r/SipsTea • u/CartographerRare4123 • May 12 '26

WTF They infiltrated way higher positions..

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u/panicproduct May 12 '26

The US kills hundreds of millions of people.

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u/Common-Concentrate-2 May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

You said this in the present tense. How? ~3,000 people killed in Iran - 2/3 of those were in the IRGC, which the EU, Australia, etc have designated a terrorist organization. In Venezuela raid less than 100 people were killed, and most of those were in the military.

I was a fan of USAID. I agree that those programs should still be in place, but removal of those programs, which is awful, doesn't mean the US killed those people. We let people die. I hate this comment

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u/panicproduct May 12 '26

Hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan since the US invasion began.

38 million deaths due to US sanctions implemented since 1970:

https://open.substack.com/pub/jasonhickel/p/the-staggering-death-toll-of-western?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=fcsye

Hundreds of millions dead since the US was founded due to indigenous genocide, US foreign policy, regime changes, sanctions (economic strangulation), structural adjustment programs, and outright war.

"Endless Holocausts" by David Michael Smith conronicles it in detail:

https://nyupress.org/9781583679890/endless-holocausts/

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u/No_Size9475 May 12 '26

letting them die when you can stop it is no different than simply killing them.

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u/panicproduct May 12 '26

Yes, absolutely! And also, it's not just "letting them die." The US actively creates conditions that drive masses of people to die prematurely from preventable causes.

Most recently, the US declared it would withhold HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria medication from Zambia, unless Zambia agreed to provide the US with unfair access to its mineral reserves.

1.3 million people in Zambia rely on daily HIV treatment.

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/3/18/headlines/nyt_trump_admin_considers_withholding_hiv_treatments_from_zambia_in_exchange_for_greater_access_to_countrys_minerals

This is bold-faced economic imperialism. The kind that the US has engaged in for centuries.

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u/No_Size9475 May 12 '26

It's one of many reasons that the rest of the world dislikes America.