@babadookspinoza I grew up hearing the constant refrain of “never again”. All of human civilization, it seemed, had committed to never again allowing the systematic extermination of any particular people.
And now I look on, helpless, as people who call themselves “leaders” not only do it again, but get cheered on by unfathomably many of the same people who solemnly swore “never again”.
@ShadSterling @babadookspinoza
After WW2 there was a commited strive to find out what made Nazi-Germany so evil. They read through the diplomatic cables of the regime, and.. didn't find anything especially noteworthy (compared to other western regimes).
When I was younger I often wondered how the local leftists called right-wing rhetoric and/or implementations so often "fascist". It was even somewhat of a joke: they saw fascists everywhere lol lol lol.
After I studied history (etc) the...½
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...the answer became clear. It's not that there wasn't anything noteworthy in the cables, and it wasn't that the implementations later weren't fascist.
It's just that fascism is in a very real sense intensification of right-wing mindset¹, and thus it's hard to...
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¹ in western societies there's this ongoing battle between democracy (public interest) and capitalism (private interest), and which of these two is closer to the interest of the state.
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..it is hard to draw a line at what point the private interest goes too far. For example: the presently slave-produced cocoa, slave-built olympic arenas, wars for oil, destruction of environment/native culture, etc.
Thus stuff like Gazan genocide can be seen in context of "overreach" when going perfectly acceptable stuff like securing more land by destroying individual lives and centuries old communities.
@iju @babadookspinoza Israel’s land grabs in the West Bank are nowhere near acceptable, and it is a failure of the rules-based international order that we allow them to exert any authority outside of their internationally recognized borders.
Maybe if we were stricter about shutting down the lower levels of bullying we would be less susceptible to the horrific escalations
@ShadSterling @babadookspinoza
You don't think it's right. I don't think it's right either. There's a lot of people who disagree, and do so publicly and while holding an elected office.
they/them might be giants ☭
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