The confederacy also didn’t want to be occupied and some people would like to go back to pre-invasion confederacy.

Tibet as localized governance and a federal government. They have some control, similar to how the US has a federal government. Obviously the government structure is different and China has more control at the federal level. I don’t care.

The US killed far far more people during the Civil War. Still justified.

Gonna give you a hint about what was going on in Tibet before reunification with China…

It was slavery. 95% of the population was a peasant class.

There are some people that want to bring back the confederacy in the United States… so what?

You think it’s better off in the hands of a former Isis guy where they’re murdering Druze and other ethnic minorities while Israel has basically free reign to bomb, displace, and take land? It hasn’t become more stable after the fall brother.

Is Iraq better off now without Sadam? Is Syria better off now without Bashar? Is Libya better off now without Gadafi?

I don’t like any of those previous leaders, but every single case the country was worse off after. The same will be true of Iran.

I would love it if the Iranians had another revolution on their terms. However, you’re naive as hell if you think that would happen without western meddling. It’s already the root cause for most of the material conditions that cause these grievances.

Sanctions isolate Iran and actively hurt the common people. Israel and the US are constantly threatening, attacking, and doing espionage meaning the government is in constant threat and has to be more authoritarian to survive. The whole reason for the revolution was the people getting pissed at the Shah, our western puppet from before.

This has been a decades long project that you are being suckered into cheering for.

Nah, you can be the next Syria, or have an American puppet in place to syphon off the country’s wealth.

Describe how or it’s just copium

Well, the trajectories of both align with the content.

RPG guy is the Israeli method https://m.youtube.com/shorts/piIgkqPmI-w

They’re dogs and vassals of the empire. Of course they aren’t biting the hand that feeds.

In a kind of way? Our material conditions are a large factor in our development and decision making ability.

This almost gets into “do we even have free will?” territory which is a hell of a question.

That’s really well thought out. Thank you for that.

Look, he can be a rich guy and a leader. 1 billion is a decent line in the sand of “sorry, you own too much”. He’s certainly not as nakedly evil as most the rest of his ilk.

If it’s ever over 50%, have me institutionalized and thrown in a padded room. Something has gone wrong.

Don’t worry, history started on Oct 7, 2023. There wasn’t 75 years of colonial occupation, expulsion, slaughter, and apartheid leading up to it. Just be soothed by the demons in power saying that full tilt genocide is justified because some retaliation was enacted. Genocide can be justified after all, right?

It’s a deliberate strategy called starve the beast.

No argument here, I was only intending to inform if they weren’t aware.

Is this a legitimate question? There were collaborator gangs that Israel won’t defend on pull out.

Israel, not “Jews”, regardless of how much the state muddies the water.