If something stands above capitalism and controls it, then that is the governing philosophy and deserves the -ism, not capital.
capitalism isn’t a form of governance it’s an economic system.
Democracy is a form of governance, so is plutocracy, or monarchy, or aristocracy.
Many different forms of governance can structure their economy using capitalism.
But a capitalist economy will always push the current form government towards plutocracy
you’re conflating capitalism with plutocracy.
And yeah, capitalism will lead to plutocracy if left unchecked, but they’re not the same thing.
Calling an imperialist empire anti-imperialist
peak tankie brainrot
weird how the changing reality on the ground paints a different picture to your cope fantasy
Ukraine’s lost on the ground, but now have unlimited drones to make up for the lack of manpower.
They are compensating for a lack of manpower with superior drone capabilities.
Framing that as “lost on the ground” is some serious mental gymnastics.
Not only have they not “lost on the ground”, they have now gained the upper hand on the ground.
The expression you’re looking for is “ad hominem”
And no, this was clearly not ad hominem
The opposition of two usernames, one extremely crass and one extremely bland is indeed a bit funny. It was an actual, and quite obvious joke.
Also, you didn’t really make an argument, you stated an opinion. One I kind of share I might add. Most/all people I have tagged as “Tankie” or “Vatnik” (which isn’t many since I only joined recently) seem to be from .ml
Even in 2023 Israel was the aggressor. In response to Israel geocoding Palestinians Hezbollah launched rockets on occupied land, Israel went and targeted civilians infrastructures and Lebanese civilians.
Dude, you said Israel is the aggressor when only looking at Israel and Hezbollah and then include Palestine.
So are we looking at only Israel and Hezbollah, or are we looking at Israel, Hezbollah, and other factions? And if so, why are we only including the factions that help your case, instead of all factions involved?
You are treating this as a sports match, it’s fucking not.
The context of the post is israel vs hizbollah. It that context the only agressor is Israel.
that’s complete bullshit.
If you take the timeline starting in 2026, then either Israel and the US are the aggressors and the scope is bigger than just Israel and Hezbollah, or you insist on limiting it to only Israel and Hezbollah but Hezbollah are the aggressors.
If you start from 2023, then again, if you only look at Israel and Hezbollah, then Hezbollah are the aggressors.
If you expand the timeline beyond that you really cannot limit the scope to just those two belligerents, because all the regional conflicts are way too interwoven.
Trying to look for simplistic good vs bad framing might be appealing but is ultimately dishonest.
I said both are aggressors, not both are equally evil.
Sorry, but clearly the people defending their country are the defenders.
Yes, the Lebanese army.
The IDF and Hezbollah are the aggressors.
it implies the Lebanese are the aggressors
no, it doesn’t. It implies that Hezbollah are aggressors, which they are, just as much as Israel.
The Lebanese are the victims of both.
if she doesn’t have any data on the benefits (and she doesn’t, because there aren’t) then the question regarding harms is moot to begin with. Don’t cut up children’s bodies without a medical necessity, period.