I’ve seen this word said a lot, specifically for Americans. I understand the basic throughline, that Americans benefit from imperialism and thus are complicit in its crimes.

But…what would be the difference in action if they weren’t?

There is land back, but that doesn’t include what happened in Africa and the middle east. If the average American is complicit in the genocide of Palestinians, what do you do about it? Is it just supposed to guilttrip them? Is it reparations? Is it a mass trial of a couple hundred million people…?

  • opiumfree@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    its not ableist and i myself have a disability. im only pointing out that americans can understand practical issues when it comes to them and not other people.

    • ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml
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      2 months ago

      Claiming that people use disabilities as a “Get out of jail free card” and a way to avoid blame is absolutely ableist. Having a disability also does not preclude someone from making ableist statements.

      Understanding practical issues is also not a uniquely American phenomenon. Everything you stated is easily applicable to quite literally every single group on the planet. But singling out disabled people is vile.

      • opiumfree@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        im not talking about disabled people as a whole, im talking about americans who dont have empathy for victims of imperialism but all the empathy for themselves. but i guess u must be american if u got this offended. i hope u dont talk negatively about israelis and ukrainians then