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>After all, as last two years have so amply demonstrated: people are fine with genocide. Last two years? Try last few decades at the very least. People only ca
by gruez 1y ago
>After all, as last two years have so amply demonstrated: people are fine with genocide.
Last two years? Try last few decades at the very least. People only care about the war in Gaza more because it's controversial. For non-controversial cases people just agree it's bad but shrug their shoulders.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosnian_genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwandan_genocide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_genocide
- chrz 1y agoPeople care because they follow news. You dont send reporters where you dont want news about.
- aleph_minus_one 1y agoIn many European countries people do care about the Bosnian genocide - I mean the geographical distance is not that far from where they live. This also explains the more prevalent ignorance concerning the other two genocides of your list: they are simply for away from the place the respective person lives.
- jonah 1y agoWhat's ridiculous is that it's even seen as controversial by some.
- tomalbrc 1y agoIt is will how some people will live in their bubble and not see the controversies