@scottthomasm@geraldposner@billmaher I understand why people are shocked by Israel’s actions. What I honestly don’t understand is how and why the atrocities of October 7 are so easily ignored or dismissed as “resistance” by those who claim to possess a superior morality.
@nkalamb The problem with racial capitalism is that it supposes that capitalists, forced to choose between a racial exclusion or profit, would consistently pick the former.
@Musa_alGharbi Your thoughts on this? Galloway supports your findings to an extent, but extends the discussion beyond income tax rates.
The Winners & Losers Under Today's Tax System https://t.co/d5xU5Z2F1L via @YouTube
I said to UNHRC: “We ask the U.N., the media, celebrities, campus activists: why are you silent? The answer is uncomfortable but clear. The Iran protest movement shatters a cherished narrative. A people rising against Islamist tyranny does not fit the ideology—so it is ignored.”
@matthenryyoung Just keep going. I threw the book across the room once or twice before I powered through. And it was worth it. You’ll re-read the book.
@robinhanson@todayinhistory "Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic socialism, as I understand it.” George Orwell, “Why I Write,” 1946.
@TheFP@GreenPlusAnE True. But this knife cuts both ways. The amount of bullshit spewed out by right wing think tanks over the past half century is staggering.