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You didn't do that under previous presidents either.
Damn, truly nobody has been more mistreated by the US Empire than you. I'm sure the people Gaza would be horrified if they only knew.
And apparently it would be ok if it wasn't started behind your back?
He's not asking for your pity, or mine. He's explaining why he and many other Americans are feeling helpless and are finding it difficult to mount a resistance, eventhough they know they should.
Interstingly sanctions had this same effect on the Iranian middle class. No way to revolt and replace the government when your rent is double your income.
He's trying to pretend that the US was any better before Trump was elected
Ahh yes. Quantification of suffering to dismiss it as invalid. The ol' .ml classic.
Go back to Reddit
Nah
Edit: plus, we already had this discussion elsewhere in the thread.
You'd be happier among your own kind
That comment was not about "quantification of suffering," it was pointing out that untold suffering was already being caused by the US and its war criminal presidents before the most recent one was in office. Yet so many only seemed to notice when it started effecting them personally. Which isn't surprising, but when Americans who previously just went about their privileged lives up until Trump came along talk as if this juggernaut of misery, cruelty, and death is only a recent thing, that's very demeaning to the millions who have bore the brunt of that cruelty for decades. It is also frankly chauvanistic. It is very inappropriate to write that off as "quantification of suffering" but it sounds like you just have a beef with the .ml instance.
Fair, not the instance in general, but certain bad actors among you. I still see it as dismissial of suffering through comparison. Not a valid play in my book.
This isn't debate club, nobody cares what's in your book
You people are obsessed
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