• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Wait till you hear about operation Condor…

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

    Or what Hillary said Dems would have done for the 06 Palestinian election:

    Regarding the election, in which Hamas beat Fatah by 74 to 45 seats, Clinton said "I do not think we should have pushed for an election in the Palestinian territories. I think that was a big mistake. And if we were going to push for an election, then we should have made sure that we did something to determine who was going to win."

    https://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Report-Recording-released-of-Clinton-suggesting-rigging-2006-Palestinian-election-471129

    Regardless of the party in charge, America does a lot of fucked up shit.

    If you’re American and want it to stop, you can’t keep voting for people willing to start civil wars, rig elections, and fund genocides.

    If we don’t have standards, we can’t act mad that our politicians have the same.

    People literally die horrible deaths because of the “lesser of two evils”.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      People literally die horrible deaths because of the “lesser of two evils”.

      I’m not sure how bad it’s going to have to get before Democrats will vote Green, but I get the sense that by the time they’re willing to do so it will be too late anyway.

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        2 months ago

        Problem is that the Green Party isn’t even on the ballot in most states, and the two first parties have made sure they can keep it that way.

        I literally can’t register as a member of the green party because it’s not an option in my state. The only parties that can nominate candidates in my state are the Democrats, Republicans, Libertarians, and Legalize Marijuana Now.

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            2 months ago

            How does that work in States that have closed elections? Would their vote for the Green Party candidate still be valid or would it get thrown out?

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        2 months ago

        I don’t think the green party is the right path. Especially if it involves Jill Stein

        Bernie had it right, we have to save the Dem party before we can use it to save the country.

        The problem is ever since Obama beat Hillary, the party keeps taking steps to prevent upsets against their picks, and no one seems to care.

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          2 months ago

          Bernie had it right, we have to save the Dem party before we can use it to save the country.

          After seeing what happened to Bernie, I find your assertion to be completely unreasonable.

          You have to divorce yourselves from the Dems and their dark money if you want meaningful change.

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    Yeah and Assad gassed and carpet bombed his own people.

    This is not new. Syria was a multi-level proxy war between not only Russia-China and the west, but also between Saudi Arabia and Iran.

    Also I’d be more surprised if the CIA wasn’t behind the curtain accidentally creating terrorist groups.

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      Funny thing is, the whole thing spun out of then-Turkish ambitions of having Muslim Brotherhood have a foothold at Syria.

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        Well, for Turkey they also absolutely did not want the Kurdish people to have their own country bordering the Kurdish region of Turkey, given that they’ve been fighting for independence for a long time now.