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- Comment on 30 seconds after an "Anarchist" brings up Israel: 2 weeks ago:
There‘s no lack of anti Israel posts on Lemmy. It’s filled with anti Israel hatred.
I try to show people that they might not know the full story.
Also it is typical that I get called an antizionist by anti-Germans but a zionist by antizionists when I am in fact a non-Zionist and it triggers people that I am not explicitly pro- or anti-Israel.
Yes, this conflict is extremely polarized and a lot of it hinges on purity tests. The meaning of words like Zionist and genocide have strayed from their original definitions. People prefer to endulge in outrage and hate.
I have read several books on the Nakba. It was terrible, but not worse than other wars. The way it’s often portrayed is one-sided and insincere. Righteous victims is the best book on the topic, I think.
The Zionists weren’t acting in a vacuum, but were threatened by enemies from all sides that had promised to obliterate them. They were fighting for survival.
A civil war had been going on since at least 1947 with the Haganah staying mostly on the defensive.
The diplomatic efforts like the UN partition plan were rejected by the Arabs but accepted by the Zionists. The local Palestinians were sacrificed by the desire for glory and territorial ambitions of the neighboring countries.
Portraying the Nakba as a uniquely horrible event is insincere. The population transfers between Greece and Turkey, India and Pakistan, and the millions forcibly displaced all over Europe happened around the same time.
The land should be both for ethnic Jews and Arabs and not for only one ethnicity
Agreed. The most viable path towards this is two states, ideally each with a minority ethnicity from the other side. One state or a union might be possible some future day. Security for all people is the prerequisite for peaceful cooperation and coexistence.
20% of Israeli citizens are not Jews, but mostly local Arabs. Arabs are further split in Bedouins, Druze, Christians, Sunni. There are also other long time minorities like Armenians and Samaritans. Especially the Druze are very well integrated into Israeli society.
The Palestinian Authority and Hamas in Gaza doesn’t allow any Jews as citizens, including those who had lived there before 1948. De facto the West Bank has a considerable Jewish minority already in the settlements.
Palestinians can’t win by force of arms. They have tried many times and they lost every time. The method of appealing to the international community to pressure Israel has yielded modest results, mainly in damaging Israel‘s image. It’s a delusion to believe the UN will give Palestinians a state one day. There was a chance in 1947, but they didn’t take it.
The approach that’s been neglected is direct cooperation between Palestinians and Israelis from the ground up. Sadly that’s commonly opposed as normalization and contrary to BDS. Billions of dollars were offered to invest in industrial parks where Israelis and Palestinians would work together. This was rejected as normalization. Grassroots Israeli-Palestinian peace groups are severely hindered because the Palestinians have to do it in secret and hide their identity.
The failure to accept one of the peace deals offered, the second intifada, repeated wars in Gaza, and finally the Al Aqsa Flood on October 7th have convinced a majority of Israelis that peace isn’t possible.
Palestinians don’t need to convince the UN and world opinion of their cause. They need to convince the Israeli voters.
You told me to read a book, let me also recommend one to you to broaden your horizon: The War of Return by Einat Wilf.
The Pro Palestinian movement has a huge blindspot. It never discusses Palestinians in a way unrelated to Israel. The well-being of Palestinians living outside Palestine is ignored. Internal Palestinian politics are never discussed beyond accusing the PA of corruption and collaboration.
- Comment on 30 seconds after an "Anarchist" brings up Israel: 2 weeks ago:
The war in Gaza should end. The current government is bonkers. What‘s happening in the West Bank is unacceptable. I could go on for a long time.
The main thing I have issue with is people wanting to destroy Israel. Antizionism wants to destroy Israel. That sentiment is what lead to October 7. Hamas tried to destroy Israel with absolutely disastrous results.
Two states, coexistence, peace are the way to achieve a better life for Palestinians. The desire to destroy Israel only leads to suffering and death. As history has proven over and over.
Self styled Pro Palestinians love moral grand standing, but don’t give a shit about actually improving the lives of Palestinians.
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- Comment on 30 seconds after an "Anarchist" brings up Israel: 2 weeks ago:
See, just as I said. You draw the line at attacks. Would you define racism as being attacks against racialized people? Antisemitism starts with the rumor about the Jews. That’s what legitimizes the marginalization and violence.
