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What we get upset about (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by notsosure@sh.itjust.works to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/44201627

by Tjeerd Royaards

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Who is 'we' in this?

Both the Iran War and high gas prices are wildly unpopular with the majority. Problem is our federal legislators are largely pro-war zionists who are heavily invested in euphemistically-named defense stocks and oil stocks, and they are profiting handsomely, just like they did when their classified briefings told them the country would be shutting down in a few weeks in February 2020.

They're probably also all making money on prediction markets.

[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The reliance of the USA on oil for transport is not something forced on to them, it took years of planning. Civilized countries have affordable and functioning public transport, have cities designed to allow people to walk to work. If the shit hits the fan, and oil prices move up, it’s too late to complain… especially if your own president started an unnecessary war.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If the shit hits the fan, and oil prices move up, it’s too late to complain… especially if your own president started an unnecessary war.

Wrong.

Every American has a right to complain here. Not only has our president broken his campaign promises on war, he had a record of disentangling us from foreign wars in his first term. (Most notably Syria and Afghanistan.) So, unlike some of his other promises, this one carried weight.

He did not run on warmongering. He ran on peace.