Would be really helpful if explained in Marxist terms, especially whether first world capital/superprofits are diverted to Israel in amounts not earned by providing services to power, or having Israel around is unprofitable/counterproductive to US aims/interests. Do other countries experience the same?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 3 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

I think Israel is better understood as an extension of the US. Israel's policy is US policy, they are one.

[–] ClimateStalin@hexbear.net 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (3 children)

My only problem with this idea is that the US treats Israel and Israelis far better than it treats America and Americans.

The US federal government would never, in the modern day, give the level of support it gives Israel to Louisiana. Louisiana barely has schools, Israel has universal healthcare.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 hours ago

Israel needs this level of support to even exist, whereas Louisiana can be neglected and it will continue to be a state. The US is always giving the leastal amount of support possible for its various territories.

The fact that Israel needs so much support just highlights how fragile it really is.

[–] Fingernail2@hexbear.net 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Everyone has to join the military in Israel and take turns guarding the world's biggest concentration camp, possibly becoming 🔻 in the process. The American troops in Israel also get healthcare, even if it probably sucks, but they don't have to go actively carry out the genocide.

Edit: I think part of the belief stems from an idea that Israel receives capital that is undeserved/could be better put to work elsewhere—ie impoverished US communities. But Louisiana isn't a linchpin of empire, it's a sacrifice zone, and I imagine that if the capital didn't go to Israel it would be used for another form of imperialism, not free healthcare in LA.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago

I think the US provides Israel a lot of indulgences. Israel gets things that the US doesn't have partly because it's cheaper to provide them to a small state, but more importantly because they have to provide them. It is part of what props up the state of Israel by giving them internal/domestic support.

load more comments (2 replies)