Perfect combination of and

that will never have to face the consequences of the violence he advocates for

Maybe there's some context that's missing where he says it's good or something but it does seem like MattY is objectively correct here.

Tired: War is hell.

Wired: A core function of the American military is starting wars to protect shipping.

I'm tired and cooking here so maybe a more well-read comrade can help me out, but I think this kind of rhetoric is a result of the US empire declining.

Of course, leftists have always known that the military is just a tool for imperialism, but I've seen things like OP cropping up more and more often among the """populist""" chuds online. The veneer of "defending freedom and democracy" that was unquestionable before and during the Bush Jr years is collapsing. On the right, it's being replaced with a vulgar, amoral anti-war stance (unless it's China) that judges engagements not on any kind of moral grounds, but on whether it's a good deal for the US financially.

IMO, it's preferable to the fake rhetoric that was out there before, but it definitely feels like the spray tan the US had is coming off and it will be embracing the "yeah, I'm a piece of shit, but I've got the most guns" cynicism in the future. It's a tacit admission that leftists were right about the nature of the US.

How dare Americans act with indignation and military aggression to one of the few countries trying to take a stand against Israel. They value their planet destroying cargo ships more than Palestinian lives. God damn America man

Damn, that response went hard.

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