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[–] SarcasticMan@lemmy.world 5 points 7 minutes ago

Outrageous! How the fuck are we supposed to murder, rob, subjugate, steal, and run our modern-day slave empires if the ICC can just go and arrest people all willy-nilly and shit?

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 38 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Fuck you, Biden. Shit like this is what just opened the door to Project 2025.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Nope, they lost because they blindly support the billionaires over everyday people. Israel is a tiny symptom of the real problem, which is the concentration of wealth.

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 5 points 42 minutes ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

They bailed out the teamsters pension fund and had to fight Republicans tooth and nail to do it — didnt even result in am endorsement and majority of teamsters still voted GOP.

CHIP act made Arizona flush with manufacturing and construction jobs, still voted GOP.

The reason Democrats lose is because they have to campaign against a made-up Republican that is normal and reasonable and Republicans get to campaign against the Oberlin faculty lounge instead of Democrats

[–] Nuke_the_whales@lemmy.world 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it didn't happen years ago. I'm also outraged that no u.s president has been tried

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

Where does a 600 pound gorilla sit?

US foreign policy:Wherever the fuck he wants. Whatcha gonna do about it?

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 12 points 4 hours ago

please die together with Trump and Putin

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 31 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

He's at the end of his career, doesn't need the money to fight the zionists propaganda, so that means he actually believes this.

OR like I suspected before, Israel houses A LOT of secret US intelligence and defense capabilities

[–] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 2 points 34 minutes ago

In Israel it's legal for companies to sell computer exploits to nation states and other actors like corporations. A lot of ex military from the u.s. work for these companies in Israel.

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 70 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

He welcomes Trump with open arms, and acts like a lame duck. But can still get fired up to defend war criminals and try to stop Bernie’s move to block arms shipments. I don’t even know what to say.

[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 26 points 6 hours ago

You say what was obvious from the start. Democrats were never going to stop the genocide in Gaza.

[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

The man is getting senile, he works on knee jerk reactions as if it's the 70's.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 65 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

"Were there not an Israel, the United States would have to invent an Israel to protect her interests in the region."

-- Joe Biden

Israel is good for 2 things, as far as 60% of Congress is concerned: destabilizing Muslim countries to prevent a strong coalition from forming, and donating money to US politicians. What's a little genocide in the face of that?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 14 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That's far too generous. At the very most, 10% of congress is on the right side of history when it comes to America's favorite fascist apartheid regime.

The public in general is closer to 65-35 the opposite direction.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

That may be true, but only 60% of congress is receiving Israeli bribes. Hence the number I chose.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Again, overly generous. Almost all of them are either receiving bribes from them or running against someone who is in both primary and general elections. 60% is hella optimistic.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

60% is hella optimistic.

It's hyperbolic, actually. According to opensecrets.org, the actual number is only 52.5%. Of course, I'm sure that there's some back-room deals that aren't recorded publicly, and so the number is higher than that. 60% seems like a good, round, umbrella-like figure.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 90 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (3 children)

huh, we wasn't cynically posturing for election purposes, he really wants to die on this hill :/

[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 47 minutes ago

At this point Im not gonna worry what hill so long as he chooses to die on it. Good riddance.

[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

Biden is a devout catholic, meaning he believes Isreal must be the home for all jews for the rapture to happen. Not enough people are talking about this. Even the most "normal" religious people are nut jobs that shouldn't be in power.

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 2 points 23 minutes ago (1 children)

I thought that was some evangelical sect crap. Roman catholics don't believe in rapture.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 2 points 9 minutes ago* (last edited 1 minute ago)

Christianity at its foundation is an apocalyptic religion, more so in Mark than the later gospels but it's there in all 4 of them and comes back in full force in revelations which are all part of the Catholic canonical Bible. The specific details of what the end times will look like beyond what it says in the Bible differs greatly between different sects of Christianity, but they all predict some sort of divine apocalypse.

The mythical narrative is humanity doomed itself (Adam and Eve committing original sin dooming their progeny), Jesus came and erased that doom (by sacrificing himself to himself), and said he'll be back (within the apostles lifetime) to bring the end times and utopia for Christians.

