• mechoman444
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    503 months ago

    As an American I’d like to apologize for the shit show my country currently is.

    I’ve never felt shame like this.

    • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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      -313 months ago

      You’ve had many opportunities to feel shame like this, starting with the unconditional support & complicity of the U.S. government in the genocide in Gaza…

      • @shalafi@lemmy.world
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        123 months ago

        Supporting the genocide in Gaza was my first deep shame for my country, and I’m not a spring chicken.

      • @Slartibartfast@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        3 months ago

        To be fair that’s a proxy war between the US and the Arab world.

        It was always going to end one way. People are mostly desensitized and the Oct events pushed the majority off the fence. Which was kinda the point. It’s a rats nest and anyone trapped there is unfortunately walking dead trapped between the gears of globalism.

        American voters had zero say in it really. I’m not sure anyone can do anything really. It’s like trying to hold back the sea.

        • @alkbch@lemmy.ml
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          03 months ago

          It is only this bad because the US has provided nearly unconditional military, diplomatic and financial support to Israel for 75+ years despite them committing numerous war crimes, invading all of their neighbors and hindering countless peaceful processes. Israel can’t even defend itself without the assistance of foreign countries as we have seen last year when they needed the US, France, Jordan and others to step in when Iran sent a few missiles.

      • mechoman444
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        13 months ago

        I actually really don’t care about Gaza.

        Don’t get me wrong, I don’t support what they’re doing over there… But… It’s a bunch of religious people fighting over what they think is holy land… When holy Land is in contention they’re always killing each other over it…