I don’t think the US wants Israel to be doing this. It is creating a big headache for them and harming Biden’s popularity. It’s more accurate to say they don’t care about the genocide as much as they should, and in the absence of public pressure probably would have supported Israel so as to maintain a key alliance. So it’s more that they want to pursue their geopolitical goals interests, and the Palestinians don’t really register in that sense because they are weak militarily.
LibertyLizard
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Pressure campaigns can work folks. Hope everyone looks into their own state and see if there is a similar option for them. My state unfortunately does not have an uncommitted option but we are pushing people to leave the presidency blank to send a message.
I don’t really understand what you mean by this. Are you saying that because sometimes people use the phrase in a combative way it could be misunderstood?
I thought it was clear enough from context that I meant “I don’t know the nature of your injury and this may or may not apply to you” but let me know if that was not as clear to you.
I generally prefer actions that undermine systems of oppression while also helping people. As you point out we aren’t in a position to militarily defeat the government or anyone really and honestly I’m not even sure that’s desirable anyway. Maybe I’m naive but I choose to believe that the world can be changed nonviolently.
So things like mutual aid, working in your community to plant trees, build organizations and infrastructure that directly help people, etc. On the more confrontational side, political marches and rallies, especially when organized as a sustained pressure campaign that targets specific decision-makers with specific demands, civil disobedience that directly makes it harder for the agents of oppression to do their work but that doesn’t harm the general public.
In the current context, the best actions are those that raise awareness and build sympathy for your movement while also reversing, slowing or stopping harm.
I know that’s a little vague but I think there are many activities that can contribute. So find your people and your niche and get to work. I’m just starting out in this journey myself so I’m sure I have more to learn too.
Hmm well I have thoughts on this but since I support voting and direct action it sounds like you don’t care lol
Personally I do not assume anything about a user’s instance (or look at it at all usually). But I do pay attention to the instance a community belongs to, because some instances have significant numbers of hostile people that belong to them (Lemmy.ml is a prominent example). Personally I would not want to belong to that instance because it would put me into more contact with those people.
I think there are some instances that are more averse to defederation, and based on what you’ve said, those might be a better home for you.
Not to me. The community belongs to the users, not just the first person who camps out there. But that is a good tip, thanks.
Agreed. Ability to migrate communities would also be nice. What happens if a prominent instance shuts down? I also had the founder of a community I was active in unilaterally delete it which was frustrating. I’m not sure why that is permitted.
Absolutely. Mandatory arbitration is a miscarriage of justice so obvious that it is truly shocking to me that both the courts and the legislature allow it to continue.
Not sure exactly what your problem is but I had to switch to shoes that had flat heels after a knee injury. The elevated heel twisted my knee in a way that caused pain if I wore them for an extended period. Since then I buy only “zero-drop” shoes.
I got a lot of these ideas from the What is Politics podcast/YouTube series. If you’d like to hear more like this, I highly recommend it. Kind of an odd presentation style, and I don’t agree with all of the takes but overall it’s very well researched and thought provoking. It’s not specifically about Christianity but the same forces are at play.
Technically they won the last election and they do run the government in Gaza. So like it or not they are basically the government in Gaza.
They are also an extremist group but that doesn’t make them not a government. Likud is also an extremist group but they control the government of Israel.