The fact that we're witnessing this genocide happen in real time and the fact that most of the world does not care is just soul-crushing. The fact that Israel and its supporters still manage to play the victim card while strategically trying to wipe out the Palestinian population is truly a masterclass in narcissism. Most days I wonder if a mass extinction of the human species would be a good thing, maybe the next evolution of species would be an improvement over us 🤷🏻♀️
I am so disgusted by my country. Making a SHOW of pretending to care - sending aid that never makes it or kills the intended recipients - all while continuing to send my tax money in the form of bombs etc to Israel to continue their genocide. It is classic narcissist behavior - you absolutely nailed it. I write my officials at least once a week. I donate. I attend protests. Nothing happens, nothing changes. It feels like the U.S. has backed itself into a corner where it can't do anything differently without having to take ownership of it's/our own sins and make actual reparations...which, let's be honest, is never going to happen during Capitalism. How can we really call Israel to task, when they're just copying what we ourselves have done so many times??? Leaves a lot of room for people to start pointing out hypocrisy and ask increasingly uncomfortable questions. White people have generated so much wealth through the endless extraction of resources from lands stolen from the Indigenous peoples that would have (and continue to try to) protect them. The sad truth is we've probably never done the right thing. Though we sure love patting ourselves on the back as if we had. Understanding more and more that it's actually in opposition to the true, core tenants of our systems to do what is clearly morally right in this case (and undoubtedly many others)...and that is untenable. Thank you for helping me see. Time for real change!
The fact that we're witnessing this genocide happen in real time and the fact that most of the world does not care is just soul-crushing. The fact that Israel and its supporters still manage to play the victim card while strategically trying to wipe out the Palestinian population is truly a masterclass in narcissism. Most days I wonder if a mass extinction of the human species would be a good thing, maybe the next evolution of species would be an improvement over us 🤷🏻♀️
I am so disgusted by my country. Making a SHOW of pretending to care - sending aid that never makes it or kills the intended recipients - all while continuing to send my tax money in the form of bombs etc to Israel to continue their genocide. It is classic narcissist behavior - you absolutely nailed it. I write my officials at least once a week. I donate. I attend protests. Nothing happens, nothing changes. It feels like the U.S. has backed itself into a corner where it can't do anything differently without having to take ownership of it's/our own sins and make actual reparations...which, let's be honest, is never going to happen during Capitalism. How can we really call Israel to task, when they're just copying what we ourselves have done so many times??? Leaves a lot of room for people to start pointing out hypocrisy and ask increasingly uncomfortable questions. White people have generated so much wealth through the endless extraction of resources from lands stolen from the Indigenous peoples that would have (and continue to try to) protect them. The sad truth is we've probably never done the right thing. Though we sure love patting ourselves on the back as if we had. Understanding more and more that it's actually in opposition to the true, core tenants of our systems to do what is clearly morally right in this case (and undoubtedly many others)...and that is untenable. Thank you for helping me see. Time for real change!