iain

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[–] iain -5 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Democrats just as much. They just proposed the toughest border control bill...

[–] iain 4 points 1 year ago

For government overhaul would add abolishing the presidency and per district voting (just divide seats in the house based on percentage of the vote overall, I.e. one big district).

For the rest of society: abolish private ownership of companies, but award stocks to the employees instead. This will align incentives of the company with the people most impacted by its decisions.

Income tax can stay as long as its very progressive.

[–] iain 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Palestinians with dual nationality might be able to leave, but most of them can't just leave. Gaza is surrounded by blockades imposed by Israel and Egypt, which restrict movement. Israel prevents access to and from Gaza by sea and air. Land movement is restricted to three crossings: the Egypt-controlled Rafah crossing and Erez and Kerem Shalom crossings, which Israel controls.

[–] iain 20 points 1 year ago (9 children)

They are being kept there, they are not allowed to leave. Normally I would call that a prison, but prison would imply that they were convicted of a crime, which they weren't. They are kept there, because Israel considers Palestinians to be an undesirable ethnicity. That is a concentration camp. You are conflating concentration camp with the nazi death camps.

[–] iain 1 points 1 year ago

especially considering HAMAS fighters a lot of times wear civilian clothing and don't follow the laws of war

Sure, Hamas should paint giant targets on their backs and face the Israelis in an open field, mano-a-mano.

As long as Israel doesn't recognize Palestine as an independent state, I don't see why Palestinian freedom fighters, Hamas or otherwise, should behave like they're the official army of an independent state.

[–] iain 6 points 1 year ago

"If Canada someday ever attacked Buffalo, I'm sorry, my friends, there would be no Canada the next day,"

Palestine is Buffalo in this analogy, right?

[–] iain 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know for sure, but looking back at the struggle of black people in the USA, I think the most likely way out is being forceful. Every victory was a struggle, either via direct violence or (often violent) protests. I would love to be wrong and see that love indeed conquers all, but I don't know of any time that actually worked.

[–] iain 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't think you're wrong per se, but I think you are applying your logic too equally. Yes, we all need to humanize each other more, but that ignores the uneven situation we find ourselves in. The colonizer or enslaver needs to stop the crime they are committing. Only then can the victims start their healing process and begin to humanize and forgive. This is a long process, but it needs to start with the crime being stopped. It's hard to humanize the person that is enslaving or committing genocide against you while it's still happening. It's also hard to humanize your victims when you're still committing crimes against them.

[–] iain 25 points 1 year ago (9 children)

It's easy from the privilege of safety to say that Israel has no choice but to keep Palestinians locked up in their open air prison, because you imagine that they might take revenge when they get out.

This is the exact argument that white people made to not free the enslaved people. The real solution is freedom for everyone, from the river to the sea.

[–] iain 13 points 1 year ago

Hamas has offered on multiple occasions to release the hostages. Israel insists on continuing to commit genocide against the Palestinians.

And this talk about human shields is nonsense. Hamas has no choice but to be in proximity to civilians, because they're all imprisoned by Israel in Gaza. Israel only uses this as an excuse to kill more Palestinians.

[–] iain 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

How many Palestinian kids will you kill to save a Israeli colonizer?

[–] iain 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not improving your political stances, but just benefiting from a popular artist? It's the Democrats wildest dreams!

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