No terrorist state, no matter how powerful, can slaughter with impunity and receive zero blowback, not Israel or Russia, not Saudi Arabia or Iran, not China or India, not good ‘ol America – even if it’s supported by the majority of its citizenry.
Take the current ethnic cleansing conducted by Israel in Gaza; By most accounts over 80% of Israelis support the slaughter, though far fewer support the government conducting it.
This paints a picture of dehumanization of the “other” that seems to have taken over swathes of Israeli society. (They might want to ask themselves why yerida outnumbers aliyah by quite a bit, but that’s a separate post.)
This is not peculiar to Israeli society. All societies go through this frothing-at-the-mouth, bloodthirsty jingoism when the ethno-national majority of said society feels a mass aggrievement – except nowadays it doesn’t last anywhere near as long as it did in the past.
For this is a new age. A new social media age where, despite many drawbacks, it’s getting rather impossible to control information.
Warmongering is fast losing its sell-by date. Even in the imperialist West where it’s been pastime for many a century.
Hive minds still exist in the public discourse of social media, but because it’s on full display, I daresay hive cynicism has grown in far greater numbers.
Authoritarian propaganda – hasbara for Israel – cannot compete with this cynicism.
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Broken Shackles Media | Citizen Journalism | Dec 16 2023
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