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The racism is just so deeply ingrained they don't understand, and there's not much to say about Obama at this point; he's taking the piss and he knows it.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Gaddafi was a weird one. By our standards he's a reactionary, he rejected socialism but also rejected liberalism and wanted to find another way that wasn't either. He wrote the green book (inspired by Mao's little red book) going over some of his views.

He deserves criticism, but at the same time there is absolutely no arguing that he wasn't vastly superior to unfettered capitalism. He also experimented with a kind of democracy that hasn't really been done anywhere else ever, this will come across as a surprise to anyone who has heard the ebil dictator propaganda, but that's par for the course when it comes to dealing with how the US portrays its enemies. It is very much worth your time to explore: https://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2013/01/12/gaddafis-libya-was-africas-most-prosperous-democracy/

Again I'm not without criticism for him. I fundamentally believe his path was a mistake, and its failure sort of makes that clear. Had he centralised more power rather than implementing this form of democracy he could have kept Libya's nukes, and then what followed would never have happened. I applaud wanting to achieve this level of democracy but think it's a huge mistake and ignored the material conditions in an irresponsible way. It's something worth aiming for, but progressing too quickly in this area leaves gaps for the state to fail that put millions of peoples lives at risk.

Anyway this is one of the reasons why we have a visceral hatred of Hillary Clinton. She orchestrated much of what happened to Libya. And she was proud of it. https://youtu.be/6DXDU48RHLU https://youtu.be/ABdF7dyUIcc

Fucking evil monsters walk this planet. Pisses me off just talking about it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

If we're going to talk evil monsters, let's also add a Clinton friend into the discussion: Madeleine Albright

When asked if she thinks half a million Iraqi children dead to have successful sanctions was worth it she said she does.

The US government is full of little Kissingers.