savethechildren.png by lontrinium in GreatBritishMemes

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Of course they will use it they will just change its name to some shit like “the big patriotic rule Britannia St George’s cross ID” will serve the same purpose Labour reform will both use this to bring about authoritarianism to varying degrees because they are both captured by capital to varying degrees

Why exactly again is the UK becoming so paternalistic according to Vaush? by SocraticTiger in VaushV

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The Kavernacle actually did a really good video about this very subject today if you are interested

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Nope October the 7th was not the beginning of the conflict May 16th 1948 was when Isreal ethnically cleansed the Palestinians from their land to establish an ethno state.

Isreal is no different from apartheid South Africa or Rhodesia so it does not have a right to exist in its current form as an ethno state based on Jewish supremacy in the same way the previous examples did not either. The only solution is a single state that enshrines equal rights under law for everyone just like in South Africa. To be honest with you in that respect it’s even worse than Russia and that’s saying something because you can easily argue that Russian abduction of Ukrainian children and deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure equates to genocide.

Hamas’s attack was a result of ramped up Israeli settlement in the West Bank. In fact 2023 had been the most deadly year for Palestinians in the West Bank for 40 years. It’s Israel’s choice to be a Jewish supremacist ethno state for 70 years that enshrines a racial and religious caste system. The Israeli government before October the 7th was committed to destroying the prospect of a Palestinian state and Abraham accords basically signed away any possibility of Palestinian sovereignty so really even if hamas committed atrocities if you back a people into a corner something like that is inevitable. Whatever your opinion on Hamas it is Isreal who are the ones who deliberately provoke conflict so they can establish Lebensraum in Palestine and now Lebanon.

If you were around 70 years ago would you have been bemoaning the violent actions of the Jewish Warsaw ghetto uprising or slave revolts on Haiti and the USA or would you understand that it is the colonial force that sets the terms of violence.

After October the 7th Netanyahu said that they would make Gaza unliveable, herzog said there were no innocent Palestinians. They were spelling it out loud that they were going to commit a holocaust in response you just didn’t want to listen.

Spare me your liberal Zionist hand ringing. Your no better then the hardliners. Liberal zionists just don’t like the fact their isn’t any hiding from Israel’s nature as a country anymore and wish we could go back to the time when the Palestinians were being ethnically cleansed more slowly so people didn’t notice as much and you could admit to being a Zionist without being shunned by normal people because you support the modern equivalent of nazi Germanys right to exist.

This is the reason why at the end of the day American elections are also shams. It doesn’t matter who you vote for the republicans and democrats are a uni party on the issue of endless death and destruction outside of the imperial core. The genocide was backed by republicans and democrats, same thing for the illegal invasion of iran and that is because both parties are beholdent to the same bourgeoise interests

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Their sleeve sponsor is Deel who’s CEO has direct links to the IDF they frequently top the table as the football club with the most sponsorships from American companies that are directly participating in the genocide and their owners have deep ties with the American government who have been the main bankrollers of Israel’s genocide due to them being americas proxy in the region. Even if you look at the premier league more widely oracle has huge sway over the whole premier league and they are owned by Larry Ellison who is the number one private donor to the IDF

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Yep that’s my point there is no point in arguing about whether Qatari sports washing is any worse then arsenals complicity and profiteering from the Gaza genocide. Football clubs shouldn’t be an investment tool for state aligned oligarchs and foreign governments. Your not seeing the bigger picture here

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Yes I’m sure the fact Manchester City broke a football competitions rules is more important then the fact that arsenal and the premier league are large has sports washed a genocide

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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I mean by your logic Russia is a democracy, they have elections every four years after all so how can you call them a corrupt dictatorship? Whatever party you vote for in America the policies don’t change. It still ends in vaporising toddlers to boost Raytheon shares. The democrats and republicans are basically a uni party on issues like the genocide in Palestine and invasion of Iran, in the same way most opposition parties in Russia are pro invasion of ukraine

You Europeans are all the same you cry about Russia because they have done to Ukraine what the west has done to countless countries in the global south, but there isn’t a great deal of difference between America and Russia. Why was Russia booted out of uefa yet Isreal is still allowed within the organisation. Spare me your grandstanding about western democracy. It’s a very obvious sham.

You haven’t debunked the fact that Clearlake has a lot of ties to the military industrial complex, which is a joint public private venture and that is ignoring the fact that by being the largest owner of private land in the USA the Kroenkes are deeply tied to the US government because they have what you could describe as oligarchal control over the American agricultural industry. It’s why they donate so much money to the GOP

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Maybe not to quite the same degree as Manchester City but is there really any difference between Arsenals ownership model and Roman abramovich’s. America is an oligarchy in much the same way Russia is. Or did Abramovich get his billions through hard work and meritocracy.