This is the difference how leftists typically deal with accusations of bigotry:
Black person: „That’s racist!“
Leftist: „Of course your lived experience matters!“
Jewish person: „That’s antisemitic!“
Leftist: „ANTIZIONISM ISNT ANTISEMITISM! SHUT UP ZIONAZI! DEATH TO ISRAHELL!“
antigermans that are of the opinion that any criticism of the actions of the Israeli government is antisemitism because it is a Jewish ethnostate
That’s often repeated but incorrect. Criticism is fine. Israelis, Zionists, and antigermans criticize Israel all the time.
It crosses the line when demanding Israel‘s violent destruction and with it the death of millions of Jews for example.
Holding Israel to a different standard than all other countries can be an expression of antisemitism as well. Denying only the Jewish people the right to self determination is common for example.
Repeating antisemitic conspiracy theories and tropes doesn’t stop being antisemitic, if the word Jews are swapped for Zionists. That’s what neo-Nazis have been doing for decades. Today the anti Israel left uncritically uses the exact same phrases and terms they have established.
Holocaust inversion has also become disturbingly widespread.
- Comment on not being able to experience a full-body-orgasm is just another example of the sad male reality. 2 weeks ago:
There’s lots of tantric techniques you can learn to experience more intense orgasms.
- Comment on 30 seconds after an "Anarchist" brings up Israel: 2 weeks ago:
Nope.
- Comment on 30 seconds after an "Anarchist" brings up Israel: 2 weeks ago:
Antisemitism is bad. Antisemitism is when Nazis gas Jews in Auschwitz.
That‘s a widespread opinion, also among the left. Leftists typically consider themselves immune from antisemitism because they aren’t Nazis and the good guys. They are ignorant about the difference between antisemitism and racism.
They will of course remember Auschwitz performatively, and invoke it as a political tool whenever convenient.
People Love Dead Jews because they don’t speak up, aren’t annoying, can be used to virtue signal, and as political tool.
A great quote by Israeli psychoanalyst Zvi Rex fits here as.
Germans will never forgive the Jews for the Holocaust.
- Comment on 30 seconds after an "Anarchist" brings up Israel: 2 weeks ago:
A majority of leftists think antisemitism begins when with „gas the Jews“.
- Comment on 30 seconds after an "Anarchist" brings up Israel: 2 weeks ago:
It’s the one who’s telling you that you don’t get how antisemitism works.
And he is correct because he actually spent time learning about it.
- Comment on You have nothing to lose but your brains 2 weeks ago:
You should subtract initial investments in the company, value of real estate owned, value of machines etc.
- Comment on ShitpostID: 281172951 2 weeks ago:
That photo was specifically chosen to invoke antisemitic imagery.
- Comment on Anon has a very specific goal 3 weeks ago:
All three seem to be happy. Good for them.
- Comment on Anon has a very specific goal 3 weeks ago:
Get feedback. Review. Adapt. Try again. Repeat until success.
- Comment on Anon has a very specific goal 3 weeks ago:
Most chicks (and dudes) would prefer someone with money compared to one of equal attractiveness and broke. It’s part of the whole package.
There’s something like enough money, where having more doesn’t increase your freedom or happiness that much anymore. At some point you’re just getting the custom gold plated luxury version of a thing. A Cartier watch tells the time same as a Citizen.
For physical attraction it’s similar. There’s a level of beautiful enough, after which other factor might matter more. An 8/10 with great sex life is better than a 10/10 prude starfish.
- Comment on Anon has a very specific goal 3 weeks ago:
You don’t need that much. Some money is certainly helpful to have though.
If you go to a poor country to find suitable twins and marry them in a country that allows polygamy, you only need modest wealth.
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- Comment on *squints* is that you? 3 weeks ago:
When the Molly hits just right.
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Come to Europe. :)
- Comment on If you think you look cool in your pickup truck or ford mustang just look at this guy 3 weeks ago:
It depends a lot on circumstances. Rural people often own land they aren’t using optimally. Cows also mean extra labor with milking and such. You might not want to do that. Keeping three cows is small time in the first place and not very efficient.
Rural living, agriculture, and forestry usually means you have a surplus of something and those around you do as well.
