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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 27 points 9 months ago (106 children)

Biden is really going to let Trump become president again because he won't take serious action.

The US is literally the reason the UN can't do anything.

All you had to do was not be pro genocide Biden. It's such a low fucking bar and that geriatric fuck just can't meet it.

And whether Biden wins or loses, millions will suffer because he was the only other option than trump we were allowed to have.

[–] Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 44 points 9 months ago (5 children)

I watched Jon Stewarts piece about Israel Palestine and he joked about how the UN can't get anything done with absolutely no mention that it is everyone voting for a ceasefire and the USA voting to veto everything.

It isn't the UN that is doing nothing, it is the veto rules that allows the USA and other countries to throw out the collective good in order to protect empire.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Weird...

I remember him mentioning it in both his recent episodes.

Pretty sure he even mentioned how when the US vetos something like this, we always send a Black person to do the veto. But that bit might have been from somewhere else.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's what I've been trying to tell people for almost two decades: the UN isn't inherently ineffective, but the Big 5 makes it so by vetoing almost every important resolution.

If we take away that veto and grant the UN real enforcement power, it could make the world a much better place for the vast majority of humanity.

The 5 and the billionaires whose interests align with them would never permit such justice, though 😮‍💨

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[–] nihilvain@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

As if there wasn't enough hatred towards USA from the Middle East, these actions are showing seeds of hatred towards USA for generations to come. Which can be easily radicalized in the future.

[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

That's why it's always bullshit that we "need" a close ally there.

We dont. Especially when that "ally" just constantly instigates conflict then drags us into it to back them up.

If we weren't propping up Israel and going after oil, most people in the Middle East wouldn't give two shits about the West.

And without the instability it all causes, there'd be less far right religious extremists running shit. And everyone's lives would be better off

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