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[–] 232 points 1 year ago (17 children)

They just assume Uncle Sam will bail them out, no matter what. They are not wrong, much to the frustration of a large portion of the US population.

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  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The Americans are not the reliable partner they used to be.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Reliable enough, unfortunately.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    I actually don't think that's true. One of the rare bright spots in Trump's generally unbroken record of catastrophe is that he is so unpredictable, and generally gives so little of a shit what happens to anyone outside himself, that the chances of Israel suffering some kind of great consequence and the US not bailing them out as we always do are greatly increased right now I think.

    Also, yes, I think this is possibly the greatest fuckup Israel could possibly have committed right now. It may be what finally turns the tide against them, after so many decades of nothing. Outside of literally nuking Gaza or Iran or something, I honestly can't think of anything worse for them than physically brutalizing a universally popular Western media personality for literally no reason at all.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Problem is, she's not popular with the type of people who vote for Trump. His demographic would take Israel's side on this one.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I wasn't really thinking of them as part of "the Western world" tbh. I do understand that there's a loud contingent for whom she's just a stupid loudmouth FEMALE, maybe that is a fly in the ointment of my argument. I do think it'll still have a pretty significant impact.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Thats on borrowed time. Money to isreal is one of the only issues left and right agree with. Someone is going to take advantage of that eventually and isrela is gonna get disconnected from the US teet

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I know you are probably American, so am I.

    We need to stop calling the Democrats the “left” party. They’re not.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Isn’t it relative though? They’re left of the Republicans so they are the left most choice Americans have.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    No because left means anti-capitalist. The Democratic Party is not anti-capitalist. Therefore, the Democratic Party is not a left party.

    However, they are a neoliberal party. Which, when compared to the Republican Party's existence as a fascist party, does certainly make the Democrats preferable. But just because they are preferable does not mean they are left

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Uncle Sam has Congestive Heart Failure. Their position is tenuous to be generous.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If only it were that simple. The US still has an insanely powerful military. Historically a nation in decline, with an unpredictable leader, and a strong military is not very good for the world

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