This isnt chess. The government and military are still intact, the VP seems vehemently against rolling over, it just pisses off America's enemies more and lets them know that kidnapping a head of state is now on the table and they'd better close the Kidnapping Gap and be more ready for that possibility and look into how to do it themselves. That just leads to holding foreign kings for ransom again, it's not done cause under a system that isnt absolute monarchy the snake works just fine without the head, no one does this cause it's pointless and opens up equally dirty retaliation, if a head of state orders the kidnapping of another head of state the target could be more on them personally than before, which usually people who want to stay alive try to avoid. How does this advance American Interests as opposed to a more normal act of aggression? Seems like really bad strategy to me.

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[–] Red_October@hexbear.net 44 points 1 week ago

It’s a theatrical power-play. The fascist agenda loves to idolize resistance members and then assassinate them to discourage other members of the group. It looks good to their fascist propaganda-fed population who is their main concern. Because those are the closest people who would, in fact, benefit from cutting their heads off.

In reality, it creates a shitload more resistance. But the populace of colonialist projects don’t typically appreciate the feelings of other people in other countries. They’ve been taught to believe they are different from the proletariat of other countries. So they justify it when people just like them are killed across the planet by the same system enslaving them. Because at least it doesn’t effect them in a way they can’t ignore yet.

These people do not go away, however, despite how they are ignored. Their feelings are real. Their love of liberty is real. Just like their love of their lives and families.

What’s not real are the feelings of libs and “cons” in the colonial projects like the U.S. and Israel. The excuses last for five minutes even though they’re repeated for years. The evil that was done lasts forever and will never be forgotten.

Fascist propaganda is like a shitty old shirt left out in the sun. It fades rapidly and falls apart rather quickly. But real humanity never ends. It always remembers. Real humanity is the old, torn raincoat Stalin first wore to political meetings. Fascism is the fleeting high Adolf Hitler was shoving up his nose while being a useful idiot for the U.S. a hundred years ago.