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No surprises here. Their foreign policy objectives are predicated on establishing popular support for an ongoing genocide. They can’t control tik-tok so they ba

No surprises here. Their foreign policy objectives are predicated on establishing popular support for an ongoing genocide. They can’t control tik-tok so they ban it and for everything else some bots powered by gen-AI roaming the threads to muddy waters with garbage replies.

knowaveragejoe 2y ago
Alternative explanations exist: the subject is actually controversial among people, and your line of reasoning here supposes that all people are on the same page WRT the conflict, when in reality they aren't.
- DSingularity 2y ago
  You don’t think a majority of the world’s population are against the very regular stream of victims of the genocide? I don’t dispute that the majority of Britain, US, and other western nations are probably indifferent to what’s happening in Gaza and therefore likely to support the government position (more bombs for Israel and no mercy for gazans). But what about Africa? What about Asia? What about the Middle East? What about South America? What portion of those populations are sympathetic to a European colonization project brutalizing the indigenous population?
  - knowaveragejoe 2y ago
    A lot of the language you're using around the subject reeks of being "in" on a specific worldview, and I would argue that most people are either unaware or have various levels of agreement & disagreement with it.
    - DSingularity 2y ago
      I’m not so sure I share your cynical view. I can see how in the west most people people might be unaware - and I don’t think I can blame them - but in the east people are very aware. As for any level of agreement with the genocide — that’s just crazy. I’ve never come across a single person that supported what’s happening to the Gazans. You do know that current estimate have that between 6-7% of gazas population are either dead or as good as dead even if a ceasefire went into effect today? Who would have any level of agreement with that?

knowaveragejoe 2y ago

Alternative explanations exist: the subject is actually controversial among people, and your line of reasoning here supposes that all people are on the same page WRT the conflict, when in reality they aren't.

DSingularity 2y ago
You don’t think a majority of the world’s population are against the very regular stream of victims of the genocide? I don’t dispute that the majority of Britain, US, and other western nations are probably indifferent to what’s happening in Gaza and therefore likely to support the government position (more bombs for Israel and no mercy for gazans). But what about Africa? What about Asia? What about the Middle East? What about South America? What portion of those populations are sympathetic to a European colonization project brutalizing the indigenous population?
- knowaveragejoe 2y ago
  A lot of the language you're using around the subject reeks of being "in" on a specific worldview, and I would argue that most people are either unaware or have various levels of agreement & disagreement with it.
  - DSingularity 2y ago
    I’m not so sure I share your cynical view. I can see how in the west most people people might be unaware - and I don’t think I can blame them - but in the east people are very aware. As for any level of agreement with the genocide — that’s just crazy. I’ve never come across a single person that supported what’s happening to the Gazans. You do know that current estimate have that between 6-7% of gazas population are either dead or as good as dead even if a ceasefire went into effect today? Who would have any level of agreement with that?