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Longtime lurker on the old app, now here. Liberal. Interested in economics, finance, politics, and cooking. Likes learning new things. Seed oil enthusiast.
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The reality is that Biden constantly restrained Israel on attacking Iran and on letting in humanitarian aid into Gaza. A lot of people don't get it (like Jeet Heer in the nested quotes) because they don't care to read Israelis, who spent 15 years complaining the US wasn't letting Israel attack Iran.

submitted 2 days ago • 5 comments

people need to ask themselves whether the primary goal of protesting is to make the actions being protested less popular or if it’s to make you yourself as the protester feel validated

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

The real dividing line in all of world politics right now is high trust versus low trust and if the low trust people win the inevitable outcome is mass unemployment, genocide, and autocracy. Like it genuinely is that existential

submitted 13 days ago • 10 comments