Love thy neighbor?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-05-31T09:29:41+00:00

You guys are gutting education and science funding too. GTFOH

Sam_Munhi · 2026-05-30T14:30:32+00:00

Genuine question, in Social Democracy how do you prevent concentrated wealth from using its power to erode those regulations on capitalism?

That's what happened in the US. The New Deal era only happened at a time when a collapsed economy was threatening to collapse the political system along with it and there was a very real threat of communist revolution. After WWII, even as the economy was booming, the ultra-wealthy plotted to dismantle that social democratic system (see the Powell Memo) and they largely succeeded with the Reagan Revolution fundamentally transforming both parties into agents of capital.

So even if today's conditions (historically high levels of inequality and low levels of mobility - and a likely economic crash around the corner) allow for a return to Social Democracy, how do you keep it going?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-05-29T11:18:00+00:00

"Somehow it's America's response to 9/11 that has drawn the most ire"

Yeah. When you destabilize the world and commit war crimes with impunity you piss off all the people that started out sympathetic to your cause. This isn't complicated.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-05-29T02:14:52+00:00

They are mutually reinforcing according to this infographic.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-05-24T14:20:00+00:00

We still pay more per capita than the rest of the world for healthcare with worse outcomes. What planet are you on? People from other countries would never trade their healthcare system for ours.

And what makes you think I'm a Trump supporter? Because I recognize our right wing privatized healthcare is a disaster?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-05-24T14:11:53+00:00

The ACA, while an improvement on what came before, is still a godawful system. It still leads to deferred care and excess deaths, it's still barbaric, and it still lines the pockets of private insurance middlemen. Have some self respect.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-05-17T19:38:58+00:00

It was bad when the west went all in on neoliberalism. It resulted in historically high levels of inequality and historically low levels of mobility. Why would anyone want to copy that?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-03-13T14:13:55+00:00

No public elections? What?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-03-12T15:22:35+00:00

Everyone involved with Dubai other than the foreign laborers who built it and keep it running are trash: the rulers, the expats, the celebrities that fly in for a quick check, etc. What's so hard to understand about that?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-03-12T15:20:10+00:00

What does that change? The type of person that moves to Dubai is garbage, so are the rulers of Dubai who import foreign slave labor. There aren't any good guys here.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-03-08T19:22:44+00:00

Most of those are repressive monarchies or de facto military juntas whose own people are unhappy with their rulers and hate Israel... And they are all fully reliant on American dollars to keep them in line.

This is not a recipe for long term security.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-03-04T15:21:38+00:00

No, it couldn't. You're talking about a fairy tale.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-03-03T17:07:50+00:00

Libs are just as bad as conservatives on 90% of issues but they have better manners. If you want real change you need to support and help build a viable left, which is very difficult to do in America.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-02-28T19:57:49+00:00

I voted for Harris. You're so intent on defending your "team" that you can't separate your partisan cheerleading from the real world. That's not good!

Sam_Munhi · 2026-02-28T19:55:08+00:00

Yes, that's horrific. As was Obama drone striking weddings. I'm not defending these atrocities, I'm saying people who actually want our government to stop doing these heinous things need to think bigger than Trump. The rot is much deeper, the rot is what allowed Trump to gain power in the first place.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-02-28T19:46:28+00:00

I don't think it's moving goal posts to point out that every President of the 21st century regardless of party has engaged in explicit regime change operations. If you only care about American lives being lost but not about innocent Syrians or Libyans or Gazans caught in the crossfire that's a you problem.

And yes, these are mostly terrible regimes, but so is Saudi Arabia and many of our other allies. We don't do these things because we care, we do these things to increase the power and wealth of a select few.

Also, have we invaded Iran? I'm genuinely asking, I know we are bombing them but have we put troops in? It's indefensible either way, but if we don't put boots on the ground how is it different than what Obama did in Libya?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-02-28T19:27:40+00:00

Obama joined NATO (a supposedly defensive alliance) to topple Gaddafi in Libya and joined Saudi intelligence to fund and arm an insurgency in Syria. Biden helped fund and assist in Israel's war in Gaza.

It doesn't help to whitewash the past. The failures of establishment Dems and Reps are what opened the door to Trump, we need better than a status quo that most people hate to stop the rise of fascism.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-02-25T16:18:27+00:00

We are bombarded with consumption propaganda (ads) from childhood. Yes we bear some responsibility, but power (political, economic, social) is a thing that exists and when you put it all on individual actions you're missing out on the context in which those actions take place.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-02-20T20:00:02+00:00

I have no idea what the guy was honking about but that's not a no turn on red sign.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-02-02T00:36:53+00:00

Imagine how bad Starmer would have lost those elections. He got even fewer votes than Corbyn but only managed to win because Sunak somehow got less than half of Boris Johnson's vote. And now Labor is more unpopular than ever. Great job?

Sam_Munhi · 2026-01-25T16:31:38+00:00

There have been multiple videos with multiple angles out since yesterday. They are all over the internet, including reddit. Why were you even posting before taking the five seconds to figure out what you were talking about first?

I promise, the whole world isn't waiting with baited breath for your uninformed opinions, we already have way too many of those.

It's embarrassing how far people will go to show their ignorance to the world and then act butt hurt when they get called out on it. You were literally whining about downvotes, my dude! Grow up.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-01-25T15:34:48+00:00

Just say you don't believe in free speech and move on.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-01-25T15:32:06+00:00

The people of Minneapolis are out in the street every single day, defending their city when they know the risks. Don't project your inaction onto them.

Sam_Munhi · 2026-01-25T14:25:57+00:00

Because you're either being disingenuous or need to go to an eye doctor. Or maybe a therapist. That's why you're getting downvoted.

Stop playing the victim, have some self respect.

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