I look to see if the product in on the BDS list. The No Thanks app makes it as easy as a search or barcode scan

Destabilizing Iran has been a major part of the US vision to reshape the middle east in it’s own favor, in order to retain hegemonic control and move the theater to China

It’s also been Israel’s goal since the 1990s, and Israel is an fundamental to US foreign policy in the region

Maybe kimchi? That sounds pretty fire as a topping for orange chicken tacos

That’s addressed in detail in the 3rd and 4th link

No, when asked about specific policies the majority of people still support progressive policies. How the poll questions are worded are incredibly important to how people respond

Not to mention the morality side of it

There are others, but I’d say these are the top in terms of credibility, investigative journalism, and reliability

That said, it’s still best practice to cross verify reporting

The Intercept

Democracy Now

Common Dreams

ProPublica

Mother Jones

Jacobin

Zeteo

Drop Site News

Al Jazeera

+972 Magazine

Human Rights Organizations

Edit: adding Counter Punch

I recommend just listening to him yourself and making up your own mind instead of whatever bullshit that dude is saying

https://youtu.be/ozffkhL2kjU&t=1

More Americans support mass amnesty over mass deportation. It’s just never even mentioned by the Democratic party as an option. Instead they ran on being the ‘more competent’ anti immigration option

He’s discussed how he did this to learn more about the process, and only because he’s in a position of privilege being a public figure which gives him some measure of protection.

He has stressed that normal people should never talk to ICE or the police, except to clarify if they are being detained or to request a lawyer.

@Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world has been a consistent and unconditional ally of Palestine, quit coping

Christian Zionists far outnumber Jewish Zionists

The vast majority of people want a weapons embargo and an end to the genocide, even a majority of Republican voters.

The reality is that the US is funding genocide. That by the requirement of both international law and domestic law, they have an obligation to cease all weapon transfers to Israel. That’s on top of the popular position and morally correct position of opposing genocide.

Anyone making excuses for why the US needs to continue funding Israel is supporting this genocide.

I do appreciate that discourse is more viable on Lemmy than the corporate alternatives, I only see that as getting more important as corporations like Meta and Google crack down on fact checking and anti-fascist discussions.

I have my criticisms of the moderation on both the .ml and .world side of things, but at least the fediverse is flexible and fluid with the different instances. A lot of topics concerning imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, and socialism have nuances that are important to cut through (all) government and corporate disinformation. But even here a lot of that nuance is overlooked in the larger or team-sporty communities.

Hopefully educational discussions will continue to gain prominence on here and brigading/group-think will be frowned upon and discouraged. This kind of FOSS social media is a great opportunity to grow global solidarity and class consciousness. Which is become ever more critical as global capitalism lashes out with fascism against (at first) the most vulnerable

Thanks, the fact that he completely ignored the bolded text in my initial comment was a dead giveaway they don’t actually give a shit about the morality of the situation.

The boycott list exists for a reason, as explained in detail on the BDS website. I abide by it as much as possible, amd is not on the list while Nvidia and Intel are. Since I had to get a Google phone for grapheneos, second hand one at least prevented me from handing money to Google.

There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but that doesn’t mean people can’t utilize the BDS movement to inform them on how to avoid the companies that contribute the most to Israel’s genocidal apartheid state.

And claiming Microsoft cloud services are worse than RTX’s actual bombs that kill children is a stretch.

They all kill children and I boycott them all. You’re the only one running defense by minimizing Microsoft’s role here.

For example, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have all launched major cloud computing centres in Israel, offering businesses infrastructure critical to data-driven products and services. Intel is the largest private employer in the country, having commenced operations in 1974.

Along with hundreds of other multinationals, Microsoft hosts its own research and development (R&D) centre in Israel, and it launched a chip development centre in Haifa. Nvidia, the trillion-dollar chip behemoth powering the AI revolution, has also announced it is expanding its already large R&D operations in Israel. The list goes on

• https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2024/5/12/how-us-big-tech-supports-israels-ai-powered-genocide-and-apartheid

Gates’ advice is reportedly treated as gospel, and he also played a crucial role in fostering Microsoft and OpenAI’s partnership, and consequently, the success witnessed in the category.

Claiming Gates isn’t heavily involved and influential in the business decisions is just straight up untrue, stop whitewashing his contributions to genocide.

In summary, Bill Gates’s relationship with Israel is characterized by his admiration for the country’s technological innovation and his significant investments through Microsoft and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. While he has not publicly engaged in the political aspects of the Israel/Palestine conflict, his actions and statements suggest a supportive stance toward Israel’s role in global technology. This support is evident in his continued investments and public recognition of Israel’s achievements in digital security and biotechnology.

• https://shopisrael.com/blogs/support/does-bill-gates-support-israel

He didn’t completely leave, he’s literally the technical advisor listed under “key people” for Microsoft

Bill Gates continues to ‘backstage’ manage Microsoft despite official departure, as Satya Nadella relies on his advice for Microsoft’s transformative AI initiative

Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza. Microsoft’s complicity in Israel’s apartheid and genocide is well documented, exposing its strong ties to the Israeli military, its collaboration with Israeli government ministries, and its involvement in the Israeli prison system, which is notorious for systematic torture and abuse of Palestinians. Microsoft knowingly provides Israel with technology, including artificial intelligence (AI), that is deployed to facilitate grave human rights violations, war crimes, crimes against humanity (including apartheid), as well as genocide. In light of the International Court of Justice’s legally-binding rulings to prevent Israel’s plausible genocide in Gaza, as well as its July 19 Advisory Opinion affirming Israel’s illegal occupation and apartheid system, Microsoft has failed its corporate obligation to prevent genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Microsoft, as well as its boards of directors and executives, may face criminal liability for this complicity.

Microsoft provides the Israeli military with Azure cloud and AI services that are crucial in empowering and accelerating Israel’s genocidal war on 2.3 million Palestinians in the illegally occupied Gaza Strip. Microsoft’s extensive ties with Israel’s military are revealed in investigations by The Guardian with the Israeli-Palestinian publication +972 Magazine, demonstrating how the Israeli military turned to Microsoft to meet the technological demands of genocide.

• https://bdsmovement.net/microsoft

The 7 billion to Africa isn’t as nice as it first seems either; it’s investments into venture capitalist solutions, much more restrictive that aid and the profits are not realized by the locals

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/12/02/perhaps-bill-gates-not-best-expert-hunger-africa

https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/11/10/open-letter-bill-gates-food-farming-and-africa

AOC Pres with Tim Walz VP would be great

It’s ironic since progressive policies are hugely popular, even with independents and Republicans. Yet people still insist that ‘most the country is right-leaning,’ because they conflate support for the Democratic Party with support for progressives

If the Democrats ran on those progressive policies instead of neoliberal ones, they wouldn’t have this problem of being unpopular

Yeah, basically. Although I do put the blame on the legacy media for not giving more attention to the horrible things he’s doing. The more coverage it gets, the more aware people are about the terrible effects of his policies. I’m glad we’re finally seeing his approval rating for him and his policies in decline, but it’s still too high

I don’t think that was deliberate, I think he really is that incredibly dumb and vain that he genuinely thought he was right. So right that he demanded the interviewer must concede and agree to his delusion before moving on. The size of his ego is only matched by the size of his stupidity

It’s all beside the point since even if he had MS13 tattoos, he still is owed due process. And sending someone to a concentration camp is of course a violation of international law