The United States exterminated Native Americans and currently is a systemically racist country that murders its dissidents - see Kent State and Ferguson. It also has the largest prison population in the world.

This entire thread glows and is extremely consistent with CIA goals.

You’re beyond naive if you think the Marxists are brainwashed, yet you and the “people” in this thread aren’t.

it’d be on the corporations deciding to change narrative independently, not being forced to by the government.

That is incredibly naive

Socialism would be if the inhaler companies were democracies that were owned by everyone who worked there, rather than dictatorships owned by a CEO.

This isn’t socialism. It’s social democracy, and arguably simply social liberalism

It’s not conservatives. Conservatives aren’t on Lemmy.

It’s the majority of Democrats who now believe Israel is committing genocide. And who can’t afford housing or groceries

Their point is that libertarians in the rest of the world are closer to anarcho socialists than Ron Paul

Kind of like how liberal means center right laissez faire economics everywhere except the United States

Why?

Politicians lie more than any other profession, and they do it to shape public perception and achieve their political goals, not to express their deeply held personal beliefs.

There is no reason to think Biden is being truthful here, especially in the face of overwhelmingly evidence of Israel’s genocide. It’s his ineffective attempt to save face as he engages in genocide denial and serves as an accomplice to genocide

Biden has said it over and over again

I agree that he has said it. But why does that make it true?

Repetition of a statement does not create truth

Biden believes, sincerely believes, that Israel is allowed to defend itself.

You have no reason to believe that because you do not know Biden, nor do you have the ability to see into his mind.

The power of AIPAC and the usefulness of having a middle eastern port to place our aircraft carriers in range of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey is a more compelling reason than any argument regarding Biden on a personality level

So what?

Biden is arming and funding Israel and is protecting them from international agencies.

Which is far worse than verbal statements

Trump is a fascist. But he never committed a genocide. Biden has.

Which is so foolish, as it makes fascism in America significantly more likely to occur, to disastrous results

Trump would openly ENCOURAGE such genocide.

And what is Biden doing by continuing to supply arms and funds to Israel? And by threatening the ICC and ICJ?

Those are your two choices. You do not have an alternative.

You think this is a persuasive statement?

If the choice is between genocide and more genocide then voters are right to denounce the United States as a whole

Herein lies one of the innumerable differences between democratic socialists and liberals

the origin of one of the international courts in The Hague, specifically the one that prosecutes individuals, the International Criminal Court, comes from the Nuremberg Trials.

The ICC was created in 2002, just FYI. So long after the Nuremberg Trials. And the ICJ predates Nuremberg via its predecessor entities.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court

You’re meaningfully correct in everything you’re saying though. Just saying this for full context

I really don’t understand this site’s/reddit’s fear of alcohol. Moderate drinking is not a problem. And it does assist with socializing, which seems like it would be beneficial for most people on here.

The idea that people here are afraid of/resistant to drinking, yet will use cannabis and other materials seems very strange. Just go to the bar and meet some people - it’s fun and it won’t hurt you. Alcoholism is obviously an issue, but alcoholism isn’t caused by moderate drinking. Just don’t be an idiot and you don’t have anything to worry about

There’s a loneliness epidemic and low alcohol consumption rates are a contributor to that

Getting drunk and then talking to a bunch of people you don’t know is how people meet people. That’s an essential and long running aspect of human socialization.

If you regularly talk to new people and make friends in other ways then that’s fine. But clearly the majority of Lemmy/Reddit users aren’t doing that. And young people in general aren’t doing it either. Meeting strangers irl and chatting them up is how you make friends and alcohol facilitates that

• Criticizing alcohol consumption = you sleep

• Criticizing milk consumption = real shit

Also, let people dislike things. If Criticism diminishes your own enjoyment of a thing then you don’t actually like that thing

Alcohol has been an essential facilitating element of human socialization in every human civilization since Mesopotamia

Which is cool

Their governor is a Social Democrat and is popular

Trump is not winning Minnesota

Although MN does also have a sizable Muslim immigrant population, hence Ilhan Omar’s election. Which means that perhaps Biden should pivot hard on Gaza if he wants to firmly win there or Michigan

Why is Minnesota red in your maps? In reality, MN is about as solidly blue as Ohio is solidly red.

And MN is a significantly bluer state than Pennsylvania, Michigan, or Wisconsin

Also, why tf is West Virginia blue? It’s the second reddest state in the country behind Oklahoma