▲ 226 ▼ What can US citizens do to fight/prevent their country enabling genocide? (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Pat12@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 116 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) You make it sound like Israel actually pays for it's weapons! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're saying they don't pay for their weapons? Pretty sure we would stop selling them weapons if they weren't ever paying for them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I am indeed saying that. Remember that the US government doesn't have state run arms industries: the money is going to private companies regardless of whether Israel buys them, or the US government buys them and gifts them to Israel. It's not about money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) True we don't have state run arms industries but never think the military industrial complex isn't part of the government. In America it's always about the money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago Yeah, but the military industrial complex still gets its cut when the US gifts Israel weapons, it just comes from the US tax payers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're saying they don't pay for their weapons? Pretty sure we would stop selling them weapons if they weren't ever paying for them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I am indeed saying that. Remember that the US government doesn't have state run arms industries: the money is going to private companies regardless of whether Israel buys them, or the US government buys them and gifts them to Israel. It's not about money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) True we don't have state run arms industries but never think the military industrial complex isn't part of the government. In America it's always about the money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago Yeah, but the military industrial complex still gets its cut when the US gifts Israel weapons, it just comes from the US tax payers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 child) I am indeed saying that. Remember that the US government doesn't have state run arms industries: the money is going to private companies regardless of whether Israel buys them, or the US government buys them and gifts them to Israel. It's not about money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) True we don't have state run arms industries but never think the military industrial complex isn't part of the government. In America it's always about the money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago Yeah, but the military industrial complex still gets its cut when the US gifts Israel weapons, it just comes from the US tax payers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) True we don't have state run arms industries but never think the military industrial complex isn't part of the government. In America it's always about the money. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago Yeah, but the military industrial complex still gets its cut when the US gifts Israel weapons, it just comes from the US tax payers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago Yeah, but the military industrial complex still gets its cut when the US gifts Israel weapons, it just comes from the US tax payers. permalink fedilink source parent