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I didn't want to direct this question to Americans specifically because, at this point, other countries have shown support to Israel in one or the other way. If my country was financing this, I would be taking the streets. Shit, I'm right now in the hospital but all I can think about is protesting anyway just to feel I did something to stop this madness.

Are you doing something about this? Are you feeling unsettled? How do you feel about all this mess?

EDIT: So, buying Chinese stuff takes the USS Gerald Ford to Gaza’s coast. Also, TIL that that chocolate my cousin gave me when she was 20 and I was 5, (delicious stuff!) made me a slavist-ish. The fact remains, this genocide is being paid and supported by taxpayers money; of course, I was hoping that most of us didn’t pay taxes wishing for this. Thank you all for your responses, some of them were hard to swallow.

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[–] HappyMeatbag@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t like it one bit.

The government sees it as a strategic need to have a strong ally in the region. That view will not change, at least not anytime soon. The Pentagon considers it a national security issue, which puts it beyond politics. Unfortunately, I have to live with that.

[–] Astroturfed@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I love genocide. I just wish there was some way I could actually vote for it. Instead I'm stuck voting for the closest option which does none of what I want but fortunately both sides support Israel killing Muslims in mass.

I'll put this here because people are dumb as hell /s

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure if it constitutes genocide yet, but it's fair to say it's going that direction. For every dead group A, group B wants to kill 10 group A people, and vice-versa. There's two ways that can stop; either they bury the hatchet or one group is entirely wiped out.

As for how I feel about my government, actually kind of hopeful. I was expecting SNAFU but it's clear the Canadian government is actually having to consider the Palestinian perspective this time around.

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I want to finance a complete genocide of mosquitos and i'm not kidding.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Call your congressperson and senators. They might not listen to just you but the more people call the more their positions can be moved.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and supported by taxpayers money;

nah our national taxes don't pay for anything, a sovereign government prints fiat money before anyone pays any tax and part of what gives that money any real value is that it's accepted as payment for debts owed to that sovereign.

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[–] SecretPancake@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Germany is bound to support them no matter what. I understand why but there should be some conditions. It’s a sensitive subject here.

Beyond that I don’t really understand this conflict enough to have an objective opinion.

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[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I am tired of hearing about Palestine, fuck the folks that committed the recent attack, and at this point I hope they just glass the place. 👍

So I guess I feel fine.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just nuke Jerusalem. If these religious fuck nuts can’t play nicely together someone should take their toys away.

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and at this point I hope they just glass the place. 👍

Yeah let's kill thousands of innocent people, hopefully you'll be one of them /s

[–] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

An ongoing genocide or a genocide in hindset? And what kind? It would largely depend. Often when we give people money and they happen to use that money to pay for misdeeds, some people come back and accuse us of financing that misdeed. On the contrary, in any situation on Earth at any time, we have to be prepared for any given situation to have unconforming parts and pieces. In this situation, it's not like the government gives us a contract that says "here, sign this to show you agree to what we're going to use your taxpayer money for". If they did, I wouldn't sign, because my ethics as a relationship anarchist extend to politics, but they're not playing by relationship anarchist rules, so I become something to squeeze money out of without explanation, and it becomes less understandable how any burden is at play, especially when people start pressuring us to conform and cheat the system so-to-speak. We can try our best though.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

At any stage of this process are we being given a choice? There's the main problem to me. I agree with you that, at some point, we just should try our best. I believe this should include reclaiming some power back to the people.

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