rivermonster

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[–] rivermonster 16 points 1 year ago

It's frustrating for the super-rich when an extremely popular method of laundering money proves to be filled with shady characters. LMFAO.

[–] rivermonster -3 points 1 year ago

You will find regularly on Lemmy the call for the destruction of Israel. They literally mean Jews shouldn't have a homeland. Many radicals are this way, including among the "Palestinians", that's why they have rejected a 2-state solution with Israel five times.

[–] rivermonster -2 points 1 year ago

These Hamas recruits are fucking insane man. LOL

[–] rivermonster 18 points 1 year ago

Absolutely, I'm dying for some details, and what a massive loss for Russia. If true, they won't be able to use these most effectively (having to force them to stand off) or possibly at all (deoensing on what happened). That would definitely be massive

[–] rivermonster 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's fine that you want to vent. Go ahead and raise that fist to the sky and give it hell, kiddo!

If misdirecting that at me makes you feel better, do it. Rock on, and I'm glad I could help. I hope you feel better!

[–] rivermonster -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but OP was asking for more than a single high-level example. And, again, exclusively answering colonialism would be disingenuous if we implied that was THE answer instead of part of it.

[–] rivermonster 1 points 1 year ago

Quoting myself here...

Here are some topics but NOT an exhaustive list:

Thought debt could go into some of the other categories. Calling it out individually or under a broader umbrella of economics would be fine, too. It's just a suggestion list for OP to research.

[–] rivermonster 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Many of the issues CAN be and are linked to colonialism, reread what I wrote.

Yes, your points are pertinent and support problems that colonialism is relevant to, I did not claim otherwise.

However, you're clearly focused on negatives and crimes (in many cases rightfully so) the US has caused. But the question wasn't exclusive to the US and is not exclusive to the US.

For the OPs question, trying to exclusively link everything to or overstate the colonial influence is an example of what I was saying as well.

It's comforting to pretend that we just say one word "colonialism" and think that now we're experts on the subject. But there's so much more than colonialism, which again is a big factor (the first I listed), and overemphasis of it while disregarding the other real issues and nuances is counterproductive to learning.

[–] rivermonster 5 points 1 year ago (7 children)

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