• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 days ago

    Maybe you should stop crying about schools being underfunded by “violence” and start crying about the MIC/imperialism being massively overfunded for committing genocidal violence around the planet.

    Because this bullshit is just a worthless, word salad distraction from the actual underlying problems.

    • MorPolitics@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I would agree with you in opposing the wars & Israel’s actions. I also think that is the main concern. Social democratic policies, especially those backed by the world’s reserve currency (2030s social security is projected to have issues), would likely take a while to cause damage similar to what a war or the risk of nuclear proliferation could. (Social democratic policies mostly cause a removal of future growth, i.e., a higher future poverty rate.) I think Israel’s genocidal actions are horrible, & America’s evident limitations are exposed when it engages in wars with huge geographical disadvantages & not enough technological advantages. If America had to declare war on someone (to prop up its wartime economy), it should be Israel. Fighting giant empires like Iran, China, & Russia is strategically stupid; at the very least, pit them against each other rather than trying to fight them all at once. However, obviously I oppose warmongering, but it’s also frustrating how bad they’re at warmongering too.