It's interesting the way that atomization and the collapse of community and family seem to also correlate to a collapse in imagination and empathy. Which makes some intuitive sense -- would be a very cool Phd for a psych or sociology student actually.
Gaza, meanwhile, has community enforced by a siege. Families of 4 are considered small. Do the math. If there are 8 brothers and sisters and they all have 4 kids or more, you have 32 first cousins, lots of aunts and uncles and your parents. That's your immediate family. Take it out to second cousins and you're easily into the hundreds and because of the siege you all live in the same area. The inability to imagine this is a striking retardation of thought/empathy in so many western minds that there must be something about our atomized culture that breeds it.
Kamala Harris proudly said: "I will appoint Republicans to my cabinet. Trump supporters will have a seat at the table when I am President".
that was her pitch. She went on a tour with Liz Cheney, touting the endorsement of Dick Cheney. That was her campaign. Look at the result
In a normal world, today 630,000 students from Gaza are supposed to start their educational year, but in the genocide era, today they lost the second educational year, and instead they are waiting in the water, food and aid distribution lines.
Gaza, September 2024.
“How can a black woman also be Indian???”
“If a woman has high testosterone does that make her male???”
-The people trying to ban race and gender studies.
Netanyahu is a war criminal committing genocide against the Palestinian people. It is utterly disgraceful that leaders from both parties have invited him to address Congress. He should be arrested and sent to the International Criminal Court.
“not feeling welcome on campus at elite university” vs the bodies of children executed with their hands tied behind their backs being carried around in bulldozers feels like a very insane conversation to be having. i won’t be having it
Israel waits until an AI-identified target is at home with his family before striking, killing everyone in the building (with no effort to check whether the AI was even correct). Any country sending arms to Israel at this point is a similarly rogue nation.