Ah yes I apologize, I was talking about actual democracies, not failed states and autocracies LARPing as democracies.
Hezbollah participates in government same as other political parties.
Political parties participate in government. They are not THE government, nor have it's own parallel authority. The head of the RNC doesn't have a private army, they don't operate outside of the law. If Congress passed a law regulating campaign finance, the Republicans cannot just ignore those laws and raise funds however they please. And if they do, those responsible will be prosecuted and suffer legal penalties.
Hezbollah does whatever Hezbollah wants. Hezbollah cannot be regulated or legally mandated to give up its weapons. There is no constitutional framework for settling legal disputes between Hezbollah and the government. It will use its army to maintain its authority against the wishes of the government of Lebanon.
Hezbollah isn't a political party, it's a non-state actor and paramilitary that also has a political party.
The RNC has multiple militias, some members of whom staged an insurrection and went to prison for it.
These militias do what they want, when they want and the US government has no ability to control them.
Worse, the US government is more often than not, completely controlled by the RNC and their militias. They don't care about "constitutional frameworks".
The RNC is a corporate-bought traitorous organisation that does what arms companies tell it to, and doesn't care about the good of the US people. Ditto the DNC, sadly, although they don't have militias.
The RNC has multiple militias, some members of whom staged an insurrection and went to prison for it.
The RNC has zero militias. There are right leaning militias that do have potential to be a massive threat to democracy. However they do not report to the RNC, anymore than Antifa reports to the Democrats. Those right leaning militias are more often than not actively hostile to the Republican party... you don't typically chant about hanging one of the leaders of your own organization (IE Pence).
These militias do what they want, when they want and the US government has no ability to control them.
Except you already contradicted yourself
and went to prison for it.
Seems like thorough control to me. Show me Lebanon throwing Hezbollah leaders in jail.
Worse, the US government is more often than not, completely controlled by the RNC
Yes, as a political party, the Republicans have been voted into office. However...
and their militias.
The US government is not controlled by the Proud Boys or the Three Percenters.
They don't care about "constitutional frameworks".
Except they do. I certainly do not agree with Republican interpretations of constitutional law, but they do not have active armies attacking our neighbors, they are not above prosecution and indictment.
The RNC is a corporate-bought traitorous organisation that does what arms companies tell it to, and doesn't care about the good of the US people.
No notes.
Ditto the DNC, sadly, although they don't have militias.
Glad we agree about the purpose of the two main US arms industry bodies, the RNC and the DNC.
The other stuff is perspective and semantics.
Most of the insurrectionists did not go to jail. There were RNC politicians involved in the insurrection, including on the scene. And yes, I do think that different wings of groups will call to hang one of their own, it's a thing.
The major disagreement we have is who is the aggressor here. If you look at the history and present of the situation, it's clearly Israel.
If Lebanon didn't have Hezbollah they would already be part of greater Israel. The US prevents the Lebanese army from being sufficiently armed. No-one else is coming to their rescue.
Israel has been attacking Lebanon non stop for many years. Tens of thousands of air raids, a long running occupation of several Lebanese villages.
Israel is, effectively, the RNC and DNC's "active army attacking" countries that aren't even US neighbours.
They use Israel to wage war and genocide to make money for the arms companies that fund the RNC and the DNC.
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u/SnooBananas37 Nov 04 '24
Ah yes I apologize, I was talking about actual democracies, not failed states and autocracies LARPing as democracies.
Political parties participate in government. They are not THE government, nor have it's own parallel authority. The head of the RNC doesn't have a private army, they don't operate outside of the law. If Congress passed a law regulating campaign finance, the Republicans cannot just ignore those laws and raise funds however they please. And if they do, those responsible will be prosecuted and suffer legal penalties.
Hezbollah does whatever Hezbollah wants. Hezbollah cannot be regulated or legally mandated to give up its weapons. There is no constitutional framework for settling legal disputes between Hezbollah and the government. It will use its army to maintain its authority against the wishes of the government of Lebanon.
Hezbollah isn't a political party, it's a non-state actor and paramilitary that also has a political party.