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Let the self sacrifice on display be a lesson to all of us, on this most blessed birthday of the person who (allegedly) gave their life for all of us.
Because the entire western world are essentially corporate owned plutocracies masquerading as "democracies".
In capitalism you vote with your wallet. The individuals with the greatest wealth, and those who control the wealthiest corporations, get the most votes. It's as simple as that. Sure intelligence, social dynamics, and psychology play a part, but nothing plays as bigger part as capital. Democracy can't exist with massive wealth inequality or individuals/orgs able to buy politicians, parties, or elections (e.g. billionaires).
US politics is a reflection of the US public. Apparently a failed state is the best the US can do in the 21st C...
America reforming its corporate dictatorship is about as likely as it reforming the British Empire or Confederacy.
Don't worry. The corporate plutocracy guarantees these funds would've never benefited the American people either way.
Organized religion is, fundamentally — at its very core — based on rejecting critical thought; to "just have faith" in the unknown/unknowable.
It is in no way surprising that it's incompatible with advanced science/evidence-based civilization.
The first time I traveled to America, my first thought after a day meeting southerners was "man, these people are dumb as rocks". It was a major tourist destination so I met many Americans of normal intelligence from elsewhere, and the southerners were friendly, but man... the things they chose to talk about, and questions they chose to ask, really solidified how dangerous promoting religion over education is. A democracy can only survive when the average is informed, and conservatisms overall anti-intellectualism — its multi-decade attacks on education — is the #2 predictive variable destroying western democracies (the #1 being religion itself).
Let's just say I've been expecting fascist dictatorship for America for over 2 decades, so Trump/MAGA was expected... Though, even with that expectation, I didn't expect it to be this fucking stupid.
Turns out the real terrorists were the fascists we made along the way...
Good. He should never be fucking welcome at Auschwitz. Netanyahu spits on their graves every day of his existence.
He, and Israel, are among the worst things to happen to Judaism in modern history. They represent everything wrong with humanity — the abused becoming the abuser, and continuing the cycle of terror, horror, suffering, and violence; all for the benefit of themselves, their own mental illnesses, greed, narcissism, and psychopathy.
Biden is the oligarchies old guy. He ain't gonna do shit, just like he hasn't done shit as fascism seized power. Trump/MAGA/Musk is the oligarchies NEW guy. The oligarchy IS fascism.
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WhatAmLemmy
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Their arrogance is the arrogance of the average liberal.
They still refuse to accept the fact that neoliberalism sows the seeds of fascism. They'll support fascism sooner than they'll support a highly regulated and tightly contained capitalism.