Post #4505782

2026-08-07 06:45 UTC

Weird to not just say ‘yes’. Regarding the tax dollars he’s correct though. I think US foreign spendings are based on china and allies are enemies and the need of strategic military bases/puppet states. I mean wtf pakistan has nukes… On the other hand there’s happy trading with their declared enemies.

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@NewDark@lemmy.today 2026-08-07 09:53

No state has a right to exist. Does the confederacy have a right to exist? Does Rhodesia have a right to exist? Does Nazi Germany have a right to exist? States are imaginary land borders we make up for governments and those don’t have rights.

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@Binturong@lemmy.ca 2026-08-07 13:24

It’s the question that’s weird actually. Does anyone ever ask if Australia has a right to exist? Does anyone ask if America has a right to exist? It’s called sowing doubt, and it’s always in this context and it’s always the same goal in this current media ecosystem. Abdul is just demonstrating the nature of the question which you simply don’t see people do, either becuase media outlets coach them not to, or they’re caught off guard by the implicit gaslighting. If you and I had a public conversation and I, unprovoked, kept asking you if I have a right to live, people watching might start to think you don’t think I do regardless of how you answer despite how absurd the question is to ask in what we consider civilized society.

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