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In a proper world right now we should be retreating from the Middle East completely and let them play it out. Literally how does it affect us if the Taliban is in power in Afghanistan they want nothing to do with us just let them do their thing
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Anonymous 8w

On the one hand I think the US’s involvement in the Middle East has been predominantly harmful and is mostly motivated by oil. But I conceptually don’t like “ignore bad things overseas” because that’s how the Rwandan genocide happened, and influenced the US ignoring the Holocaust

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Anonymous 8w

You slap the label of colonization on any overseas action we take. Relegating ourselves to the global cuck chair and ignoring the people who need our help is good for nobody. If we were grandstanding about so-called “colonialism” like this during the second world war, Europe would currently be Nazi Germany, and maybe we would too, because believe it or not, the stuff that happens beyond our borders DOES eventually reflect on us.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

It has no affect on us in any way. World war 2 was different bc we were already allies with Britain beforehand and Japan attacked us directly. Rwanda recovered from the genocide very fast and is now a leader in sub Saharan Africa

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Anonymous 8w

Obviously but it’s not our place to intervene that’s a form of colonialism

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Anonymous 8w

“Trying to teach others” they don’t want our help

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Anonymous 8w

Theres women being abused here too, you realize the Spanish conquistadors or the British empire had a similar mentality of “making the world better”

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Anonymous 8w

Exactly so educate those Americans then. Don’t go marching into other countries whose cultures and religions you don’t understand and tell them how to run their society.

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Anonymous 8w

U need to start seeing things from a decolonial lens

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Anonymous 8w

Fascism is a western concept and seen in the countries that have been colonized by the west. Retreating from the world is exactly the way to stop fascism

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Anonymous 8w

Retreating from the global empire is exactly decolonization…

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Anonymous 8w

No??? When Lenin overthrew the oppressive tsar Russia retreated from all its imperial wars and started focusing on its people

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Anonymous 8w

You clearly don’t understand our imperialism around the world IS the fascist regime if you care about stopping that this is exactly how

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 8w

Are you forgetting that Trotsky existed and he wanted to liberate the rest of the world? To eliminate suffering in your own country but refusing to eliminate suffering abroad is to allow suffering to occur.

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Anonymous 8w

Globalism led by who?? Who makes the rules in your dream globalist order??

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 8w

And what happened to Trotsky? Lenin saw he was wrong

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Anonymous 8w

Global shifts in nearly every facet of life has it occurred to you that wanting a shift in nearly every facet in the life of someone in a different country can be considered colonialism itself. Again it’s a white savior trope. What will you do about cultural practices that you consider oppressive for example

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Anonymous 8w

Do you not see how it is problematic to overhaul every nation in the world to the way you see fit

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Anonymous 8w

The real solution is simple, make an impact to stop fascism in your own country and let the rest of the world do what they want

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 8w

dk why this didnt go under the right comment

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