I know rural people. They might work a job in a shop, office, or contractor, but have some small time agriculture on the side. A lot of that is done in direct exchanges in the community as well. Like, Ben gets to take some firewood from my forest and in return he houses my horse in his stable. Gertrude can use my unused pasture to graze her sheep. Or I might be growing oats, so feeding a horse is basically free for me. Joe owns a ranch with a few horses where the wealthy keep theirs for a fee. I can trade him oats for a horse directly.
These types of arrangements can be very good (tax free) business and also strengthen social bonds.
- Comment on Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly ‘quadruple tap’ 3 weeks ago:
In total, the attacks killed four medics and wounded six more, from three different ambulance corps, according to medical sources. Three of the medics were from the Hezbollah-affiliated IHA and Amal-affiliated medical corps, while one was from the Nabatieh emergency services organisation. Under international law, all medics are protected and are considered non-combatants, regardless of political affiliation.
There are a large number people who work as medics, but are Hezbollah fighters as their second job.
Terrorist militias like Hezbollah and Hamas have few full time fighters. Many have civilian job as well. Keep this in mind for journalists as well.
Hamas and Hezbollah are known to use ambulances to transport weapons and combatants. This is an abuse of protected signs (red cross, red crescent) and an outright warcrime.
Consequently attacking an ambulance filled with weapons and combatants is not a war crime under international humanitarian law.
Hezbollah and Hamas love to present any of their fighters, who was a medic or journalist in their other job as innocent victims. It’s excellent propaganda and a well working strategy to get an extra mile out of perfidy and war crimes.
That said. What happened in this case is unclear. It might have been an Israeli war crime.
- Comment on Part of Greater Israel 🇮🇱 3 weeks ago:
The last Bundist posts on Reddit?
- Comment on If you think you look cool in your pickup truck or ford mustang just look at this guy 3 weeks ago:
The rural population. If you own a piece of land and a small farm, keeping a horse is much cheaper. If you have a stable with a few animals anyway, adding a horse isn’t much extra work.
- Comment on They cannot see the things that will hurt them 3 weeks ago:
Exactly. The Chinese communists were barely fighting the Japanese. The nationalists did most of that. The communists were hiding out in remote areas during the long march. After the Japanese had left, the communists managed to beat the weakened Nationalists.
- Comment on They cannot see the things that will hurt them 3 weeks ago:
The Zaptistas have their ideological base not purely in western anarchism and Marxism. Liberation theology and catholic religion plays a big role in practice. They also emphasize a mystical connection to the land (people of maize), so their ideology is adjacent to blood & soil nationalism in some ways. They also leverage lots of traditional power structures like family clans, tribal loyalties, and such.
They have been successful in a way as they are still around and actually have local government structures in place that seem to work. However the EZLN hasn’t succeeded in providing stability and security to the region. Economically it’s still one of poorest regions in Mexico.
The limited success of the Zapatistas is more a sign of the weakness and failures of the central government of Mexico. They have managed to build a somewhat functioning local government and militia providing security in a remote poor rural area.
Similarly to the Machnov anarchists in Ukraine, Catalan anarcho-syndicalists, they leverage ethnic nationalism for cohesion.
What the Zapatistas have achieved is admirable, but their model doesn’t transfer to highly developed multi ethnic multi cultural highly urbanized countries with disintegrating social bonds.
Western contemporary anarchists are mostly fringe and usually not well connected with traditional structures like family, ethnicity, nation, religion.
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- Comment on Anon gets scammed 3 weeks ago:
Or buy ad space to play a short song.
- Comment on Lmao 3 weeks ago:
Also to launch big spy satellites into orbit.
- Comment on Lmao 3 weeks ago:
The main disadvantage octopi have is their antisocial behavior. The parents don’t raise and teach their young. They live in solitude. The only time they spent time together is for mating, after which they die.
Octopuses that can talk to each other, hunt in groups, and raise their young collectively would be pretty formidable. Even if they managed to get there, they would still be living underwater making the use of fire pretty difficult.
Children of Ruin is a great book that describes a civilization of octopus, if you want to explore this a bit.
- Comment on Lmao 3 weeks ago:
Poetry, fashion, art.
- Comment on Where can I get cursed like that? Asking for a friend. 3 weeks ago:
Have you tried?