NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Speaking as an Israeli, I don’t have an answer for you. But you’re not alone. Most of the people I know are in the same boat to various extents. That tends to happen with today’s social-media-fueled political polarization.
What I try to say online (if it comes up and becomes a problem) is this is just where I was born. But to be honest, I find that most people worth talking to don’t give a shit where you live. As one of them once told me in reply, you don’t control your spawn point.
6_Electrons@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I used Israel as an example else where in this thread. Definitely a polarizing situation and easy to understand not everyone there agrees with their government.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 2 days ago
Yeah, to say the least. A year or so before the October 7th that sparked our country’s intentional relations nosedive, there were massive country-wide protests, which I also participated in. You can probably find articles about it. It was protesting against certain anti-democratic things the government was doing (I don’t want to get into the weeds here), but it was also fueled by unprecedented distrust of just about everyone in the government, and most of all Netanyahu. This distrust has only gotten worse.
That bastard should be in jail, but as “luck” would have it, he is always so preoccupied with all the wars he started that he can’t attend his court trial where he faces serious criminal charges. What’s that? Conflict of interest? He gains personal benefit from neverending war, so he has no incentive to actually end it (be it through diplomacy or through military victory)? Nah, I’m sure he has the country’s best interests at heart.
That people keep voting for him astounds me. But we’re seeing similar patterns worldwide, most obvious example being USA, so I guess this democracy thing is just failing all over the place this decade.