bartolomeo

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What was Israel's rationale for bombing Iran's embassy in Syria and killing 12 Iranians? Revenge for what?

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 20 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You can just support international law, you don't have to choose between Israel and Iran. Embassies are considered soverign soil of the nation they represent and so bombing an embassy is a direct attack on another country. When Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 they got sanctioned by the international community. There are plenty of other examples in recent history of consequences for aggression. The only question is why is Israel exempt from consequences that apply to other countries? That's what this false dichotomy (Israel vs. Iran/Hamas/Hezbollah etc.) is trying to mask- instead of asking why Israel is exempt from legal consequences it changes the dialogue to "if you don't support Israel then you support terrorism" and thereby nullifies international law since the law is applied selectively.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 62 points 6 months ago (14 children)

Inb4 lemmy supports Iran

Lots of false equivalances related to this war but being against Israel bombing an embassy in another country is not the same as supporting Iran. You don't have to choose between Israel and Iran, you have to choose between Israel and international law / human rights.

Phrasing it as "if you don't support Israel then you support Iran (or Hamas, Hezbolla etc.)" is to disregard the importance of international law and the fact that it applies to everyone.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Racism?

On top of that, he is the child of a Holocaust survivor. They say "Never Again" but the guy is literally doing it right now.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 31 points 6 months ago
[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, that's true. At the same time though, the above points can be made about articles reporting some outrageous or stupid thing Trump said, but is it really necessary to publish such a piece or would resources be better spent elsewhere? I guess it depends on the goal of the outlet- progress, propaganda, or profit.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But they were all of them deceived, for another bong was made.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 24 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Why does the article mention his stupid opinion and then refute it with statistics?

At the turn of the millennium, the median house sold in the U.S. went for $165,300, per the St Louis Fed.

By the end of 2023 that median had increased more than 150% to over $417,000—excluding a peak at the end of 2022 when it sat at near $480,000.

The National Association of Realtors has highlighted income hasn't kept pace—for more than half of 2023, the median family income didn't meet the qualifying income to be able to purchase an existing home with a 20% deposit.

For those who may want to move out of their mother's basement, rent has also more than doubled in the past 20 years while the median household income has increased just 10%, per the St Louis Fed.

Just leave that ghoul in the dustbin and quit feeding him.

Edit: next do FBI agents:

https://www.wbur.org/npr/1243982287/fbi-agents-housing-costs

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 7 points 6 months ago

"Nobody can have any interest in regional escalation [except Israel],” the German ministry said. “All players in the region [except Israel] are called upon to act responsibly and exercise restraint.”

Did we mention Israel is exempt from international law? That's called supremacy.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 16 points 6 months ago

No surprise the colonizers want the same "2 state solution" the Native Americans got.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No, they are highly subsidized, have a cartel, and have access to legislators (if you think U.S. lobbying is bad, Gazprom is owned by an oligarch and Aramco is literally the royal family's business). The success of their business model (or failure if you look at it in reality) hinges on supression of information, supression of competition, price fixing, violence etc.

These companies only produce this much because that is what they need to do to get the profit they expect, and last year they decided to produce a little less because they wanted a little more profit. It has nothing to do with consumer choice because consumers for the most part don't have a choice.

Buy 2nd hand, go without, repair, repurpose, grow some food if you can.

[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Taxes in theory reduce consumption because the price increases, like the 25% tax on Chinese EVs levied by the U.S. to protect... the fossil fuel industry.

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