Soul_Greatsword

Good point. I'd say that the historical struggle of the Irish is still worth paying attention to.

Class traitors shouldn't condemn the populations they come from.

They were treated like dirt by the English.

I think they are, it's too on the nose.

Buuut I know some people see trans inclusion in war/imperialism to be a good thing.

This could be a play on that?

Sure, that's a take.

You can conclude from there that all forms of exploitation are fine because consent didn't exist anyway, or you can leave it in the trash.

Philosophical gymnastics divorced from grounded materialism that leave us with "nothing is real, everything is permitted" nonsense don't have utility in Marxist discussion.

Sorry about the sass, I think it's a topic that sets me off.

Fair point. Such a change of course would likely mean less genocide (although the existence of nuclear weapons makes this somewhat less than guaranteed).

That said, a less secure Israel might lose a large chunk of it's population and industry. Many Israelis have dual citizenships that make leaving fairly easy. Israel as we know it could very well collapse.

The US sees the existence of Israel as strategically important. The constant flow of weapons and other resources into it is clear evidence of this (if the words of it's leaders somehow wasn't).

Before the US it was the UK and for a time even Nazi Germany, albeit before Israel formally existed.

If the US knew that Israel could fill it's strategic role without further investment it would transfer those resources to another project. That's ample evidence that Israel requires these resources.

The US didn't create a state governed and populated by radicals, but they required it.

Chinese "not a martial people."

My guy, they literally wrote the book on war.

Yep. Many westerners already manage to be racists without having an excuse. An immigrant with views considered anti-west is going to be ostracized if they are lucky.

I've largely interacted with students and can say that my experience is the reverse. They have been either apolitical or quite pro-communism/pro-China.

Buttering hard to reach bread, probably.

Not bad.

You make a good point. Nationalism in socialist projects still deserves scrutiny.