cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/7804222
You can tell this is fake because the USA soldier would shoot the child as well
this post was submitted on 28 Feb 2026
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Don't blame me, I posted critical memes on Lemmy, I did all I could!
Edit: I have some mixed feelings about this comment. Let's cut the snark and actually think about what we can do to stop this madness. I hope everyone is checking in with their local orgs to see what actions can be taken.
Dont blame me, im one of the victims of your fascist empire
Americans are also a victim of it. But we do have more agency (and thus responsibility) in reducing its harms.
I will note however that there is probably something that can be done from anywhere in the world. We live in an interconnected world. The fascist empire exists in part because the world allows it to.
You vote in a fascist or let one in and the blame the world. You all deserve to be the victim and shunned by everyone.
Bars.
"Let one in"
What do you think I, personally, should have done to stop Trump that I did not do?
I get you're angry but this is a braindead political analysis. The US is a highly undemocratic country. Very few people wanted this to happen.
I thought you had the 2nd amendment to prevent this.
It's balls that's needed, not some amendment.
Nah that's only for the fascists. See Alex Pretti vs Kyle Rittenhouse.
You can say whatever you want to try to dilute and deflect any criticism, but to us outside the empire, we simply can watch the news to see who is the real problem
What criticism? You can't even criticize me because you know nothing about me lol
I already acknowledged Americans have a responsibility to stop this so I don't even know what your objection is.
You're replying pretty defensively to a meme criticizing American troops. If it's not about you, then there was no need to reply.
I'm just making a statement about slacktivism. I don't have a problem with criticizing American troops.
OK, thanks for explaining. But this is a meme comm, so people post memes on it. It's not a place where you can engage in real activism, that's not what it's for.
Victim of American empire:
(Presumably) American:
Are you kidding?
Everyone wants to play the victim. No one wants to do the hard work to protect the victims. Human nature.
But whining about it online doesn't change shit. I guarantee you the real victims aren't here in Lemmy.
Are you kidding me? What do you know about Salamence's life, situation, or actions? What the hell gives you the right to lecture like this?
The fact that they're lecturing us from the same position lol. That's what made me want to comment in the first place.
But it's fine, I was trying to get past that with my edit calling for everyone to work together. But I guess as usual leftists working together proves impossible. Big part of why the world is so shit.
Really? From this reply you made clear what you want is to share the blame
Everyone shares blame, that's just the reality, whether people want to admit it or not. It means me, yes. But it also means you.
I don't know why no one will admit that yes, they are partially to blame. I think that IS the first step to working together. If people don't feel responsibility to act because it's someone else's responsibility, then they won't.
Salamence:
Clearly not the same position. You assumed the person posting was in the same position, which was incorrect.
Solidarity is good. But people in the imperial core can't expect solidarity if they don't give it.
They're in the same position of ignorance about the people they're arguing with and criticizing online as I am.
What kind of solidarity would you like to see from me that you feel is lacking?
Salamence made a post with a meme criticizing American troops who murdered people in the third world. That's not a position of ignorance, everyone knows what happened there.
I mean the title is clearly directed at random American civilians, not just military folks. Although yes, they are ignorant about people who are in the military too.
Is this seriously a reply where the first sentence attempts to avoid seeming like a defense of soldiers while the second sentence is an overt defense of soldiers?
Really? Is it that clear? Don't soldiers vote for Kamala too?
I'm not defending soldiers. I do think the position that it's wrong to join or support the US military is obviously correct. But of course that doesn't change the fact that we have no direct knowledge of why people do these things on an individual basis. Since you brought it up I thought I'd point that out. But I feel like now we're arguing just to argue.
It seemed clear to me. If that wasn't the intention then I don't know?
I'm just really sick of all of the finger-pointing between people about very insignificant actions people did or didn't do that may or may not have led us to this moment. I'd rather talk about how we get out of it.
That's fair and good, but people (especially victims of the US empire) also have a right to post about how we got here, including just to vent. The first step to fixing things is knowing how they broke. I think trying to tell Salamence that there's shared blame here between victims and bystanders or perpetrators is counterproductive to this goal.