Lebanese Academic

[Lebanese Academic @Leb_Academic]

Until then, every side will keep pointing at the other side's gun, patron, corruption, hypocrisy, or betrayal.

And all of them will keep hoping nobody asks the only question that matters:

Who benefits from making sure the state never arrives?

[Lebanese Academic @Leb_Academic]

The Cartel's favourite argument is:

Are you with the resistance, or with the state?
With Hezbollah, or with sovereignty?

This is the mechanism that keeps every serious question buried.

A thread... 🧵🤔

[Lebanese Academic @Leb_Academic]

The question is whether Lebanon will ever build a state:

Strong enough to make defence national instead of sectarian.

Sovereignty real instead of theatrical.

Politics something more serious than two camps keeping each other alive while the country disappears between them.

[Lebanese Academic @Leb_Academic]

Until then, every side will keep pointing at the other side's gun, patron, corruption, hypocrisy, or betrayal.

And all of them will keep hoping nobody asks the only question that matters:

Who benefits from making sure the state never arrives?

[Lebanese Academic @Leb_Academic]

The Cartel's favourite argument is:

Are you with the resistance, or with the state?
With Hezbollah, or with sovereignty?

This is the mechanism that
A thread... 🧵🤔

[Lebanese Academic @Leb_Academic]

The question is whether Lebanon will ever build a state:

Strong enough to make defence national instead of sectarian.

Sovereignty real instead of theatrical.

Politics something more serious than two camps keeping each other alive while the country disappears between them.