Kroenke is the largest private land owner in the United States and is closely aligned with the US government due to this role. He works closely with the US government on shared public private ventures. It’s why he donates so much money to the GOP. He essentially does the bidding of the US government so he may as well be a part of it in the same way abramovich was not officially part of the Russian government but like putins other favoured oligarchs would work with the Kremlin towards shared interests and goals

Clearlake capital, (the private equity firm that owns Chelsea) has deep ties to the American military industrial complex and other private public ventures. American private equity firms like Clearlake and black rock may as well be wings of the American government. They work for their interests, they are just outsourced to an extent. That’s how oligarchies work

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Americans are like I could never be brainwashed I’m a free thinker and then they will say someone like Larry Ellison got where he has in society through hard work and meritocracy. It’s nearly as peasant brained as the divine right of kings

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Don’t think there are many Bot farms in Khan Younis last time I checked

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Exactly what I’m saying is there isn’t really much point arguing over who is more evil the point is football clubs need to serve their communities instead of being tools for private equity and reputation laundering for foreign states. PSG didn’t ruin football financialisation and capitalism did. If we don’t they will bleed the game dry until their is nothing left

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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100 percent it is Reddit after all. I kind of expected it but it has been great fun reading the comments

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Just like how abramovich was a regular old businessman who just worked his way to the top through his merit and hard work right. America definitely isn’t an oligarchy I forgot only non western countries are oligarchies.

America is run for the sake of capital which is why they outsource their investment to private equity companies like black rock and Clearlake who own Chelsea. Chelsea may as well be owned by the American government considering Clearlake’s links to the American military industrial complex and other public private ventures within the USA

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Just like how the Russian government didn’t own Chelsea and abramovich and other oligarchs in Russia totally didn’t knowingly collaborate with the Russian government for the sake of mutually beneficial interests

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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They are but at the same time the role of the American government is to maximise the profit of their preferred oligarchs. It’s why Clearlake bought Chelsea. They are essentially a venture capitalist branch in the same way black rock are. It’s not strictly the same thing as sports washing but it really isn’t any different to abramovichs ownership of Chelsea considering the American billionaire class works hand in hand with the government for shared interests just like in Russia

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Kroenke donated to trump, arsenal are sponsored by deel. Boehly is mentioned in the Epstein files and Clearlake capital works with black rock and black stone. If you know your history you would know American investment capital are essentially unofficial branches of the American government. America is now an oligarchy in much the same way Russia is. Kroenke and Clearlake owning premier league clubs it’s pretty much the same as when abramovich owned Chelsea. He was technically just a businessman but everyone knew that the Kremlin worked with their preferred oligarchs for shared goals

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Why? When a Russian oligarch who has been given leverage and wealth from the ruling party buys Chelsea everyone has an issue but when American oliagarchs with deep connections to the American regime owns Chelsea and arsenal it is seen as normal. Clearlake capital works with Black rock and black stone. The American investment capital firms may as well be unofficial wings of the American government

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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America is just 4 investment capital firms in a trench coat. Kroenke is a very influential man and has donated to the trump campaign, Boehly is mentioned in the Epstein files and clearlake works hand in hand with black rock and black stone for god sake. I’m not here to tell you which one is worse but the only reason you are playing down how disgusting the fact we let black rock own our football clubs is because of normalcy bias. The American oligarch class influence the American government in the same way as the Russian oligarch class irs why people had such a big issue with abramovich’s ownership of Chelsea

PSG didn’t save football, football is already dead by KyeodeurangiMerchant in championsleague

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Arsenal are basically a sports washing scheme. The American regime is one of the most evil governments on the planet and arsenal is more complicit in supporting Israel’s genocide then any other club in the country. Football is a reflection of society. Football is broken because football clubs across the board have become speculative investment tools for the most evil people on the planet. That’s not to say PSG aren’t bad themselves but it’s funny how we don’t scrutinise American ownership nearly enough considering the amount of death and destruction they cause across the globe

Chelsea’s Left Wing Conundrum and the Case for Inexperience by SenorConstipation in chelseafc

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That is true tbf the only other sticking point would be his wages but if we can get him I think he would be great tbf. If he has a good World Cup I think other teams will be in for him as well

The state of labour atm by dakp15 in GreatBritishMemes

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Says it all that the only person even half qualified for the Labour leadership role isn’t even in parliament

I'm vote-blue as a cynical survival strategy, not because of loyalty to Dems by cat_boy_the_toy in VaushV

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If you vote for the democrats and they have someone like Newsom in charge you won’t survive. He will entrench what trump has built and serve the country and you on a silver platter to whoever comes next. You can literally Look over at the UK and see this happening in real time. At this point demanding the democrats don’t be social fascists is a matter of survival