Comment by 4ggr0

11 hours ago

> It's the Europeans who want us to ship more weapons to Ukraine.

well, you chose the one "good" example, where weapons are actually used for defense against a different Imperialist. what about the money going towards the Palestinian Genocide? what about other wars/invasions/operations, started or backed by Democrats/Bi-Partisan support.

> California is considering a wealth tax

a one-time tax of 5% on the net worth of residents with over $1 billion, bunch of commies! some decades ago, wealth tax was a high, double-digit number.

even so, do you think a one-time 5% wealth tax is enough to be called very left-wing?

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0xDEAFBEAD  10 hours ago

>well, you chose the one "good" example, where weapons are actually used for defense against a different Imperialist.

It's interesting that in the conflict you have the greatest familiarity with, you support greater US involvement. In other conflicts, you appear to fall back on simple thinking like "dropping bombs is bad, therefore the US is bad".

I would suggest that many Americans have internalized the simple message Europeans have been sending for years: "dropping bombs is bad, therefore the US is bad". And that's why we lack enthusiasm to help Ukraine. We know helping Ukraine will be added to our rap sheet as supposed warmongers.

Personally I am quite envious of the Swiss, and think a Swiss foreign policy would be very good for the US. We have to stop trying to take responsibility for what is going on in other continents. Dropping bombs is bad, therefore the US is bad -- in Ukraine, Israel, everywhere really.

>even so, do you think a one-time 5% wealth tax is enough to be called very left-wing?

By US standards, yes. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46793420