#I’m also looking into China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Russia’s military involvement in African nations

[crvvys]

something I’ve been thinking about is how the pressing matter to a lot of Americans I’ll assume is what’s happening here at home. but something that should be known about any of the presidential candidates are their foreign policy positions. and yeah politicians lie all the time so you can’t really know until they’re in office but some of them are a bit more open than others during campaign season.

the ones that want to strengthen the military or have “strong America” rhetoric will most likely let this country fail internally bc they’re ultimately beholden to multinational corporations. the US military is the…arsenal for “western democracy” so if we want to know why our kids can’t read, why our water is dirty, and our infrastructure is failing it’s bc the priority of the administration is multinational corporations and financial interests in other countries. even if there’s that flavour of spreading American style “democracy” to other countries, a primary goal is to bribe countries or install regimes and make them more corporate and America friendly.

aa an example, our tax dollars are funding the Ukrainian government to keep them afloat so that they can continue to fight Russia (even though they seem to be at a stalemate), not for their freedom or bc the US is for freedom and democracy but bc the US wants to weaken Russia financially and make Ukraine more western corporate friendly. I’m not pro Russia either. I don’t like Ukraine being caught between two giants. or any other time a nation is found in a similar situation.

they hold congressional hearings about this. and I think anyone with empathy feels for the Ukrainian people and believes in their fight against Russia but the end goal for the US is to turn Ukraine into another country that’s financially trapped under the demands of western power. and maybe for them, that seems better. I’m sure it’s a lot better than this war or being beholden to Russia. there’s so much traumatic history there so I don’t fault them at all.

there’s no right way to feel bc if we don’t fund their government, they crumble at this time which is something I wouldn’t want. but our infrastructure is also crumbling and people are blaming the immigrant crisis or other vulnerable groups of people that likely don’t deserve it. bc our leaders care more about commerce and corporate profit.

I guess my point is we Americans should read up on US foreign policy in general bc then it explains why everything feels like it’s falling apart here and elsewhere.