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So-called ‘American dream’ is more like a nightmare for workers today (themilitant.com)

submitted 1 month ago by UniversalMonk@lemmy.world to c/socialism@lemmy.ml

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[–] bufalo1973@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

"It's called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it" George Carlin

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You do realise you're promoting a Zionist outfit right?

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 1 points 1 month ago

Example article of this being the case.

[+] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like the Socialist Workers Party.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Do you support the call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza?

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I wish there was a ceasefire and that they could find peace.

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How does this square with not just supporting but promoting an organisation that is opposed to that?

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Which organization that I am supporting is against peace in the middle east?

[–] maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don't be coy. You know very well I'm speaking about the US SWP. Here is a quote from an April 29 article in The Militant:

The greatest danger to Jews and all the oppressed in the region and worldwide is the call for a ceasefire before Hamas has been defeated and its leadership and command structures demolished.

I ask again, do you support an immediate ceasefire? If so how does that square with your ongoing support and promotion of an organisation, the US SWP, that is opposed to an immediate ceasefire?

The question is not whether you support 'peace in the Middle East' or whether an organisation whose articles you share and whose election campaign you promote supposedly supports 'peace in the Middle East' so please try answering the question posed above directly.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.world -4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I ask again, do you support an immediate ceasefire?

And I said yes I do, but I still want Hamas defeated. And in a non-violent way, tho that is very unrealistic in today's world.

If so how does that square with your ongoing support and promotion of an organisation, the US SWP, that is opposed to an immediate ceasefire?

Because I think the good things they do outweigh the disagreements I have with them. Now you may not, and that is totally your right.

But it's my right to have my own opinions as well. Even if they differ from yours.

Just like many people who are voting for Harris, even tho they disagree with her on the current political problems and Hamas.

I like the SWP, and I am voting SWP. It's that simple.