▲ 146 ▼ 70 House Republicans voted to cut off all US military aid to Ukraine (www.businessinsider.nl) submitted 3 years ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/usa@lemmy.ml 26 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago (3 children) It’s because they’re cowards. They’ve always been. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) They're not just cowards, they're greedy capitalists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steltek@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Economic systems exist beyond socialism and capitalism. The GQP want a dictatorship. Bend the knee or we'll use state power to punish you. If it was as simple as capitalism, Disney would still have their weird pseudo-government thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago That's true that there are more systems, but I think most Republican politicians are just capitalists despite everyone playing the Christofascist game that was unlocked recently because Trump proved it wins votes. If they could win elections to be in power to steal more money just by being Bush neocons, then I think they'd do that. There are a few true believers, just like with Christianity itself (albeit a distorted version), among Republicans but I really think they aren't so ideological at core. They have a price, and Putin paid it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) They're not just cowards, they're greedy capitalists. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] steltek@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Economic systems exist beyond socialism and capitalism. The GQP want a dictatorship. Bend the knee or we'll use state power to punish you. If it was as simple as capitalism, Disney would still have their weird pseudo-government thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago That's true that there are more systems, but I think most Republican politicians are just capitalists despite everyone playing the Christofascist game that was unlocked recently because Trump proved it wins votes. If they could win elections to be in power to steal more money just by being Bush neocons, then I think they'd do that. There are a few true believers, just like with Christianity itself (albeit a distorted version), among Republicans but I really think they aren't so ideological at core. They have a price, and Putin paid it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] steltek@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Economic systems exist beyond socialism and capitalism. The GQP want a dictatorship. Bend the knee or we'll use state power to punish you. If it was as simple as capitalism, Disney would still have their weird pseudo-government thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago That's true that there are more systems, but I think most Republican politicians are just capitalists despite everyone playing the Christofascist game that was unlocked recently because Trump proved it wins votes. If they could win elections to be in power to steal more money just by being Bush neocons, then I think they'd do that. There are a few true believers, just like with Christianity itself (albeit a distorted version), among Republicans but I really think they aren't so ideological at core. They have a price, and Putin paid it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ikiru@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 years ago That's true that there are more systems, but I think most Republican politicians are just capitalists despite everyone playing the Christofascist game that was unlocked recently because Trump proved it wins votes. If they could win elections to be in power to steal more money just by being Bush neocons, then I think they'd do that. There are a few true believers, just like with Christianity itself (albeit a distorted version), among Republicans but I really think they aren't so ideological at core. They have a price, and Putin paid it. permalink fedilink source parent