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[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 25 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's the actual difference? You end up at the same place with either one.

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Says who? Yeah, the Dems are filthy neolibs, but all they really care about is money and influence. They're rainbow capitalists.

The other is literally based on hate and fear, they might actually care about building a christo-nationalist ethnostate more than money.

They certainly have some goals in common, but even compromise isn't going to the same place.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 month ago

They’re rainbow capitalists.

They are rainbow capitalist because of former material conditions. Besides bombing the Middle East because of alleged inherent homophobia and steal their oil or bombing the Middle East because they are slur and steal their oil - is in the end a matter of rhetoric only.

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

but all they really care about is money and influence.

Correct.

That is why they maintain American imperialism.

Such as funding a genocide in the middle east.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This feels like trying to explain to someone that you can have 2 different infinities, and one is larger than the other. Both are bad, but one is clearly worse.

"What's the difference if you end up at the same place?"

The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide. It is reasonable to criticize the people supporting a genocide while at the same time recognizing that the people wanting more genocides are not the same.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The only real difference is that there are consequences for you at home in the US and that's the only part you actually care about

[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world -5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And a million dead kids because Trump killed usaid but go off I guess.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"But what about the american children" like I said

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I don't live in the US, there are no consequences for me as a result of Trump being president. Significantly more people are being harmed under Trump and I actually give a shit about other people instead of putting some idealized moral high ground above actual human lives.

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Zero genocide isn't an idealised moral high ground and it's incredibly telling to see someone excuse it.

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People were being harmed under Biden, our foreign and domestic policy has consequences for the vast majority of the world, you're either a moron or lying

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

American exceptionalism strikes again.

"Everything America does directly affects everyone else in the world. You only care now because of this. I cared before and that's why I did nothing to stop this."

[–] Amnesigenic@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

It's not exceptionalism it's the direct result of our interference in other governments, goddamn you're dumb

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 month ago (16 children)

The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide.

How do you find yourself typing something like this and not pause for thought?

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[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The difference is that 2 genocides is not the same place as 1 genocide.

You are already a fascist. You have already approved the genocide of a nation for the sake of what? Saving minorities in America? Guess what you will send them straight to the furnace the moment they become "expedient" to sacrifice for your own gain.

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

The first they came for poem comes to mind.