Some people, communicating via satellite phones, have described the attack as the “heaviest bombardment yet,” according to independent journalist Sharif Kouddous.
“People can’t call ambulances or civil defense. We are being bombed in an unprecedented manner,” said an unidentified journalist at a Gaza hospital, according to a translation by The Nation’s Palestinian correspondent, Mohammed El-Kurd. “The sky around us just lights up [with explosions], and no one knows what’s going on.”
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But is that actually true? A lot can be gained from killing your enemies and taking their stuff.
I’m not saying it’s right in any way, but the motivation should be as clear as any motivation ever has been.
Violence is the most direct and effective method of control, of obtaining and maintaining power.
And that is why nation states have a monopoly on it
and it’s also why the propaganda machine always pushes the “violence is not the answer” narrative
So your logic is stop Israel’s “violence”, but let Palestinians continue with their “resistance”?
sweet loot drops, for one.
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That era ended after WWII, that’s not how it works anymore… Anything worthwhile gets destroyed and polluted if you fight with modern arms
We’ve gotten more advanced - now, you can make billions through the act of war itself! If you position yourself correctly through investments, you too can drink from the firehouse of money aimed at the military industrial complex whenever war occurs
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Yeah, tell that to Gandhi
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Nope, they are not
Unless you consider voting full engage civilian violence
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All of the civil rights in my country were slowly incorporated by democratic means through the last century.
Edit, this includes paid vacations, paid maternity leaves for both mother and father, female vote, abolishing slavery, public health, free secular public education (12 years obligatory + university), unemployment insurance, universal income*, abortion
Edit2: that doesn’t mean that all rights are won without violence and my country had a lot of violence, but it was about who was holding the power. Rights were voted through the decades almost independently of who was in power.
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Argentina
I think the majority of us get it. There are a few who are making decisions that don’t understand.
They understand, it’s just that minimising violence is not their objective.
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