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Throughout history, the propaganda of victimhood has always been used to perpetuate horrors. Whether it is the nazis, whether it is the israelis/zionists, wheth
by dntbnmpls 7y ago
Throughout history, the propaganda of victimhood has always been used to perpetuate horrors. Whether it is the nazis, whether it is the israelis/zionists, whether it is the american settlers, etc.
Almost always, victimhood is the justification of theft, attacks and brutality. What was the nazis justification for brutalizing jews and stealing their property in europe? The economic crisis post ww1. What is the israelis justification for brutalizing palestinians and stealing their land, the holocaust. What was our justification for extermination and stealing native land? Native massacres of settlers.
If you look at history, every oppressor claims to be the oppressed and uses it as justification to oppress. Doesn't matter if it is a democracy, monarchy, communist, fascist, etc. They all cry out "Ow" in pain as they smash another person in the face.
- viklove 7y agoThat's because every oppressor is oppressed. We try to segregate people into these two groups, but the fact is that every person is capable of oppression, and every society is guilty of it. The history of human civilization is a story of people who were oppressed that went on to oppress others to continue the cycle. Our texts don't do a good job of documenting this -- they just designate all losers as oppressed and all victors as oppressors.
- sifar 7y agoWhat I wonder is whether they are aware of it or do they operate under a sort of doublethink. Doesn't someone realize that hey wait, what I am doing to them now is what others did to us/our ancestors. Shouldn't that stay your hand instead of justifying it.