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@a the entire rationale for why we have zionism in the usa hinges on the religious angle but doesn't account for people that despise right wing christians
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@toiletpaper @a it changed my perspective when I learned that the government and even most american christians didn't give a shit about zionism until a giant flood of money came from somewhere and dually funded that movement plus what became aipac
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@sun @a
The answer is shekels and influence. You don't have to be a sincere Zionist to want to have a career and cash in on their stream of funding. People with no scruples will do anything they're told if there're some shekels in it for them.
The other aspect is that superficially at least, the Democrats' religion is "muh oppressed people". So Jews being the all time victim Olympics champions makes them automatically saints in the left-wing religion.
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@toiletpaper @a recent events have given me hope, everything can change in a few days when people realize they're being manipulated and in ways that hurt them and with no benefit
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@a @toiletpaper this is hard for democracy now watchers to believe but I went into adulthood before I even met another christian that believed they had to uncritically support israel because of the apocalypse