She’s also less likely to be disappeared than others.
Honestly I feel this is her playing to her advantages - Israel can (and does) sink ships carrying aid - and while I have utmost respect for the crews and aid volunteers on those ships - Israel doesn’t - and having a high profile person on board that Israel knows is bad PR if they kill provides some safety for the whole crew.
Ok, let me propose a theory:
In this context the timing was perfect for everyone’s domestic problems. Israel’s massive protests vanished overnight. US defense spending got bipartisan support for the first time in years. Every incumbent got their foreign crisis distraction while defense contractors cashed in.
The world’s eyes switched from Ukraine, domestic failures, and economic problems to picking sides in Gaza. Defense budgets exploded, energy markets destabilized profitably, and populations rallied around their governments while ignoring corruption at home.
And that totally is the playbook of disaster capitalism. Don’t be a useful idiot for the war profiteers. Demand your government oppose blank-check military spending, and support peace negotiations over arms deals.
ah yes the classic “you made me repeatedly punch you in the face because I was afraid in my full body riot armor” - good to know the brave solders defending a genocide have loyal supporters on lemmy as well 🫶
Ugh - why does renewable energy have to be such a politicized issue - the article begins by stating that the president absolutely denied it was due to renewables - only to spend the rest of the article exploring how to handle renewable overproduction so it doesn’t cause grid instability
like can we not tackle infrastructural problems without them turning into a shit flinging contest - people are afraid to say that renewables have any downsides because the fossil fuel industry spends so much on propaganda to politicize energy production - like we’re supposed to argue that unless renewables are flawless there’s no point in even trying
how did we go from reasonable discussions on how to most effectively solve problems (ie climate change) to making sure you don’t rustle oil barron’s jimmies so they don’t oust you out of government?
I’m just hoping people start waking up to how ridiculous this narrative is…
“Oh you want clean air and a stable environment for you children? Have you considered changing nothing and hoping it works out?”
(ps nuclear is cool but wouldn’t have solved the issue of overproduction)
idk i think our incentive should be to cure diseases with public funding and make people healthy instead of for profit but what do i know
yep, Europe really ought to not cave into the demand to buy up more LNG and instead focus on developing their own renewable energy base instead
wtf - the EU imported 15-20b on LNG in 2024 - how does it make any sense to increase LNG imports by 15-20 times while claiming to decarbonize? Or is the plan to just weave the 350B debt and then be left holding the proverbial LNG bag?
And this comes after: “Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič is hoping his U.S. counterparts can settle on a “term sheet” that sets out a framework for talks — when the next round of tariffs takes effect.”
These could entail lowering duties, investing in American defense firms, boosting purchases of U.S. liquefied natural gas, or softening some regulations. 1
Soo the EU is going for the classic get fucked in the ass, suck the cum out while you’re belching, burp, belch, and go back for a second helping…
Huh, US industrialists were literally given carte blanche to support Hitler’s rise to power and it’s happening again with Muskrat bolstering far right parties across Europe.
Hell, Hitler admired the US for the way they “dealt” with the indigenous population of Turtle Island
uhm idk who’s not familiar with Thiel but the blueprint of his “utopia” - “The Sovereign Individual” was literally co-written by no other than William Rees-Mogg a conservative house of lords cross-bencher who’s also the father of two other conservative MPs that have served in the UK Parliament.
the 2014 reprint of the book has a foreword by Thiel, where he says that it’s “the most influential book he had read”
so as usual the theoretical frameworks have been drafted in the heart of empire and implemented in the “land of the free”