Western countries can watch this genocide unfold without lifting a finger.
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Western countries can watch this genocide unfold without lifting a finger. That is their prerogative. But what they cannot do – what they will never again be able to do – is to pretend that they give a damn about human rights or democracy or international law. What they cannot do is claim to be civilised.
If you cannot or will not stop genocide, you are not a civilised society.
You cannot lecture anyone on ethics or morals or values. You are barbarians who have accepted the law of the jungle.
So be afraid. Very afraid. Be always afraid.
And make sure you’re strong. Very strong. And endlessly cruel.
Become monsters.
Otherwise, you will be next.
And no one will lift a finger to help you.
For that is the law of the jungle.
But also ask yourselves, those of you who still harbour humanity and are burdened with a conscience: what kind of life is that? And is that what I want for myself and my children?
And if not, shut it down!
Shut it all down now until our governments take action and stop this genocide!
Or learn to live as the people who let it happen.
If you can.
#israel #USA #germany #EU #TheWest #genocide #ethnicCleansing #settlerColonialism #apartheid #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine
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Western countries can watch this genocide unfold without lifting a finger. That is their prerogative. But what they cannot do – what they will never again be able to do – is to pretend that they give a damn about human rights or democracy or international law. What they cannot do is claim to be civilised.
If you cannot or will not stop genocide, you are not a civilised society.
You cannot lecture anyone on ethics or morals or values. You are barbarians who have accepted the law of the jungle.
So be afraid. Very afraid. Be always afraid.
And make sure you’re strong. Very strong. And endlessly cruel.
Become monsters.
Otherwise, you will be next.
And no one will lift a finger to help you.
For that is the law of the jungle.
But also ask yourselves, those of you who still harbour humanity and are burdened with a conscience: what kind of life is that? And is that what I want for myself and my children?
And if not, shut it down!
Shut it all down now until our governments take action and stop this genocide!
Or learn to live as the people who let it happen.
If you can.
#israel #USA #germany #EU #TheWest #genocide #ethnicCleansing #settlerColonialism #apartheid #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopTheGenocide #FreePalestine
@aral I join you Aral, that this is a turning point and watershed moment for our liberal democracies. And I'll add my nuance to it: They probably can pretend to give a damn about human rights and claim to be civilised. But what they can't do is convince an increasing part of us that it is true. The change is that the popular support for the pretension is slipping.
