I didn’t want to direct this question to Americans specifically because, at this point, other countries have shown support to Israel in one or the other way. If my country was financing this, I would be taking the streets. Shit, I’m right now in the hospital but all I can think about is protesting anyway just to feel I did something to stop this madness.

Are you doing something about this? Are you feeling unsettled? How do you feel about all this mess?

EDIT: So, buying Chinese stuff takes the USS Gerald Ford to Gaza’s coast. Also, TIL that that chocolate my cousin gave me when she was 20 and I was 5, (delicious stuff!) made me a slavist-ish. The fact remains, this genocide is being paid and supported by taxpayers money; of course, I was hoping that most of us didn’t pay taxes wishing for this. Thank you all for your responses, some of them were hard to swallow.

  • @Orbituary
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    I do not. Not one iota. That being said, I’m an American who’s been around the world twice and speaks multiple languages. I consider myself reasonably left, but in this country I am extreme left. Our politicians are bought and paid for by lobbyists. The few who tend to be honest are either marginalized or silenced.

    My vote counts for nothing. I will still vote in earnest.

    • @mawkishdave
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      This is why I started to support rank choice voting like they have in many countries in Europe. It’s not perfect but a nice step forward from what we have.

      • @[email protected]
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        107 months ago

        I’m assuming you meant ranked choice, but the mental image of your typo is quite entertaining.

        • @mawkishdave
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          27 months ago

          Don’t they have tank choice in places like Russia, North Korea, Iran? Thanks for pointing that out and your welcome for the laugh.

      • @Orbituary
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        Agreed. Ranked choice is one of the few ways to vote with your conscience.

    • NoIWontPickaName
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      Contact counts for way more than voting.

      Contact your representative, they don’t know who voted for them, they do know about the people who care enough to call though.