On the other side the “obvious way to make somrthing better” could itself not be very bright either.
One way to make something better could be not very bright, but are all ways to make something better not very bright? When someone keeps rejecting everything and offering nothing workable, good chance they just don’t want progress.
Did you… did you just ask me to explain my ideas only to completely ignore them? Like do you think that’s a funny thing to do?
A 2020 study compared the genome-wide data of modern-day Palestinians and other populations in the Levant with various ancient population samples recovered from archaeological sites. It suggested that Palestinians, along with other modern-day populations in the Levant, have ancestry from Southern Levant populations from the Bronze and Iron Ages (associated with “Canaanite” culture), along with migrants from the Caucasus or Zagros area dating back to around 2500 to 1000 BCE.
Genetic studies have also shown a genetic relationship between Palestinians and Jews.
-Wikipedia.
I’m not expecting reason from a Zionist, but where exactly do you think Palestinians came from?
Good thing the West Bank isn’t run by Hamas, then.
I mean, my country of origin is a military dictatorship so I’ll answer with the way I’d like to fight the system if I had something resembling political rights: worker organization and dual power. The problem with the modern Western left is that it’s forgotten its more militant (and, uncoincidentally, more effective) roots; even if you only want to reform the system, in any negotiation you need leverage, and leverage is how you can help the other party if they accept and how you can hurt them if they refuse. Both the carrot and stick are necessary to turn leftwing ideas into leftwing policy. For example, would ICE be running amok like this if a significant number of Americans had went on strike and shut the country down back in April or even June? I sincerely doubt it. What’s great about my preferred way of fighting the system is that there’s a clear and realistic path from idea to action to victory (however you define that) with real precedent. Aside from being a good thing on its own, this means it’ll be much easier to get people on board who are dissatisfied with and hurt by the system but don’t see anybody fighting for them.
That aside, though, I’m not saying it’s my way or the highway; there are plenty of possible ways to fight the system, but liberals (as in establishment Democratic leaders and pro-establishment Democratic rank and file) aren’t doing any of them. Liberals only sabotage the people who are actually fighting the system while doing no fighting of their own. I mean is Schumer fighting the system? Is Jefferies? These people have only ever perpetuated the same system we want to fight and sabotaged or destroyed opposition to it. Unity with your allies is good strategy; unity with your enemies is folly.
That Muslims tend to be strongly anti-Zionist, anti-imperialist, despised by racists on the right and disliked by racists on the center. A politically literate Muslim will have a lot more in common with the left, and the left will be a lot more likely to support a Muslim that agrees with them, than the center or right. And this is before we even get into the very real cultural and religious reasons a Muslim might have left-leaning beliefs.
This estimate is also an overestimate according to the paper.
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This means that the real number is significantly less than 15, maybe more like 12.
I mean, there isn’t even a debate.
Just like anything else an argument could be made for rehabilitation, but yeah banning for this is insane.
You don’t have to agree with how they are fighting the system,
This only applies if they’re fighting the system in the first place.
True enough, but without strong labor organization today’s elected officials and the like will be tomorrow’s resistance/“resistance” leaders. There’s still value in getting progressives elected into office and, by extension, something of value is being stolen when neoliberals sabotage those progressives.
I hate Newsom (and neoliberals in general) but man, this is a good one.
I memorized the easy stuff and would just add or subtract to get to the right answer (because multiplication is just repeated addition). So 6*7 is just 6*6+6=36+6=42. It was pretty easy for me because the multiplication table is choke-full of patterns like multiples of 2, 5, 9 and 10.
I mean they don’t like Muslims, but really it’s leftists that they hate. The fact that successful Muslim candidates tend to be leftist is a not-so-coincidental coincidence.
I don’t think they like Muslims, but really it’s leftists that they hate. The fact that successful Muslim candidates tend to be leftist is just a not-so-coincidental coincidence.
Conservatism is just watered down fascism. Always was, always will be. The difference is that conservatives worship pre-existing power while fascists seek their own power to worship.
Remember that about a third of the country enthusiastically supports Trump and another third is either on the fence or noncommittal. He’s not exactly lacking for ideologically compliant manpower.
Just in case anyone thought “vote blue no matter who” ever actually meant something. This is happening a lot lately.
I mean, there are non-fascist neoliberals out there, but this shit is just fascism. If it can happen to the homeless, it can happen to anyone.