Bonus question: who will be the MyPillow Guy in the Biden admin’s orbit?

        • snackage [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          As if it was all OK before? It's not better or worse after, just different. Without 9/11 the US wouldn't be involved in 2 forever wars and 3 more long ones and wouldn't be heightening it's contradictions towards collapse. So instead of collapsing on 2090 it'll collapse in 2040. What's bad for the US isn't good or bad for the world. It just closes opportunities and opens others. I happen to think the opportunities to us now are better than the old ones.

          • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            9/11 sure wasn't good for America, but was definitely worse for the world. GWOT is a disaster that killed millions and put down dozens of burgeoning socialist projects developing in the wake of neoliberal colonialism.

            The phrase only makes sense of you do it through class, "What's bad for the American Imperialist bourgeoisie is good for everyone else". Because for the average American, there isn't a whole lotta good.

            • snackage [he/him]
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              4 years ago

              If 9/11 didn't happen the US still would have invaded Iraq.

              • D61 [any]
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                4 years ago

                My Magic Eight Ball agrees with this comment.

          • Sunn_Owns [none/use name]
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            4 years ago

            It'll be more of the same. 'We can't take out the troops from Afghanistan because that would endanger the troops'.

            My lib family say 'We need troops there' but can't explain their rationale, the imperial police state is thoroughly intwined into lib DNA.

            • TheBigCat [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              I don’t follow...why would withdrawing from Afghanistan put the troops at risk? I’m not trying to debate or anything but I literally cannot follow the rationale for it lol

              • Sunn_Owns [none/use name]
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                4 years ago

                That talking point was making the rounds on CNN/MSNBC by the Susan Rice types after Trump tried bringing home troops. The thinking is the region will be de-stabilized if we leave, imperiling troops in the neighborhood.

                It's just a way to acclimate libs to the idea of troops staying on the ground in perpetuity.

            • emizeko [they/them]
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              4 years ago

              hey remember when the Afghanistan Papers got leaked and it showed they've been completely lying for 20 years

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    And it predictibly accelerated towards open old timey fascism

    • snackage [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      Accelerationists aren't things will also get better. Only that there will be different opportunities where more to gain is possible than what was possible at the time.

    • Spinoza [any]
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      4 years ago

      please please please please please put jeff tiedrich in cabinet, mr biden. we're counting on you

  • DickFuckarelli [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    I think the Biden My Pillow avatar will be a never-trumper business ghoul whom is well loved like The Rock or Bill Gates.