymore. Or rather, the long game started over 100 years ago and we’re about to lose. Not to mention while you’re slow and steady, people die.

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            Why are you talking about this lol. It’s project 2025.

            Also what are you talking about domestic policies regarding LGBTQ lol

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        We already have fascism. We are just at the “and then they came for me and there was nobody to speak out” part.

        Anyone who doesn’t feel the weight of the American jackboot on their neck come from a position of privilege