Link cuz I’m not a neolib: https://www.reddit.com/r/neoliberal/comments/p5b6yl/the_enemy_of_my_enemy_something_something/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

  • space_comrade [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    What's the official terminally online neolib take on what's happening? I'm guessing it's some form of "them brown people can't help themselves being uncivilized".

    • wombat [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      some of them have turned on biden while others defend biden and blame everyone else (especially afghans and poor people) for not supporting american imperialism enough

      • ImSoOCD [they/them]
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        3 years ago

        My dad told me yesterday “we trained these people for 20 years and you don’t train people to surrender but they’re surrendering anyway”

        I rarely get the :wut: feeling in real life but fuuuuck what are you talking about

        • emizeko [they/them]
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          3 years ago

          his thoughts are no more complex than "USA good! USA can't be bad!"

      • Slowpoke [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        They're feeling the heat as it's their own decisions that have fucked things up and to distract from it they're feverishly punching down.

        This happens a lot. You'll notice the same when "I care for the poor" types suddenly and viciously start attacking the poor. Point it out and you get banned. Pointing it out causes cognitive dissonance.

    • LeninsRage [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Going by the clown shit op ed they upvoted to the top this morning, its the fault of the American people in general for not being warlike enough of a people.

      But in particular, some strawman version of "populist" anti-war activists on Twitter who clamored for the end of the war and are now mad at how much of a shitshow this ended up, because those people definitely exist.

    • determinism2 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      https://tildes.net/~news/y2o/taliban_enter_afghan_capital_as_us_diplomats_evacuate_by_chopper

      • CrimsonSage [any]
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        3 years ago

        Lol one of those assholes is arguing that it's the taliban who is funding their operations with drug money! Like my dude, the taliban does some horrid horrid shit, but drug pushers they ain't. Didn't the used to kill people trying to grow/sell poppies?