▲ 297 ▼ Biden sharply critisizes Netanyahu’s government, saying Israel is losing support worldwide over ‘indiscriminate bombing’ in Gaza (www.washingtonpost.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 51 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] VelvetStorm@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) Not worried about killing kids just worried how it will make him look. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago It's the neoliberal way. A few hundred dead Palestinian kids isn't going to worry a wealthy neoliberal. Not their kids, not their country. But "bombing targets going unbombed" fundamentally means "profits going unprofited" and that's an idea that brings a neoliberal out in a cold sweat. Ultimately, Biden's statement is just his part in the pantomime. He's doing the "left-wing neoliberal" thing where he does exactly the same horrific shit as the right-wing neoliberals, but he frowns while he does it. If he doesn't frown hard enough, he might lose the election, but it's not going to stop the children being blown up or the neoliberals profiting from it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago It's the neoliberal way. A few hundred dead Palestinian kids isn't going to worry a wealthy neoliberal. Not their kids, not their country. But "bombing targets going unbombed" fundamentally means "profits going unprofited" and that's an idea that brings a neoliberal out in a cold sweat. Ultimately, Biden's statement is just his part in the pantomime. He's doing the "left-wing neoliberal" thing where he does exactly the same horrific shit as the right-wing neoliberals, but he frowns while he does it. If he doesn't frown hard enough, he might lose the election, but it's not going to stop the children being blown up or the neoliberals profiting from it. permalink fedilink source parent