Trump says he could withhold aid from Jordan and Egypt if they reject his Gaza development plan
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Isn't he already withholding aid?
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Also “voting with your wallet” only works if you have enough money to make the choice regardless of whether or not those choices exist. I’d love to buy Canadian made products crafted by small businesses for everything I do but sometimes I just can’t afford it. Sometimes I’ll just not buy the thing, of course, but other times it can’t be avoided.
Conservatives will shit all over someone for complaining and then not “putting their money where their mouth is” but if you buy anything other than the cheapest shit you’re “irresponsible and shouldn’t complain about low wages if you’re gunna buy a brandname bag of chips”. It’s so exhausting.
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Absolutely. Lots of people are in poverty and literally cannot afford to vote with their wallet anymore.
Further, the whole "no ethical consumption under capitalism" thing. Once in a while someone just needs something comforting and their individual act of purchase alone isn't enough to say they're the problem. Especially if they're not spending money on such things at such places very often.
At some level we still need to allow people some small comforts, even if those small comforts come at a social cost. The social cost of being in complete discomfort and not being able to relax is pretty high, too.
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I got a Mozilla plug-in just to block Data Annotation Tech because they have a thousand jobs listed under different names for what is essentially the same AI training job. Super sketchy and they only pay through PayPal
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Yeah, that is a massive red flag. If you want to pay me, it better be direct deposit.
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lately I've been asking if people will write an email to a politician or a celebrity or a business leader, anyone who has the ability to talk to the media, and ask them to use that ability to talk about the plight of Palestinians
It's almost like after months of having their concerns dismissed and being called Russian plants or whatever else people aren't inclined to engage in political action alongside the kinda of people who said those things. Oh well, at least this is just a silly thing that happens on social media and doesn't have any relevance at all to the Democratic party's ability to turn out votes or anything /s
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Yes, giving up because it's hard and people are meanies and just endlessly arguing about an election that ended months ago is what you and others have decided is the plan on Lemmy. I have already noted it.
I can see you will not be rising to that challenge to email anyone.
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Imagine they accept the refugees, then a rug pull happens and aid stops anyway
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I doubt Egypt will be destroyed without US aid. EU aid alone is twice the US figure and some Arab countries also provide significant amounts. It will hurt a bit, sure. But accepting 2 million palestinian refugees would also hurt.
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That's true the last thing Europe needs is hundreds of thousands of more migrants. Last time that happened the continent lurched to the far right and this time it's already in the far right zone.
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What sort of work do you do?
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Have ya met us? It's what we do
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Did he not considering the staggering cost to relocate and then take care of millions of people? The logistics, rehousing, and stabilization could cost 50k per person easily. That could be 100 billion dollars initially and that is just the start of the cost.
Who is going to pay for this stupid poorly thought up plan. Oh wait, I get it, then poor American worker. Looks like it is time to tighten our belts so Aotus can start his next beach front development gig.
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Media production, post-production and content creation. For the last 20+ years.
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Lol trump?? Thinking??? Lol
