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davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

What I think Thiel and his sycophants want is for him or someone in his circle to be made fascist god-emperor and so be commander-in-chief of the feds. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

Anyone from the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_agencies#In_national_security.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in State Department official resigns over Biden’s approach to Gaza crisis: ‘Failure of American politics’

Presumably the downvoter has faith that Josh Paul will abandon liberalism and embrace socialism.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in State Department official resigns over Biden’s approach to Gaza crisis: ‘Failure of American politics’

In all likelihood Josh Paul will remain a liberal, as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden have.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

But seriously, under capitalism, the oligarchs, the state, and organized crime (including fascist gangs) always have symbiotic relationships.

Also, the FBI are cops, and all cops are bastards. They’re not going to save us from Trumpism or fascism. Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant

Peter Thiel changed his relationship with the Military-Spook-Industrial Complex to It’s complicated.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in 'I Couldn't Shift Anything': Senior State Department Official Resigns Over Biden's Gaza Policy

The American people have more than enough arms in their own homes to defend against a Canadian or Mexican invasion. We don’t need a military in the least; maybe keep the National Guard, but that’s it.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Exclusive: ‘Culture Of Silence’ In Biden Admin Stifling Debate About Israel’s Actions In Gaza, Sources Say

Responsible Statecraft brings the receipts: Thanks to Biden, the War Party is back: The president’s policies reflect his appointments: ideologues who should have retired after previous foreign policy debacles

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Exclusive: ‘Culture Of Silence’ In Biden Admin Stifling Debate About Israel’s Actions In Gaza, Sources Say

Remember the neocons who perpetrated the horrific, illegal, failed Iraq & Afghanistan wars and the related illegal torture program? Well they’re in top positions of power under Biden right now. They didn’t get trials or punishments, they got promotions.

You don’t get ahead in Washington by having a moral backbone; you get ahead by proving you’ll do the most heinous, compromising things imaginable when asked to.

davel OP , 9 months ago to worldnews in Chris Hedges: Israel’s Culture of Deceit: Israel […] is the least trustworthy source about the bombing of the hospital in Gaza

The sole vote against the most milquetoast of resolutions, using their veto power again even their own ostensible allies. Just unconscionable.

davel OP , 9 months ago to worldnews in Chris Hedges: Israel’s Culture of Deceit: Israel […] is the least trustworthy source about the bombing of the hospital in Gaza

His interview with Norman Finkelstein, who dedicated 40 years of his scholarly work on the Palestinians’ plight: www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0aemeCbRTk

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in “We have definitely lost the battle in the Global South,” said one senior G7 diplomat. "Forget about rules, forget about world order. They won’t ever listen to us again.”

The Financial Times, The Economist, and The Wall Street Journal are important outlets because the capitalists speak relatively frankly amongst themselves there.

davel , 9 months ago to asklemmy in If I'm over 25, is it still too late for me to "learn" French or can I just watch French sitcoms for like a year and be up-to-speed?

If you want a rough comparison of the relative difficulty for a native English speaker to learn different languages, the US military’s Defense Language Institute’s guidelines are well-regarded, and they consider Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese to be the easiest.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in “We have definitely lost the battle in the Global South,” said one senior G7 diplomat. "Forget about rules, forget about world order. They won’t ever listen to us again.”

I don’t know if you know this, downvoter, but A New Hope was about the Vietnam War, and the US and its allies were the baddies.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in “We have definitely lost the battle in the Global South,” said one senior G7 diplomat. "Forget about rules, forget about world order. They won’t ever listen to us again.”

The Global South is wise to the Global North’s dept trap grift now, and they’re not falling for it anymore.