this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 76 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The fact this meme implies anything resembling an equal conflict is a pretty bad framing, despite a decent overall sentiment.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Yeah, make the Gaza monkey 50% younger, change the knife into a rock, and put the Israel one on a death star space station. That's closer to reality.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Look, they're terror rock attacks.

The UN guy made sure to be very clear about it about a year back

Beyond parody lmao

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Talking of rocks, I remember low level scraps between youths and border guards in previous years where the Palestinian boys used slings with rocks like David and Goliath. That weapon has a very long history in the region.

[–] goat 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

scatter a few dead kids and women and you're set

(which one is that again? oh well)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

That would be both of them.

Except for accuracy they should have been labelled Hamas and IDF since the civilians of both areas are the victims and shouldn't be lumped in with the apartheid regime and the terrorists..

[–] OneWomanCreamTeam 10 points 11 months ago

Maybe the gun should be bigger

[–] TheMightyCanuck 19 points 11 months ago

Except Israel is more of a 500 lb genocidal Silverback gorilla

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Which Rule of Acquisition is this again?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

34: "War is good for business."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

#10: Greed is eternal.

#45: Expand or die.

I think they've all taken this to heart, like good Ferengi.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Meanwhile Ukraine is the meme with the boyfriend looking at the girl in the dress. I'm bummed that Israel and Hamas are sucking up all the oxygen.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

And Russia completely missing. Russia is the biggest profiteer of this war by far!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

There is always someone profiting out of a war.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

This is what President Eisenhower was warning us about when he talked about the "military-industrial complex." A series of forever wars that existed for no other reason than to benefit corporations and billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

thats not a war, whats happening is a fucken genocide

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (4 children)

And on raytheon, what did they do?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Boeing and Raytheon are massive weapon companies that make drones, missiles, targeting systems etc

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Raytheon stocks more than doubled in value this year.

You could say business is booming

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Both are in the arms business. They make money from war.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Yup and if they didn't make money, Putin's tanks would have just ravaged Ukraine instead of being blown up all over the place by Javelins.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They make shitty earbuds and sponsor YouTubers and podcast /s

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You joke but I used to get Raycon, Ray-Ban and Raytheon confused at a time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Imagine if they had the same parent company?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Boeing and Raytheon are military contractors, and the US has characteristically kept itself in or around global conflict in order to continue handing out multi-billion dollar contracts to these companies (and more like them.) Weapons/Platform manufacturing and sales is a large portion of our economic output.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of -