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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I really can't tell who are the "good guys" anymore

After some cursory research, is Lemmy getting behind the Muslim caliphate or Islamic state trying to overthrow the country?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

Religion has nothing to do with it. This is about imperialism, both old school and new school.

📺 Africa isn’t underdeveloped; it’s overexploited.

Religion is a red herring, just as it was during the War on Terror. Imperialist states, corporate media, and imperial core non-profits (which are funded by those same states & corporations), will always spin narratives to manufacture our consent, or if not our consent then at least our acquiescence or apathy. Real media literacy takes some effort.

Also, fun fact, the Islamic State is a product of the the US (as well as the UK and Israel). We’ve been funding, arming, and advising Salafi Jihad terrorist cells since at least the first Afghan war, when we funded Osama bin Laden to stir trouble at the USSR’s border.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone -4 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

So are you suggesting there are no "good guy" groups in Nigeria?

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You should stop trying to frame things in comic book terms

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 0 points 36 minutes ago

What you're trying to say is the people that live there are fucked either way

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

The “good guy” vs “bad guy” dichotomy isn’t how we usually approach these things, but let’s roll with it.

This is a fight for independence from the imperial core. A fight for real sovereignty.

Who did you root for in A New Hope, the Galactic Empire or the Rebel Alliance? The US or the Viet Cong? This fight is between Western imperialist states, led by the imperial hegemon, the US, and the AES Confederation.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Are you saying Islamic state is the US in this fight? If so, why bomb themselves?