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[–] Teekeeus@hexbear.net 41 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Why is zelensky cheering on israel-cool anyway? From a purely practical standpoint this probably means that whatever's left of western weapons in storage will be diverted from ukr to israel-cool

[–] CantaloupeAss@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Yo I kinda hate the use of Israel Kamakawiwoʻole as a substitute icon for the apartheid state of Israel, given that israel-cool used his music to identify the US State of Hawaii as an apartheid state against the native Hawaiian population.

Izzy K was a very cool figure, if u are not familiar with his work u should give him a listen!

[–] BelieveRevolt@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I thought the whole joke was that the emoji is called israel-cool and he was a cool guy called Israel.

It's not a good fit for the apartheid ethnostate, though.

[–] booty@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, the point is that we don't want an actual :israel-cool: emote because we dont want an emote of the star of david on fire, even if it's only on their shitty flag. but we want an :israel-cool: emote to use in situations like these, so we've got an emote of the only cool israel as a stand-in

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

idf-coolis here now so we don't need israel-cool as a stand in anymore

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 31 points 2 years ago
[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago

Trying to stay on amerikkka daddy's good side despite not being the israel-cool favorite child

[–] ChapoKrautHaus@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago

Why is zelensky cheering on anyway?

Cause this upcoming war will take attention away from Ukraine's inevitable downfall. smuglord

[–] BoxedFenders@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not a zero sum game. The Military Industrial Complex can build an infinite supply of weapons as long as there are willing buyers.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago

Not really true, while it is the case that a huge part of the heavy industry remaining in the US is mostly related to weapons and aerospace, the US doesn't have the industrial capacity to sustain endless conventional warfare. It could sustain forever wars against enemies much weaker in the Bush and Obama years, but I'd be surprised if it can keep giving Ukraine + Israel + Taiwan support against real enemies were hot wars to go on for any length of time in each.