yes i am aware of all of this. none of that in any way interacts with my point, which is that "actually israel is secretly pulling the strings of the U.S. via shadowy manipulation" fucking reeks and it has the distinction of not being true

[–] anachronist@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

via shadowy manipulation [...] and it has the distinction of not being true

Yeah I agree with this part. Because the manipulation is obvious and in your face and absolutely not "shadowy".

AIPAC has made it clear repeatedly that they will carpet bomb any candidate no matter how minor with money if they support BDS or are even BDS-adjacent. Nina Turner, Cori Bush, and Jamaal Bowman have all had their political careers cut short for being even slightly critical of Israel.

If there was an organization like AIPAC for, say, Russia, an ARPAC, it would be illegal and its officers would be hauled off to prison because foreign influence in American elections is illegal. Yet even though it says right in the name that AIPAC is a foreign influence organization, they are allowed to not only operate but yield enormous power.

On the other side of the isle, Thomas Massie has said that every single member of the US congress has an "AIPAC Minder" who watches over them at all times and he's even heard in meetings of Republican members statements like "I need to clear that with my AIPAC guy."

It is illegal to boycott a foreign country in 37 US states. The state governments of a majority of American states actually passed a law saying "this foreign country in particular, if an American citizen boycotts or advocates for boycotting it, they can be prosecuted." Can you guess which country that is? (hint: it's not Canada)