“I couldn’t dream in my worst nightmare something like this,” says Amir Ben Natan, an attendee of the Supernova Sukkot Gathering rave where hundreds died in Hamas attack
“I couldn’t dream in my worst nightmare something like this,” says Amir Ben Natan, an attendee of the Supernova Sukkot Gathering rave where hundreds died in Hamas attack
I think both sets of civilians have the right to expect a life free of military oppression and terror, largely uninvolved with the actions of those in charge.
it’s deeply infuriating and heartbreaking each time I see stories about a given military organisation taking it out on people just living their lives, from Ukraine to Russia to China to Palestine to Israel and so on: innocent civilians dying (or worse) because of the decisions of military forces & their leash holders.
A constant problem is either an apathetic or even active citizenry supporting those perpetuating the butchery. They either don’t see it as their problem or see a schadenfreude like glee in seeing those they deem “subhuman” or unworthy of respect being treated like scum.
Terrorist attacks won’t fix that… but I can see how the downtrodden might see it as just desserts for people who help keep them oppressed.
Wherever you are in the world, this is almost certainly applicable to you too, it’s called propaganda, and we’re all subject to it to one degree or another, as well as to education that deliberately doesn’t give us the tools to think critically about such things, never mind nationalist indoctrination that comes from only teaching a washed version of history, rather than an honest look at it.
This isn’t to justify or excuse the actions of any state or to imply there is a power balance, because there isn’t, but it is one of the many ways all states control and manipulate enough of their population to remain in control despite clearly having no value for the lives of their people, only for their own power.
That’s not how downtrodden works.
What about mercs getting paid in drugs and rape?