Grainne ( Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 months agoAnti-Imperialism means recognizing capitalist states like Russia and China as suchlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1463
arrow-up1463imageAnti-Imperialism means recognizing capitalist states like Russia and China as suchlemmy.dbzer0.comGrainne ( Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) to Lefty Memes@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square102linkfedilink
minus-squareVikthor ( Vikthor@piefed.world ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months agoNo government can wage a war for twelve years against wishes of their own population.
minus-squareKrono ( Krono@lemmy.today ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 months agoHow do you explain the US wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan? The US population elected a president who was promising to end the Afghanistan War in 2008. That war ended in 2021. That’s at least 12 years of war against the wishes of the majority.
minus-squareA404 ( A404@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoDamn, americans must love expensive insulin
minus-squareVikthor ( Vikthor@piefed.world ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOk? They might, if they wanted they could have adopted one of the European healthcare models a long time ago.
No government can wage a war for twelve years against wishes of their own population.
How do you explain the US wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan?
The US population elected a president who was promising to end the Afghanistan War in 2008. That war ended in 2021. That’s at least 12 years of war against the wishes of the majority.
Damn, americans must love expensive insulin
Ok? They might, if they wanted they could have adopted one of the European healthcare models a long time ago.