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We don't speak up about our stuff. You want us to speak up about what's going on in a country like Iran??
You're dreaming.
No no no no no.
I want Americans to speak up about what THEIR government is doing in the world. As an American it is your responsibility to hold your own government accountable, not other governments.
We Americans have all kinds of problems we need to focus on but our government is failing us. They couldn't care less about us whether they're Republican or Democrat. What makes you think they care about Iranians?
But to accuse Americans of this and that because of what our leaders are doing is insanity, at best. You clearly do not understand things or you'd be smart enough not to make such a claim.
You won't get any sympathy here with your attitude. If you posted that you think this is a terribly punitive action and you're hurting for your country and the people in it, you would have gotten a different response. Instead - as usual - you attack America and Americans.
What kind of response did you think you'd get?
But MP, this has been going on for decades.
Americans should care, why is it so hard?
The state will always act in self interest and use violence, it's up to the people to regulate that violence.
You have the power to save lives, you just have to practice that power by being informed about what's going on and what your government is doing.
The state will always act in self interest and use violence, it's up to the people to regulate that violence.
You have the power to save lives, you just have to practice that power by being informed about what's going on and what your government is doing.
Yes, decades. Didn't the sanctions start when our U.S. embassy was overtaken in Iran with Americans held hostage?
We have zero power. None. The only power we have is with our vote - but that doesn't even give us any power because our system is set up so that if you want to run even at the Congressional level, you need to have millions of dollars and connections. That means you're already out of touch with most people you're supposedly representing and the minute you win - you owe a lot of people who will want to be paid back for their donations, etc. Pols are beholden to them - not to us.
Our government, no matter which party we're talking about, is interested in oil, drugs, and war because that's what makes the elite in our country rich. Because of the Jewish population here, our pols will be Israel-friendly and not Iran-friendly.
We're not the American's of the '60s. We're apathetic, blind to whats going on in our country, stupidly party-loyal, and tired trying to make ends meet, watching banks get bailed out while we're being pinched more and more and more.
Yeah, we should care. We should care even more about what's going on here in our country - but we don't.
And given the things you've posted - even if people did care - they probably care less than they did. You're not helping your cause - you're actually hurting it.
Yes, decades. Didn't the sanctions start when our U.S. embassy was overtaken in Iran with Americans held hostage?
We have zero power. None. The only power we have is with our vote - but that doesn't even give us any power because our system is set up so that if you want to run even at the Congressional level, you need to have millions of dollars and connections. That means you're already out of touch with most people you're supposedly representing and the minute you win - you owe a lot of people who will want to be paid back for their donations, etc. Pols are beholden to them - not to us.
Our government, no matter which party we're talking about, is interested in oil, drugs, and war because that's what makes the elite in our country rich. Because of the Jewish population here, our pols will be Israel-friendly and not Iran-friendly.
We're not the American's of the '60s. We're apathetic, blind to whats going on in our country, stupidly party-loyal, and tired trying to make ends meet, watching banks get bailed out while we're being pinched more and more and more.
Yeah, we should care. We should care even more about what's going on here in our country - but we don't.
And given the things you've posted - even if people did care - they probably care less than they did. You're not helping your cause - you're actually hurting it.
1. I was speaking in general of US aggression against others
2. This is not true. In the political sense you’re correct, but not in the structural sense. The government derived its power from the people. The people, organized, have the power to control their own fates. The government uses hopelessness among people to create an atmosphere of establishment control, but all power is based on consent. Indians thought they were hopeless to oppose the powerful British empire, but when they decided not to consent to their rule, the British couldn’t do anything. Blacks thought oppression was a way of life until they realized they could support and organize liberation (civil rights movement).
You have power, and you are lucky to live in a country with freedom, and as such it is your responsibility to oppose the state when they attempt to harm others.
3. I am just a small humble person communicating my frustration, I am having no affect on others positive or negative.
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