• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    it’s really telling how much the epsteins control our lives in this incident. they’re imperiling the world w a global recession just to let isreal ethnically cleanse lebanon and gaza because they believe it’s worth it; but the biggest sign of their power is how an overwhelming majority of westerners (americans in particular) are either barely aware of it or dgaf.

    • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      In b4 you get a comment about how it’s “the tail wagging the dog” when a vassal state’s intelligence agencies obtain and utilize blackmail to ensure continuous favorable policies from the “overlord”

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    around-the-cape

    It’s quite illuminating of the contradictions when the “market forces” can’t stop huffing the Trump brand copium in the face of historical supply disruptions. It’s all just the vibes of the least materialist people in history.

  • Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml
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    The insurance companies, working with Iran and Ansar Allah, are helping to block Hormuz and the Red Sea. Couple of drones and a few threats, voila, insurance rates go thru the roof, removing profits for maritime companies. You can bet shipping company CEOs would gladly risk the lives of a few merchant marines, if they knew that their sinking container ship was fully insured.