"i had to go through miserable bullshit so you have to too" is not doing what you think its doing

I do not see compulsory military service as forced labour, not by a long shot.

performing labour or 6 months of jail does sound completely unforced

A country that offers equal rights, universal healthcare and free education for all citizens, amongst many other tax-paid services.

i am so glad that you have all of that

If you do not see your own country worth serving, I feel sad for you

i said nothing about whether i see my own country as worth serving, but your pity is appreciated

I would gladly give my life to protect mine

and youll continue to have the option to do so regardless of whether your government continues to threaten its citizens into doing so

@oakey66@lemmy.world raised the fair point that opposing a weapons deal is not the same as opposing funding

here is a more concrete, applicable example

he’s been very weak on the ceasefire demand up until very recently.

this isnt relevant to whether sanders has pushed for blocking funding to israel

he’s talked about blocking arm sales

blocking arms sales not being the same as blocking funding is fair, however:

He has not called for an end to the sending of money to Israel

is at least misrepresentative

Even as Republicans have raised serious concerns about the border provisions of the bill, the $10bn allocated for aid to Israel has sparked criticism from Bernie Sanders . In a letter sent to his colleagues on Tuesday, the progressive Vermont senator warned against providing a “blank check” to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, as the death toll in Gaza continues to climb.

“No, I do not think we should be appropriating $10.1bn for the right-wing, extremist Netanyahu government to continue its current military strategy,” Sanders wrote. “What the Netanyahu government is doing is immoral, it is in violation of international law, and the United States should not be complicit in those actions.”

After it became clear that the bill would fail to advance on Wednesday, Sanders joined Republicans in opposing the procedural motion.

even if it was in response to specific bills as opposed to a complete and total cut, he has explicitly spoken out against bills funding israel, and saying 'the United States should not be complicit in (the actions of Israel)' in oplosition to a specific bill is still hard to read as anything but a call to cut funding of israel in general

i wasnt aware that 'dont kill kids' was big game, i will strive to be better in the future

famously, people get more kids the more money they have

nobody suggested they "ban religion"

...do antifascists know?

centralisation of power is not an inherently right or left wing ideal, and some of the largest left wing communities on the fediverse are practically or outright authoritarian

the centralising power thats being opposed being a profit oriented organisation does make it more of a leftist specific thing, though still not entirely

meta and any other company can datafarm the fediverse as is, really

none of the data on the fediverse is protected in any particular way