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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This part seems a bit evasive and dismissive to me, although he does drive home the "MIC loves Israel" point for the rest of the video.

0:50 Can it really be that a small ethnic lobby controls US policy? If anybody believes that thesis, there's a tactical suggestion that follows immediately... [gives a weird scenario about confronting CEOs, uses "little lobby" again] ...Does anybody pursure it? No, because it's absurd. The claim... [wanders off onto another topic]

[–]Tom_Bombadil 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's completely ridiculous.

MIC contractors DGIF about public consensus. It's not possible for an average citizen to purchase their products. They couldn't care less what we think.

They care about media PR (public support for war and conflict). Companies like Boeing actually have commercials, but no one can buy a plane. They are buying support from the media.

They also care about govt contracts, for obvious reasons.

Confronting a CEO does less than nothing. It gets you arrested.

[–]magnora7[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I mean he realizes he's walking hot coals anytime he even addresses that issue. But the fact he's calling out christian Zionism at all, by name, and tying it to US foreign policy, is a level of honesty very few others display. Especially people of his caliber and position.

But yeah he does dodge the issue sometimes. But the fact he actually openly pushes back against zionism instead of just kowtowing 100% to it, is a minor miracle.