• gnuthing [they/them]@lemmygrad.ml
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      8 hours ago

      If by world leaders you’re including the entirety of the Epstein class but sparing the working class of those nations, that’s understandable. But when not hating us, try to remember that as a whole we are ok with genocide, detention centers with inhumane conditions, international sanctions that cause starvation, extravagant military, drone attacks, etc. You could excuse us by saying our propaganda has greatly skewed our beliefs, and that would be correct. But it’s not hard to see that murder is wrong, even if propagandized, so we have some responsibility. Don’t we have a responsibility to overthrow the leaders?

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      9 hours ago

      Am I to assume world leaders arise from spontaneous generation? Systemic change doesn’t just happen once you take the big baddies out. If Bibi has a brain stroke tomorrow (🙏), Israel will still continue its genocide.

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      12 hours ago

      Both Israel and the US Empire are genocidal settler-colonies. It isn’t simply a problem with their leaders, it’s at a systemic level that both must be dismantled.

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      Then you underestimate the fact, how replacable these leaders are. It isn’t like we would just need better leaders. There is no reform to make this system work for everyone.