- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- politics@lemmy.world
Not only is Trump leveling science funding at NASA, like he did with the National Science Foundation, but look closely at the budget. Beginning next year at 800 million and by 2030, 3.5 billion (nearly 20% of its budget), NASA is required to work towards “Commercial Moon and Mars Infrastructure and Transportation”. The ultimate subsidy for the commercial space sector.
They also eliminated STEM engagement program, which provided funding for the next generation of scientists to participate in NASA opportunities. I can’t wait for all this greatness Trump has been preaching to arrive.
My country is in serious trouble but at least we never ran over protesting college students with tanks and then washed them down the drains.
Israel runs over people with its US tanks and it’s the 51st state, so, let’s not throw stones in this big shitty glass house?
Thanks for the whataboutism. Israel can go fuck itself too, they are worse at the moment.
I don’t need everyone else to be perfect to level valid criticism.
The US is directly responsible for the innocent people that Israel kills. It’s the 51st state. They are so fundamentally connected and Israel is so deeply reliant on the US for economic and military and legal connections that it is impossible to separate the two.
Israel would probably cease to exist if the US didn’t give them unlimited backing and support.
You know what that means? That means it’s not fucking “”“whataboutism”“” to bring up Israel! Israel’s crimes are US’s crimes.
We weren’t talking about Israel. That’s why it’s whataboutism regardless of the veracity of your claims.
We are talking about Israel, because we are talking about the US. It’s the 51st state. You don’t get to separate the two as if they are totally different countries that are unrelated to each other. Israel’s crimes are US crimes.
The United States is comprised of 50 states so your hyperbole is going nowhere. Israel is a separate nation no matter how close friends the pair of assholes are. You have not countered my argument.
Your only argument seems to be “well there’s only 50 stars on the flag, so, checkmate 😏”. Israel isn’t a real nation, it’s just an extension of the US empire. Israel literally can not exist without US support and the US will give Israel unlimited support no matter what. They’re intertwined so deeply that they can’t be separated. Israel would collapse the instant the US stopped propping it up.
I repeat, it’s not a real country. It was created with the stroke of a pen and will end with one. Israel’s crimes are US crimes.
You don’t get it yet, but I think you will. I don’t even need to win this argument. History will do it for me.
Its totally okay to criticise crimes against humanity, as I said. But china hate is not rooted in reality. They did wrong, as did everyone else.
Please note the very real situation I mentioned above. That’s reality whether China wants to try and scrub it from history or not. The fact that they won’t even let their citizens discuss it is telling enough. They deserve the hate.
I read that and I am aware that this has happened. I never said it didnt happen, neither did I say that it is somehow not horrendous. I’m asking you to think about the elephant in the room: horrendous things are done regularly by most developed countries. Why is china the big bad? I’m okay to learn something new, how about you?
Where did I say they were THE big bad? I’m ok with hating all authoritarian regimes including the one I live under.
Why are you so big on defending their image?
You’re in for a bad surprise. Especially living in so called democracies, we are not asked an neither are the people who are killed by them. We’re being silenced just as much.
I’m not defending anyones image. I just dont like blanket statements. I’m currently fighting fascists in the country i live in and people are being executed. Its not cool.