• demeritum@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 days ago

    Wild comparison. Comparing another DSA sweetheart to actual nations combatting western imperialism…

    • MarxMadness [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      10 days ago

      There are plenty of examples of when leftists have reason to support non-leftists. Those are just two very obvious, current ones.

      If you can wrap your head around preferring that a theocracy or another capitalist country win in a conflict with the U.S., you should be able to wrap your head around preferring that El-Sayed win.

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          9 days ago

          Right now, our tax dollars and American-made weapons are being used to perpetrate a genocide in Gaza, illegal settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem, and the attempted annexation of Southern Lebanon. That must end. I support immediate and comprehensive enforcement of U.S. laws that condition the provision of military aid and sales. And I support an immediate arms embargo on Israel and reject the false differentiation between “offensive” and “defensive” weapons.

          From his campaign website. That’s a seismic shift from decades of bipartisan, unflinching support for Isrsel. There is no way to actually enact that policy that doesn’t start with getting more people who support it in power.