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NYT declares that US is now a pariah state
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US politicians are so far removed from the will of the people that I think it's time we start being more accurate with how we refer to US policy and politicians vs the US public.
US politicians support the genocide in Palestine.
The US public (mostly) opposes it.
US policy is privatized healthcare.
The US public (mostly) wants socialized/single-payer healthcare.
At this point, the US government and the people it claims to represent are two almost completely separate entities, connected only by law. The public has to abide by the laws politicians enact, but it's a one-way street; politicians can (and do) safely ignore the public without any repercussions.
US People vs. US Capitalists is probably more accurate.
Famous anti capitalist US people.
I mean, yeah. The US has had its anti-Capitalist movements though. And the US is just beyond drowned in Capitalist propaganda and people are infamously un(der)educated as well. In my experience organizing, people go against their own interests out of ignorance and fear.
Either way, it is the Capitalist class manipulating the 'famous anti-capitalist US people', even if the latter falsely thinks it's in their own interest.
I won't. Still way too many neoliberal toerags still wheeling out the "vote blue no matter who" horseshit for me to see any meaningful divide between the average lib and their leaders. When I start seeing settlers ACTUALLY disavowing the settler line, we'll talk again about the subject then-- but not until.