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I do like the idea of calling the current US government the "Epstein Network".
I call them the Epstein Class. It's not just this administration, or even one party, or even just politicians in general. It is the global elite and their unjust system of exploitation called capitalism that has allowed Trump to do what he does with no consequences. As long as the Epstein Class exists, there will be more Epsteins.
Think Epstein's network crossed economic ideological boundaries. Noam Chomsky considered Epstein a good friend while simultaneously being a staunch critic of capitalism. There are signs of being connected to the USSR, China, North Korea, .... If Epstein connected with fame or power, it didn't matter what 'system' was in play.
Yeah unfortunately some people who were ostensibly on the side of the working class were also caught up with Epstein. There are evil people on every side. I'm not surprised by connections between Epstein and USSR/China/DKP. Epstein was primarily an asset of Mossad and the CIA, who used him to generate kompromat. Would you not expect that entities that are aligned against the western hegemony of the Epstein Class to try to gain access to the blackmail factory? Or it could also just be that they were all pedophiles, too. I don't know.
None of this changes the fact that the reason no one truly powerful ever faces consequences for things like Epstein or the Panama Papers is that the political-economic system is designed by the ruling class to benefit those few people lucky enough to own capital. Wealth = Power.
Chomsky the Russian apologist?
Chomsky only re-wrote theory available elsewhere. Wouldn't surprise me if he was a plant all along.
That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Tell me one thing he said about politics that wasn't said by somebody else before him.
Not talking about his linguistic work, I'm not a linguist, but his radical ideas about politics? The mossad needed some woke cred.
I like the Iranian ministers, they just casually walk with their people in the middle of a war and have the balls to call these guys out in front of everyone.
We murder ours for not putting out, and our information about other parts of the world is largely curated by a fascist regime. Let's please not forget that
There doesn't have to be a good guy in this story. It is perfectly plausible for this entire mess to be driven solely by villains while the innocents, who have no control over any of it, be its victims.
Yeah I don't get why people are choosing sides when the sides are a Pedo-fascist regime and a theocratic dictatorship. This war is stupid af, but I wouldn't shed a tear if the Iranian regime collapses due to it.
R.I.P. to the innocent Civilians caught in the crossfire.
The best move is to not play.
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I too give all of my support to the innocents being bombed.
The Iranian Regime is everything but innocent.
The Iranian government should be dismantled and all it's executors put on trial for their crimes against humanity and their citizens.
The same should happen to the current US administration.
The fact you're trying to legitimise the Iranian government in any way is baffling to me.
lmao you still believe the 40000 dead bullshit dont ya?
Did you know they also raped babies on the 7th of october?
Where did I compare Iran and US?
I agree with you about all the points you have raised about the US.
Do you not agree, that a regime that has killed 36 thousand of it's citizens this year alone, should be dismantled?
Edit: You edited your comment right as I was answering. I do not agree with your theory of the US funding/participating in all current genocides. I very much doubt they are involved in the genocide of the Uyghurs.
Edit 2: And your estimates on how many people the US is supposed to have killed lol,
They have videos of you on jeffrey island dont they?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres
So wikipedia is good enough for the massacres the US perpetrated but not enough for the ones from Iran?
Wikipedia only called palestine a genocide until a year in, asshole
Oh boy... Have a good one.
LOL being called an imperial pig for pointing out that the Iranian theocratic Dictatorship aren't good guys is wild. You tankies are real special...
Repeating the same shit doesn't make it more true. Where did I compare them? Quote me
You're more of a fascist than I am if you think a regime that suppresses the rights of women is good.
Nope still doesn't make it true. You know it's all in your head, right?
I never compared the US and Iran.
I never said Iran has done worse than what the US has done.
I never said I think this war is justified. (It isn't)
I have not argued for any of these things, yet you hallucinated these arguments in your head.
I simply said that the Iranian Regime are not good guys and for some reason this triggers you, which is why I guessed that you think they are good. But if you truly don't:
Do you agree that the current Iranian regime is a bad government that should eventually be put to trial for what it has done to it's own people?
And please show me in my replies text where I compared the US and Iran. I made two separate statements.
You don't have to like Iran to recognize that the only reason this war is happening is because of the US, Iran didn't start the war.
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So you're saying the war helps that?
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Okay, that doesn't change the fact that the war makes it worse for everyone, literally a global effect, and it's the United States and Israels fault.
Iran didn't start the war, and the US and Israel trying to destabilize Iran will not make Iranian lives better.
If Mexico or Canada invaded the US, it wouldn't make the US better, it would make it worse.
You can't take away a countries right to self defense just because their government is bad.
It's like with gaza vs israel. Palestinians are very bad and deserved it, according to the israeli.
How naive can you be
That is pretty much true throughout all of history. You almost never have "good guys"; it's usually "bad guys" versus "worse guys."
It's usually "worse guys" saying "NO WE'RE NOT THAT BAD THE OTHER GUY IS EVEN WORSE THEY RAPED BABIES ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER/KILLD!!!! THEY DESERVED IT"
I kinda default to "underdog=good guy" in these situations. The people with trillions of dollars reaching across the globe to grub for more are typically in the wrong.
Yeah, let's also not forget a US regime change is why Iran has the government it does. We didn't like it when their more secular government took control of their oil.
And we murder transwomen for using a public restroom.
Let's please not forget that.
According to the US and Israel, Iran is very bad.
Why not replace “Deep State” with “Epstein State”?
I like to call them the washington regime, but I accept this as well.