[W]e must recognize, and loudly proclaim, that everyone, whatever his grade in the old society, whether strong or weak, capable or incapable, has, before everything, the right to live, and that society is bound to share among all, without exception, the means of existence it has at its disposal.

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  • Dialectical Idealist@lemmygrad.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml•VoTe BluE
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    11 days ago

    Make no mistake, Barack Obama is a war criminal.

    During his presidency, Obama approved the use of 563 drone strikes that killed approximately 3,797 people. In fact, Obama authorized 54 drone strikes alone in Pakistan during his first year in office. One of the first CIA drone strikes under President Obama was at a funeral, murdering as many as 41 Pakistani civilians. The following year, Obama led 128 CIA drone strikes in Pakistan that killed at least 89 civilians. Just two years into his presidency, it was clear that the “hope” that President Obama offered during his 2008 campaign could not escape U.S. imperialism.

    The drone operations extended to Somalia and Yemen in 2010 and 2011, resulting in more destructive results. Under the belief they were targeting al-Qaida, President Obama’s first strike on Yemen killed 55 people including 21 children, 10 of which were under the age of five. Additionally, 12 women, five of them pregnant, were also among those who were murdered in this strike. These blundered acts of murder by not only President Obama, but the U.S. government, are morally reprehensible.

    Even more civilian casualties came out of Afghanistan throughout Barack Obama’s time in office. In 2014, Obama began removing troops currently deployed in the country. However, instead of this action by the president being one in a pursuit of peace and stability in the region, it only acted as an opportunity to drastically increase air warfare. Afghanistan had war rained upon them by U.S. bombardment, with the administration viciously dropping 1,337 weapons on Afghanistan in 2016. In total that year, the Obama administration dropped 26,171 bombs (drone or otherwise) across seven countries: Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan. The U.S., in cooperation with its allies including the Afghan government, killed 582 civilians on average annually from 2007 to 2016.

    See “https://archive.ph/wK992#selection-1737.240-1761.53” for the full article.

    Americans are propagandized to ignore U.S. imperialism; we assert ourselves as the world’s policeman. Ask yourself: Why can the U.S. murder in the Middle East or sink civilian ships from Venezuela with impunity? The murder of U.S. civilians is unacceptable but when we do the killing it’s always a “necessary evil”.

  • Dialectical Idealist@lemmygrad.mlOPtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Do not be fooled: the rich do not deserve their wealth
    11·
    1 month ago

    You are technically correct, in the literal sense that managers and executives have work to do.

    It should be noted, however, that it is the workers (not the company owners/investors) that create all the products that are up for sale and the infrastructure necessary to begin production (e.g., roads, bridges, electricity, education, etc.). Hence, when a CEO say that they “built” the company, they are obfuscating the exploitation of the labor of workers who transform raw materials into all the useful commodities we enjoy.

  • Dialectical Idealist@lemmygrad.mltoMemes@lemmy.ml•It would be nice if they opened their mind once in a while 😁
    7·
    2 months ago

    When you have hope in the voting system there’s less motivation to educate yourself about history and current events. “We know what the problems are: let’s just vote them away!” You need to be motivated to educate yourself because it’s much easier to accept dominant narratives than to admit how little you know on any given subject.

    On the flip side, abandoning electoralism requires an independence of thought that lends itself toward questioning other narratives. Once you realize you’ve been fooled before, it’s obvious that you likely hold other beliefs that don’t align with reality. At this point, you have ample motivation. Personally, this is when I began reading leftist theory. It’s easier to question the system after you’ve been disillusioned.