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RE: Eclipsing Current Events

in #ramblerant2 years ago

I don't believe I ever mentioned this on Hive, I've mentioned it elsewhere, and I especially avoid doing so on BitChute for obvious reasons, but I'm Jewish (secular, obviously) and I've had a seething hatred of the Israeli government since long before I became a libertarian, so allow me to provide some additional insight.

Orthodox Jews can explain far better than I can precisely why the very existence of the modern nation of Israel defies not only New Testament prophecy, but Old Testament prophecy as well. The gist is that the land was supposed to be given back to the Jews, not taken by force. The interference of western powers in the affairs of middle eastern nations, dating all the way back to the Sykes-Picot agreement of 1916, guarantee forever wars in the region. The Ottoman Empire, for all its faults, actually managed to keep the peace.

Second, the Israeli government is only stoking yet more antisemitism. Back in the sixties and seventies, when tensions blew up into the Arab-Israeli Wars (as a reminder, Hamas's latest attack took place on the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Yom Kippur War), it was yet another proxy conflict between the USA and USSR. The Soviets backed the Arab states not just because the Americans backed Israel, but also because Marxism is inherently anti-Semitic. The Soviet Union, contrary to what neo-Nazis on BitChute will tell you, was not remotely friendly to Jews. It should therefore come as no surprise that the radical left beats the war drums for Hamas and tries to either deny or worse justify their war crimes.

The radical left already tries to deny or justify the Holodomor. I expect to see a rise in Holocaust denial as well for the same reason. "Kulaks bad, therefore they were never massacred, Stalin did nothing wrong" will be replaced with "Jews bad, therefore they were never massacred, Hitler did nothing wrong," mark my words.

BTW, on a totally unrelated note, I found another statist blog to milk for content. On it is an absolutely hilarious strawman of libertarianism. I'll let you take this one, since I'm working on other things at the moment.

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Check out the October 8th episode of Part of the Problem

I enjoyed the line "I am American first and Jewish second."
On the same token, I am Russian first, an American citizen second, and Jewish third.

I liked that Dave and Rob mentioned that America is playing both sides. However, it may interest you to know that China is also playing both sides. The current proxy conflict is exponentially more convoluted and insidious than the one during the Cold War. Honestly, the more I learn about the Chinese Communist Party, the more the Soviet Union looks like an ancap paradise and a picture of sanity by comparison... and we all know how I fond I am of Soviet Communism.

But yes, Israel is one of those sacred cows that will have even RFK beating the drums of war. SMH. This is why I generally don't trust anti-war pundits and I never trust anti-war politicians.