• DandomRude@lemmy.world
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    This meme sums up everything there is to say about the U.S.: This war is an act of aggression against a sovereign state that is completely contrary to international law. It doesn’t matter at all how inhumane the ruling regime is (if that were the case, both the U.S. and Israel would be held accountable for their crimes).

    It really is all too telling: The U.S. is deliberately bombing schools, where hundreds of children are being torn to pieces by their bombs, but all U.S. citizens care about is how much of their tax money is being spent.

    This country is beyond redemption; it is the embodiment of evil. Your president represents your wreched country as well as anyone could: absolute selfishness, absolute inhumanity. That is the U.S.

    Edit: Just look at the downvotes even here in there Fediverse. You’d think these would be the decent Americans…

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    All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

    United Nations, Charter of the United Nations, Article 2(4), available at https://www.un.org/en/about-us/un-charter/full-text.

    • velma@sh.itjust.works
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      Pretty sure the meme is expressing that most US citizens would have preferred spending money on fixing our own problems instead of bombing innocents.

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        This meme expresses what reasonably educated U.S. citizens think. And it’s not even the irrational MAGA cult, which has no foothold in the Fediverse. These are U.S. citizens expressing their opinions on this platform. And their opinion is that the heinous war crimes committed by their governments don’t matter—only their own well-being does.

        If these are supposed to be the critical-thinking U.S. citizens, it’s very easy for me to understand how it’s possible that a serious criminal and obvious pedophile can be their president.

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          And their opinion is that the heinous war crimes committed by their governments don’t matter—only their own well-being does.

          Yeah, we never ever see any US citizens decrying their governments actions here. Never. Nope. No one speaks up at all, you’re right.

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          Who says they are asserting they don’t matter?

          There are so many wrong things to talk about all at once. A throwaway meme pic is going to touch one point, not be a comprehensive dissertation on the entirety of the situation. There are tons of other memes addressing other facets.

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            The U.S. started this war, committed the most egregious war crimes in the process, and threw the entire world into turmoil by blocking one of the most important trade routes in violation of international law.

            And then U.S. citizens still complain that the pedophile mafia boss they themselves elected is costing them money.

            I find that despicable.

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              In a war where innocent children were killed, you complain about trade routes?

              You are actually of course right to also complain about the trade routes as well as the atrocities, but by your logic, you should only be complaining about the worst thing and nothing else.

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              They’re complaining that they aren’t being taken care of in favor of starting wars.

              You’re complaining even when US citizens express disgust at what their government is doing.

              It’s clear you just hate the US, which is understandable, but attacking individual citizens in comment sections isn’t doing what you think it is.

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                THEN FUCKING DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT !!! Why do you think we are pissed off at you ? You Americans have the biggest mouth abouth freedom and virtue signaling. You have one 400M guns in your country yet all you guys do is go for a walk to protest and keyboard warrior behind your screens. When you collectively decide to “fight back” you do it legally when your government spends it time doing illegal things at home and abroad.

                Even worse now a b-52 crashes which is big news for US outside the US and all Americans can do is downvote our celebrities. That is some nerve there.

                Americans don’t have enough to lose yet it seems and everyday you decide not to go to the capitol and mag dump the white circus and it’s occupants the same way they do on poor people (I was going to say black but I saw a good number being white get mag dumped by your untrained police) makes the average American citizen a more valid target.

                Stop complaining for god’s sake arm yourselves you have the opportunity.

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                  When you collectively decide to “fight back” you do it legally when your government spends it time doing illegal things at home and abroad.

                  Say that to Renee Price or Alex Pretti.

                  Say that to the “members of Antifa” that got arrested today.

                  Things are happening here and, again, a meme that is explicitly expressing disgust at this unfounded war isn’t the place to yell about US citizens not saying shit.

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                    I’m saying that you shouldn’t be saying shit. I’m saying YOU SHOULD BE SHOOTING SHIT. Renee and Alex were not even shooting shit and got gunned down like animals. It’s BEYOND time to arms yourselves with your 400M guns and gun the government down like animals.

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                Maybe you should leave this card to the people who, unfortunately, have to put up with your dull argument. As a European, it doesn’t really affect me all too much, but it certainly affects millions of other people.

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                  As if your constant “US and US citizens are all evil” card isn’t dull af at this point either.

                  We get it. A meme expressing that US citizens would rather NOT be in this war or killing innocents probably isn’t the place for it.

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          I just wanted to thank you for telling me what I think, I thought I thought differently but now I know.

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      all U.S. citizens care about is how much of their tax money is being spent.

      This is an intentionally moronic string of shit you made up to further your hatred for a nation, you fucking bigot. Thanks for letting me know though. I aim to block all the toxics.

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        It’s literally what the meme says - no matter what imagined additions you think it contains, it’s only complaint is spending money on reconstructing Iran. There is nothing there that in any way alludes to America being the one that destroyed Iran. It’s so utterly America-centric that it even assumes it’s American money being spent, not Iran’s stolen money being returned.

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          All you fucks care about is seeing what you want to see. To someone who isn’t a biased hater it goes without saying that we all hate the senseless slaughter. If you didn’t already unconditionally hate us you might know that the meme actually is just pointing out that trump has additionally cost us financially which is the opposite of what he’s said repeatedly. Turns out if you want to hate you can find reasons to though regardless. It’s people like you that ruin this platform. Fuck that ignorant bullshit. I won’t be seeing your replies though.

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        I think your completely inappropriate national pride has made you completely forget what the word “bigot” means.

        I’m really sorry, but you’re a rogue state—which, by the way, is a term the U.S. itself invented.

        Here’s my point: You’re still defending the actions of your obviously completely degenerate regime because you see yourself as a proud American. Newsflash: Everything you believe defines your country is a lie.

        There is no country in the world that harms the progress of humanity as much as the U.S.

        The reason is your inhuman ideology.

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          I noticed that too, completely defended the actions by implying that he didn’t agree with your assessment of his mindset.

          I hope you don’t become lactose intolerant and the office votes to have pizza, but 60% of the people voted against pizza, but since the boss is paying he decides to count the accounting group as one vote so he can buy pizza, and then when your pizza arrives you get made fun of for saying you’d rather have a salad than bomb Iran.