No, the problem is not that "the countries are bad", the problem is that you want to put pressure on them ro reform the country without invoking the forces that tried to prevent the country from ever existing.
The two state solution *shouldn't* have happened. It's been a humanitarian disaster ever since. The Palestinian people have lost everything and Israel doesn't respect even the basic tenants of the original borders. They were correct to boycott it then, just speaking purely on the grounds of self-defense. Are you actually going to bat for the concept of enthostates now? Try to imagine ANYTHING ABOUT the idea of dividing people by ethnicity going over in America for one hot second and see if you can grok why people might not have love the idea.
I was defending you lmao.
A one-state apartheid state won't be much better than the current apartheid state. The problem is that neither side trusts each other enough to govern along the other in a shared government.
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Yeah, I can't imagine why allowing people to move freely about a country would improve their lives. Might as well leave them landlocked by military blockades I guess.
One state solution implies giving citizenship and full rights Palestinians, how would that be an apartheid state or not much better than the current state?
A situation in which the Palestinians will be permanently outnumbered in a government alongside the Israelis does not sound better than a situation in which both groups have their own territory and independent states to me, no, because of the enormous tensions between the two groups leading me to not believe that a singular government would be able to protect the interests of the minority. (The US South makes me very, very pessimistic on this.)
Black people overwhelmingly outnumbered white people in S.A. That isn't the case in Israel.
Your silly zero sum games amount to nothing. Some representation is better than no representation.
I hope not. Also Chelsea Clinton's tweets over the Ilhan Omar matter has been absolutely fucking terrible.
I'm comparing two state to one state, not saying the status quo is ok and we should do nothing.
I mean going by one poster sentiment here...you might be practicing antisemitism.
I meant the original song. Apparently it was edited out in later releases and for good reason.
No wait, she only said "it's all about the Benjamins, baby".
No wait, she only said "it's all about the Benjamins, baby".
Like, you seem to say that yes, just saying that is problematic.
I don't know what to tell you, I'm Jewish and I have never thought that, never met anyone that thought that, never even heard that. Pretty damn sure I used that or a variation of that phrase quite a few times in the past.
Well, if I'm really honest it feels like a bad faith attack, but I donno, I could be crazy.
Yeah, but like, Jadakiss or his music doesn't really oppress or even harm Jewish people in the US.
Yes, the problem was that it was a synonym for cash. It's not a problematic phrase. The problem came with not being explicit about who she was referring to, then RTing a guy very upset because he interpreted her to be meaning Jewish people in general as though she was mocking him.
Why are you assuming good faith for Kevin McCarthy?
Members of the same minority group can get away with looser language, yes. Some of the ways Bernie Sanders talks about economic populism are loose in a way that he wouldn't be able to get away with if he weren't Jewish because it's going to be obvious he's not using antisemitic dogwhistles.
I don't give a shit about Kevin McCarthy, the guy fucking put out ads with Soros conspiracy bullshit. Why would I give a shit what that spineless toad thinks?
