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"i ain’t reading all that"

Whelp, can't help you with that buddy ¯_(ツ)_/¯

"What is this mind fuckery doublethought where..."

Well, I explain it in the reply I made to you, but you didn't read it...

"Is it being so afraid of people becoming antisemitic"

No. But if you want me to touch upon antisemitism, I will.

Firstly, it is not my responsibility to center the defense of Jewish people from the antisemitism that results from a fascist, Jewish-Supremacist, and Settler-Colonial project that widely uses the ideology of Islamophobia to justify its genocidal agenda. An agenda and justification that greatly benefits those who fall within the category of Jewishness in much the same way as the US agenda of settler-colonialism, justified by white-supremacy, greatly benefits those who fall within the category of whiteness. In fact, there is much to be said about the relationship between Jewish supremacy and "whiteness" inside Israel's Settler-Colonial project itself but that is beyond the point of this response. If we are to center anyone it should be the victims of Israel and the victims of US Imperialism. With this said, it is of the upmost importance, as communists and workers, to not fall into the trap of the antisemitic explanation. This is especially the case for explanations of US foreign policy.

In order to understand why there exists an antisemitic explanation that we must not fall into, we must first ask ourselves, "whose interests does it serve to not understand the motivations of US foreign policy?" The answer to this question is of course, the capitalist's interest.

Statements such as, "Israel is the senior partner of the US," "The US government is controlled by Israel," and "The US only joined the war on Iran because of Israel" are incorrect and are not grounded in a material understanding of the world. Furthermore, the logical progression of these statements leads us to the same idealist worldview that is held by the reactionaries who have always blamed a Jewish conspiracy for the crimes of Capitalism.

The antisemitic explanations for US foreign affairs clean the blood from the hands of the capitalist class; obfuscates the role of the capitalist class in government and society, to the extent that the capitalists seem to play no role in US affairs; and scapegoats the crimes of Capitalist-Imperialism onto the backs of a small ethnic minority, independent of their connection to Israel.

The US is motivated by its own interests. We should be able to identify the motivations behind US foreign policy while also understanding how the claim of, "Israeli control of the US," only serves to obfuscate the role of Capitalist-Imperialism in the exploitation and oppression of workers and the people of this world.

"you’re just going to ... fucking empower [antisemitism] by telling people to ignore the obvious"

Not once, have I advocated for people to ignore the influence of Israel on US foreign affairs.