The funniest part about non-materialists is that somehow their beliefs always benefit the US. They'll pay lip service and criticize the US, but they'll their positions are somehow always about maintaining the status quo or demanding an idealist solution with absolutely no way of achieving it.

Sometimes I wonder if there's a nefarious agenda there. I see it too often, especially with Western lefitsts, the section that benefits most from American hegemony

Iran needs money (since the US has sanctioned them to kingdom come) to preserve the value of its currency and its balance of payments, and this is a good way to do so. What did you expect Iran to do? Fight the U.S. without getting any money in return?

The panama canal and the suez canal both have transit fees.

My lib opinion is that because nothing ever happens, Iran will let everyone go through the strait toll-free, except for US/isntreali/maybe gulf states.

Iran needs that money to rebuild and support what's left of families destroyed by the two Satans. Du you think Israel or USA are going to make reparations? I don't, and I think every state complicit in this attempted genocide (including by looking away) ought to be responsible for helping rebuild, especially water, and this is the only way I see it happening. Besides, these same states has been using Iran as their personal torture chambers and ATM for very little in return, beyond being subjected to the same tactics for three quarters of a century, and probably more.

Oman gets a cut too. Also more money for Iran is more money for the groups they support opposing

i would maybe prefer direct reparations paid by the entity, but transit fees are more immune to yanks going back on their word.

I think downvoting is silly idky you're getting downvoted, while I don't agree with you I think it's still constructive to have this conversation.

I already wrote another comment just now so I hope you read what I wrote, but I'll try to get my point across differently again here.

If two people in a group started beating me up, I would try to get my hospital bills paid for by them. If the rest of the people in that group cheered them on while they put me in the hospital, I would seek payment for the damages committed by their friends.

China / Malaysia / Philippines / Spain don't pay the tolls because they aren't materially supporting the aggression, I would hope the brits have to pay some sort of reparations for their support thus far.

Im imagining tons of people cheering for it because it’s bad for the U.S. and good for one of their victims despite the fact that it is literally a form of rent seeking

(Quoting you, emphasis added)

Maybe more reading may help.

Poverty of Philosophy (an attack on Proudhonism; 99% of western leftists including a lot of self-claimed Marxists are guilty of)

https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1847/poverty-philosophy/

Best of luck