Imperial interests may be served (if inconsistently) by our bolstering of the state of Israel, but this support also does the U.S. incalculable harm. The severe beatdown we'll get if we try to attack Iran at Israel's behest will exponentially speed up the death of this empire. I would welcome it if so many people were not expected to fall victim to the ensuing conflagration. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon will make out like bandits--pretty much the whole point in the minds of Congress and other constituents of the death machine--but a broken world chaotic beyond repair will make life difficult even for the oligarchs of a warmongering empire. Empires have usually understood that they could not afford for unlimited hatred of them to flourish, which is why so many tolerated the diversity of their conquered lands. As with many other lessons, this is one the U.S. has failed to learn, so it pays for a genocide with nary a thought to the inevitable blowback.
Some ideas and examples of what can be done in individual states: Oregon health authority suspended covid vaccines; North Dakota banking system, state owned, state run banking system helps its people survive climate disasters. Their banks are doing very well. Let the revolution begin!
Imperial interests may be served (if inconsistently) by our bolstering of the state of Israel, but this support also does the U.S. incalculable harm. The severe beatdown we'll get if we try to attack Iran at Israel's behest will exponentially speed up the death of this empire. I would welcome it if so many people were not expected to fall victim to the ensuing conflagration. Lockheed Martin and Raytheon will make out like bandits--pretty much the whole point in the minds of Congress and other constituents of the death machine--but a broken world chaotic beyond repair will make life difficult even for the oligarchs of a warmongering empire. Empires have usually understood that they could not afford for unlimited hatred of them to flourish, which is why so many tolerated the diversity of their conquered lands. As with many other lessons, this is one the U.S. has failed to learn, so it pays for a genocide with nary a thought to the inevitable blowback.
Some ideas and examples of what can be done in individual states: Oregon health authority suspended covid vaccines; North Dakota banking system, state owned, state run banking system helps its people survive climate disasters. Their banks are doing very well. Let the revolution begin!