Botond173
6d ago
And it's not even like all Jews support Israel!
I'm pretty sure it's not even a majority of them at this point, as long as we use the expression 'support for Israel' in the Likudnik / AIPAC-ist context.
Botond173
6d ago
What do they do with international finance and global media, exactly?
If the word 'your' in that context is a reference to the globalist goyim elite, then yes, the original statement is technically correct, I guess.
Botond173
6d ago
I opened the link and I don't see any evidence there that he's a groyper.
I saw a short snippet of the interview in which he declared himself to be the admirer of Stalin of all people, so I'm inclined to agree with you. Then again, maybe it was a deepfake.
Botond173
7d ago
Well, yes, it's sexist. Then again, society is also sexist, as are most women.
Botond173
7d ago
If you consider your husband icky and feel stuck in a marriage, and would prefer to simply get divorced on "grounds" you just don't want to be married anymore, but you can't legally do so because no-fault divorce isn't on the books and your husband has technically not done anything that is grounds for divorce, than yes, I suppose it does feel like a personal problem. It violates your feelings, just like the lack of rape shield laws do. You feel wronged.
Botond173
7d ago
One tenet that was getting repeated on those sites is that women don't understand cause and effect well because it's unnecessary for childrearing.
Botond173
7d ago
There were even sayings like "never talk about religion or politics at work" that were attempting to crystalize that wisdom in people's heads.
When Laurens defect from this unwritten norm, it means they are convinced that their side won the culture war.
I agree with the broad Manosphere / Red Pill interpretation of the feminist slogan "the personal is political", namely that it’s the expression of the simple concept that women, as opposed to men, have an interest in pursuing political solutions to remedy or alleviate their personal problems. These include: no-fault divorce, rape shield laws, punitive child support and alimony laws, affirmative action, the Duluth Model etc. For men, the reverse is true: the political is personal. Namely: political developments have a potential effect on their personal lives, and their only resort are personal options, not political countermeasures. I know this is completely off-topic, my bad.
Botond173
8d ago
No problem. I should have posted a response that is a bit more detailed. In terms of known crude oil reserves per country, Iraq apparently ranks second in the entire world after Saudi Arabia. Sanctioning their oil exports indefinitely was clearly an untenable situation, which is another reason why sooner or later an US president was bound to appear on the scene with the determination to finish the job there.
Botond173
8d ago
On a related note, we once had a bit of a discussion about Wikipedia articles on the Hajnal Line and Hajnal himself, which showed evidence of blatant leftist bias and propaganda. I just revisited it and it seems to have been partially rolled back. Maybe the world is indeed healing.
Botond173
9d ago
The obvious problem with the Kuwaiti, Iranian and Libyan examples, as opposed to the interventions in Panama and Grenada, is that the military operation, no matter how splendid, did not result in the long-term political settlement of the crisis that prompted the invasion in the first place. It’s difficult to imagine a scenario after all where the 1991 Gulf War is not followed by another Gulf War eventually. Also, the Libyan regime stayed in power and kept supporting terrorist groups after 1986 as well (I suppose). In the case of Kosovo I think the long-term negative repercussions are too palpable. The ‘rule-based international order’ might have worked in another scenario but surely was never going to work after Kosovo.
Botond173
9d ago
Military interventionism during his presidency was rather limited in scope though.
Botond173
9d ago
The Christian Right also supported him in the belief that he'll help them advance their goals. In fact, the opposite happened. At the same time, the Left largely completed the Long March through the institutions with most distracted Reagan supporters not even noticing.
Botond173
9d ago
The Soviet Bloc was a spent force by the time he assumed office. Their best available future option was ongoing stagnation followed by limited market reforms that end up preserving the political system while abandoning the Cold War, as in the case of Cuba and Vietnam.
Botond173
9d ago
Were there any short, sharp and successful interventions besides Grenada and Panama?
Botond173
9d ago
Apples and oranges. The demythologization of FDR would necessarily entail the demythologization of the American role in WW2, and I wonder if Democrat-aligned normies are ready for that. In Reagan’s case there’s no such taboo present.
This reminds me of some article I read ages ago on The American Conservative which, in the context of some other mostly unrelated subject, argued that the main cultural force actually driving popular support for Israel in the US is Reaganist boomers picturing Israel as a second Saigon. Their attitude being: we abandoned Saigon like traitors and cowards in the face of the conquering enemy, so we owe it to ourselves to always support Israel, because reasons. The author then argued that the one thing we can surely state about this sentiment is that it has zero relevance to any American born after 1960 or so.
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