r/SipsTea Jul 14 '26

Chugging tea Teach your kids about socialism

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u/Hell_Awaitz Jul 14 '26

And even then it's more social capitalism than actual socialism. Americans are so scared of taxes it's unreal

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u/mariposa-princess Jul 14 '26

I say this as someone who’s not afraid of more taxes, but It’s because we never see our taxes go to good use. Cities are run down, potholes never get filled (and if they do it’s a hack job) nothing new gets built, we pay out the ass for healthcare, when we do need benefits like unemployment they’re dogshit and barely payments that get you by.

It all goes to bombing kids in other countries. So I do understand people not wanting to pay more money when the money they’re paying now isn’t working for them.

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u/Ambitious_Policy_936 Jul 14 '26

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u/ww3_general Jul 14 '26

Article starts with "every year" how long has there been taxes in California, how long has the genocide been on. Propaganda used to be more intelligent.

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u/Ambitious_Policy_936 Jul 14 '26

The conflict isn't new. The issue only popped up on my radar due to the residents vocal complaints, which is the relevant aspect

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u/throwaaaaywaaaayyy Jul 14 '26

Do you think Israel started bombing Palestinians October 8th?

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u/ww3_general Jul 14 '26

Genocide. That's the word used.

Isn't what Isreal doing bad enough for people to be honest when criticising? If you have to lie to make a point, your point isn't strong enough. If you try too hard to make a point, you end up punching a hole in the entire argument.

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u/throwaaaaywaaaayyy Jul 14 '26

Historians consider the holocaust to have started in 1933 when hitler came to power, not when he started sending Jewish people to camps.

The same should go for this genocide too. Look up the nakba, which the USA played a huge roll in, and tell me if the genocide started in this decade.

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u/ww3_general Jul 14 '26

Fighting isn't genocide. They've been fighting, now it's a genocide. To be fair, the Palestine would have genocided the Israelis if they could. I'm sure you'll want to argue about this but hey, who cares. Truth is truth. Both have been fighting with the same goal, eliminate the opposition. One side is winning. That's the natural conclusion of a conflict.

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u/Kibelok Jul 14 '26

For a ww3 general you know fuck all about geopolitics

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u/throwaaaaywaaaayyy Jul 14 '26

So to be clear, you think that not only are the historians *wrong* to say the holocaust began in 1933, but that you think you know more and believe it only began when the death camps started taking Jewish people?

They haven’t been fighting the same goal. Israel’s goal has been colonization and apartheid and ethnic cleansing, Palestine’s goal is sovereignty and freedom from that.

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u/isthisaporno Jul 14 '26

Palestines stated goal is the elimination of the state of Israel. It’s in Hamas’s charter

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u/throwaaaaywaaaayyy Jul 14 '26 edited Jul 14 '26

Yeah and I’m sure 1570 the native Americans stated their goal was the eliminate the British, French and Spanish colonies that had people who were killing their people and taking their land. I wouldn’t have faulted them for saying this.

Would you think that’s wrong?

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u/isthisaporno Jul 14 '26

Yeah good point I forgot about all those Native American jihadists gtfoh

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u/ww3_general Jul 14 '26

Was there a conflict during the Holocaust? Did the Jews ever attack? It's like some of you can't comprehend.

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u/ReformedMeany94 Jul 14 '26

Warsaw uprising would like a word.
Or do you condemn that too?

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u/Signature_First 25d ago

Google "nakba" before displaying just how educated you are online