• Kiryu@lemmy.world
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    I hope this gets posted in all the leftist boards. People need to understand Biden is a continuation of the United States’ wishy-washy policies on Palestinians whereas Trump is pedal to the floor full acceleration towards genocide. Biden has shown he can at least be pressured into taking minor steps in the right direction. Being able to claim moral purity at the expense of a genocided Palestine will ring pretty hollow.

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      Looking forward to what the Republicans cosplaying as leftists use instead of “genocide Joe” now that Donald is calling for a final solution.

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        Pick one:

        • Geriatric Joe, the president too senile to make up his mind on which side to support.

        • Gray-area Joe, the weak president that refuses to take a stance on foreign affairs.

        • Bystander Biden, the president that did nothing to end the Israel-Palestine war.

        And so forth. They’ll always find some other stupid thing to blame him for.

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          It’s an election year, they’re just trying to get their favorite orange fash in office. Horseshoe theory is a bitch.

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        Along with what everyone else is saying, I think they could probably still try to make an attempt at taking like, a false moral position, along the lines of an accelerationism-style “oh, well, trump seeking to escalate the war would end it more quickly, thus, saving more lives in the long run” kind of thing. Obviously based on kind of false pretenses, but then, I think a lot of their political positions kind of assume war and resource extraction as an inevitability, and power as an ultimate moral good, on a deeper level, and the fascism and propaganda mind games they play are just kind of a stupid extension of that.

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        Its not republicans, its russian shills/bots… ok wait… yeah, guess ur right.

        And for the life of me, his correct name that ive been pushing since 2019, is Status Quo Joe. It was an insult then, cant believe its a vague defense now.

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      I have a strict “no genocide” policy. Candidates that promote, endorse, allow, or sit idly by and let others do genocide are gonna be a no go from me.

      It’s not going to change unless we make demands.

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      United States’ wishy-washy policies on Palestinians

      Wishy-washy policies is my favorite way to say “apartheid ethnostate”

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      I mean, Biden absolutely is wishy washy.

      But he also reversed Trump’s policy of saying West Bank settlement is legal, and sanctioned violent Israeli settlers.

      Obviously Gaza’s really bad, but what’s happened and happening in the West Bank is also arguably ethnic cleansing. Chasing Palestinians off their land. Trump’s a fan.

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        But he also reversed Trump’s policy of saying West Bank settlement is legal, and sanctioned violent Israeli settlers.

        Israel announced this month that they are authorizing the creation of increased settlements in the West Bank.

        https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/israel-plans-build-3300-new-settlement-homes-response-107484561

        If Biden used the power of the United States to stop this and to undo the existing illegal settlements then he would deserve credit. He will never choose to do this though. This is because Biden, and all mainstream Democrats and Republicans, are Zionists who believe Israel should not be forcibly prevented from expanding its current borders.

        Trump is worse. But mainstream politicians are also horrific. It is equivalent to the choice between the gradualist death by a thousand cuts used by John Roberts vs the immediate exercise of power used by Samuel Alito. Either way, liberty and morality will be destroyed.

        We need to demand better as American citizens. No one else can correct the United States but us

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      Biden is a continuation of the United States’ wishy-washy policies on Palestinians whereas Trump is pedal to the floor full acceleration towards genocide.

      If these are the only options that our system offers us, then why shouldn’t we demand our system be replaced?

      Democrats are inadequate, Republicans are worse. If this is the only choice available within the United States, then why do we citizens allow the United States to continue?