Edit: Catholic doctrine regarding the apocalypse: https://www.catholic.com/encyclopedia/apocalypse

And some of the predictions attributed to Jesus in Matthew as signs of the end is nigh: https://www.catholic365.com/article/40494/decoding-the-signs-the-catholic-perspective-on-end-times.html

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 46 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

He pretty much did already.

[–] Kyrgizion@lemmy.world 40 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

He'll not be remembered kindly by history for this. Even if he was objectively decent president.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 11 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Sad but true. I really don't understand why he is so adamant in his support for Netanyahu.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 16 points 6 hours ago

Because he's a true believer who's drunk the Zionism kool-aid.

Plus it probably helps that he's received more money from AIPAC throughout his political career than his current net worth.

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

Because it's self serving.

If Bibi is a war criminal for leveraging an admittedly horrible terrorist attack to commit horrendous atrocities, so is Joe Biden.

What the US did in the 2 decades post 9/11 is no better or worse than what Israel is doing now. Accountability for one means accountability for the other, and Biden doesn't want to be held accountable.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 1 points 22 minutes ago

What the US did in Iraq and Afghanistan was wrong, no doubt. There's a lot of reasons for that, ranging from who was actually responsible for 9/11 to all the actual violence between the civilians and soldiers. But systematic extermination is NOT one of those reasons. What Israel is doing in Gaza is 1000x worse. Equating it to how the US conducted its affairs minimizes what's actually happening, muddying the water and keeping people from feeling like they should actually be doing anything about it.

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[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 82 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe I'm soft but I find the dead and starving children to be slightly more outrageous

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 15 points 6 hours ago

How anti-semitic!

/s

[–] Naich@lemmings.world 46 points 9 hours ago

Fuck me, that's some selective outrage there.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 22 points 8 hours ago

Hey, Joe: Shut up, man.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 38 points 9 hours ago

Doesn’t really matter what he thinks, since the US ain’t part of the ICC. What’s pathetic is countries being part of the ICC, condemning the arrest warrants.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 26 points 9 hours ago

We know what you think genocide Joe.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 hours ago (3 children)

And yet the voters keep getting the blame for Trump getting elected.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago (30 children)

As well they fucking should. Trump isn't going to be any better for the Palestinian people than Biden and Harris. He is, in fact, going to be far worse for them. Also, he's a traitor, a serial rapist, a misogynist, a pedophile, a grifter, and an imbecile. The American voting population either liked what they saw, or didn't care enough to vote against him. Fuck every single one of those assholes right in the face.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 29 minutes ago

Then let me ask you this: What did the democrats promised? That they're not Trump?

Most people look back at what Biden did, and saw nothing much. Some people stuck on the huricane saw they weren't getting the help they need. Meanwhile, the saw on the news some foreign countries they've never set their feet on getting all the money that could've been used for their people.

DNC is basically playing chicken with their supporter on the Palestine issue. "Yes, we're gonna let babies fly headless, but guess what, either us or that orange criminal!" Guess how that turned out. You're gonna complain about how Trump is gonna end this quicker. How is it worse exactly if they're gonna face the same fate in the end?

Meanwhile, Trump promised a strong arm approach to all the economic problem. A lot of people are desperate with their financial situation.

All that far-right policies are getting fanatical support. Meanwhile, the DNC were losing support as they tried to compromise with the right-wing ideologies.

Oh, and don't forget they would've had better chance with Sanders, but instead they went with Harris. The best she could do was play with women right.

But yeah, the voters suck!

[–] card797@champserver.net 1 points 54 minutes ago

Education has been dwindling for a while. It's showing.

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[–] CitricBase@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago

Genocide Joe vs ultra genocide Trump, great job voters.

[–] coyootje@lemmy.world 18 points 9 hours ago

I mean, they're just gonna go from genocide Joe to genocide convicted criminal Donald so not much of an upgrade there.

[–] Sagittarii@lemm.ee 11 points 8 hours ago

He's mad because there isn't one for him too. They should get working on that.

[–] BMTea@lemmy.world 12 points 8 hours ago

LOL earlier he said he disagreed wjth it but it was deserved. Two-faced old bastard.

[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 9 points 8 hours ago

I'd say having a senile old man as the head of a country is much more 'outrageous'

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