• Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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              15 days ago

              I pay dues to the org I work with, I don’t think it’s sad at all to want the working classes to finally be liberated, and work towards that goal.

              • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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                Nah, in this thread no less that 4 users on ML basically said wipe America out, despite millions protesting, despite the systemic issues like vote suppression and first pass the post that allowed them to win you put all of the sins on the general public which is problematic at best.

                I’m not saying that America is good, under its current leadership it is absolutely a destabilizing force in the world. But to pass those sins onto the general public is troublesome.

                I want you to imagine if people said the same thing about Russia or China or Israel. Do you understand how many innocent people would die for the actions of their government? There would be no nation left because no nation is without guilt.

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                  People don’t want literal genocide on Statesians. What people want is the end of the US Empire, including the state, ideally via socialist revolution. I also want the end of Israel as a state, and I want Russia to have a socialist revolution. It’s important to read into what people are actually meaning by their words, and not take it to mean that they want to kill you personally, unless you’re fighting to uphold imperialism.

                  I myself am a Statesian, and have no intention on dying.

                  • Kindness is Punk@lemmy.ca
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                    That’s a charitable take but when people say they support Donald Trump because he “threatens US hegemony” while not acknowledging:

                    • the very real suffering of innocent civilians
                    • the threat he poses to Canada and Greenland
                    • they are a nuclear super power
                    • the normalizing influence this has had on far right policy and indeed advanced it in much of the world

                    It makes it ring very hollow. Because if your goal was to replace it with technofuedalism we’re on track.