[-] iain@feddit.nl 21 points 8 months ago

From Wikipedia:

Fearful of the potential impact the slave rebellion could have in the slave states, U.S. President Thomas Jefferson refused to recognize the new republic. The Southern politicians who were a powerful voting bloc in the American Congress prevented U.S. recognition for decades until they withdrew in 1861 to form the Confederacy.

Later:

Fearing possible foreign intervention, or the emergence of a new government led by the anti-American Haitian politician Rosalvo Bobo, President Woodrow Wilson sent U.S. Marines into Haiti in July 1915. The USS Washington, under Rear Admiral Caperton, arrived in Port-au-Prince in an attempt to restore order and protect U.S. interests. Within days, the Marines had taken control of the capital city and its banks and customs house. The Marines declared martial law and severely censored the press. Within weeks, a new pro-U.S. Haitian president, Philippe Sudré Dartiguenave, was installed and a new constitution written that was favorable to the interests of the United States. The constitution (written by future US President Franklin D. Roosevelt) included a clause that allowed, for the first time, foreign ownership of land in Haiti, which was bitterly opposed by the Haitian legislature and citizenry.

[-] iain@feddit.nl 14 points 8 months ago

Do you let it be a democracy

That one, if I had to choose. But I don't, it's the Palestinians that get to decide their own fate. I believe it's everyone's right to self-determination.

A lot of people only seem to imagine ethnostates as a solution. I invite those people to ask themselves some questions on why that is.

[-] iain@feddit.nl 27 points 8 months ago

That is not what OP was saying at all. I don't know what hypothetical person you're quoting. OP wasn't even talking about any solution. Just stating that the source of the problem isn't that complicated. Sometimes a simple problem has a complicated solution.

Nobody serious is asking for all the Israelis to leave. The solution to one ethnostate is not another ethnostate. We're asking for a new state that truly treats all its citizens equally. And to have a tribunal of sorts to convict the people who committed war crimes. This is not an easy solution, but getting justice rarely is.

[-] iain@feddit.nl 21 points 8 months ago

Excel 🤝 Incel Incorrectly assuming it's a date

👆 they probably meant this one

[-] iain@feddit.nl 24 points 9 months ago

It's easy from the privilege of safety to say that Israel has no choice but to keep Palestinians locked up in their open air prison, because you imagine that they might take revenge when they get out.

This is the exact argument that white people made to not free the enslaved people. The real solution is freedom for everyone, from the river to the sea.

[-] iain@feddit.nl 13 points 9 months ago

Hamas has offered on multiple occasions to release the hostages. Israel insists on continuing to commit genocide against the Palestinians.

And this talk about human shields is nonsense. Hamas has no choice but to be in proximity to civilians, because they're all imprisoned by Israel in Gaza. Israel only uses this as an excuse to kill more Palestinians.

[-] iain@feddit.nl 20 points 9 months ago

Not improving your political stances, but just benefiting from a popular artist? It's the Democrats wildest dreams!

[-] iain@feddit.nl 18 points 11 months ago

The far right also supports Israel because that means they can send Jews there. It fits their worldview of every race/ethnicity having their own land. There is no paradox. Besides, Jews and Muslims are killing each other over there. This is why all these far-right politicians are so very Zionist.

[-] iain@feddit.nl 21 points 11 months ago

Kissinger bombed hundreds of thousands of innocent Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian civilians, and they gave him a fucking peace prize because he finally stopped.

He is responsible for Pol Pot's rise to power so he's indirectly to blame for Pol Pot's regime. You can't bomb a country to hell and not be responsible for the aftermath.

[-] iain@feddit.nl 15 points 11 months ago

Two nitpicks:

  • that was said by Abdul Rahman Hassan Azzam, who is Egyptian, not Palestinian
  • there's a huge difference between a threatened expulsion of some colonizers (words) and actual genocide of the indigenous population (actions)
[-] iain@feddit.nl 16 points 1 year ago

Yeah, why don't they just let the Israelis commit genocide them peacefully?

[-] iain@feddit.nl 16 points 1 year ago

But capitalism specifically favors the greedy and individualistic. It's no surprise that if you base your society on capitalism, people will get more greedy.

On top of that, capitalism enables some uniquely capitalistic evils, such as commodity fetishism and alienation.

Also, some consider capitalism inherently unjust, making it an evil in its own right.

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