KarunaX

@SuperMoosie @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars #auspol #alp #lnp
This is the inevitable result of an electoral system that establishes the dominance of two similar parties (a #Uniparty ) allied with permission to accept huge amounts of money to these two parties but no-one else. We can see this with new electoral laws in Victoria, which are now being emulated in Canberra to hamstring Independents and minor parties. https://youtu.be/7FLqYpD6eYw?si=smGlZmiT2fsfuC1r

@livus Looks like #Israel now wants to escalate the tensions with #Iran, and drag the #US into a regional war.

@mozz @immibis Game Theory would suggest exactly this response from Iran if it is interested in maintaining peace into the future.

@immibis @mozz I am not quite as cynical as you regarding the UN. Yes, the do seem to be a Western toy much of the time, but they also have their moments of clarity. It will be interesting to see their response to Israel’s complaints.

@mozz Strange. Israel totally ignores the #UN whenever it suits, but then expects them to come running to get #Israel out of a mess it created.

@largess @ajsadauskas @fuck_cars @kim_harding Will someone please reincarnate Gough?

@appassionato@mastodon.social @bookstodon@a.gup.pe I am sure there is corruption in China - whether more or less than the West I don’t know. But I do know that China used some of its recent accumulation of wealth to benefit its poor, not its billionaires, and in such a manner that the whole society benefited. An excellent, successful initiative that Western Govts refuse to follow for some reason…https://thetricontinental.org/studies-1-socialist-construction/

@Kirilov@kolektiva.social @ymishory@tooot.im @appassionato@mastodon.social @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @palestine@a.gup.pe Ilan Pappe’s writing is certainly in the same ballpark. Perhaps you haven’t bothered reading his work? But back to the main point - the title of Khalid’s book reflects the very real history of Palestine. You may not like that, but that is fact.

@Kirilov@kolektiva.social @gimulnautti@mastodon.green @ymishory@tooot.im @appassionato@mastodon.social @palestine@a.gup.pe Read back over this thread - and especially your posts - and you will easily see where you are subjecting logic to irrational contortions.

@kinyutaka@mstdn.social @KarunaX@mastodon.world @ymishory@tooot.im @anantagd@ieji.de @appassionato@mastodon.social @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @palestine@a.gup.pe Most Israelis are secular. Ironic that a people who don’t believe in g-d believe he gave them someone else’s land. Down here in reality, we know it was the British who exceeded their mandate and “gave” Palestine to European Zionists, not g-d.

@ymishory @anantagd @appassionato @bookstodon @palestine There is no single answer. Probably the only viable solution is a single, multi-ethnic secular state. While I would prefer all the Zionists to be expelled, this is unlikely to happen, and we will just have to wait until all the European “Israelis” leave & return to Europe/US etc. I expect many will, just as the majority of racist South Africans left after disposing of that colonial state.

@ymishory @Kirilov @appassionato @bookstodon @palestine I think Khalid’s claims are not exceptional, but rather mainstream in academic (not populist) circles, given the numbers of other authors who propose a similar thesis. See eg Ilan Pappe, Schlomo Sand, Edward Said.

@Kirilov@kolektiva.social @gimulnautti@mastodon.green @ymishory@tooot.im @appassionato@mastodon.social @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @palestine@a.gup.pe Rubbish. Absolute rubbish. It seems you have been captured by a love for the rules of logic, but have (illogically) misapplied these.

@Kirilov@kolektiva.social @Alexandrad1@mas.to @gimulnautti@mastodon.green @ymishory@tooot.im @appassionato@mastodon.social @bookstodon@a.gup.pe @palestine@a.gup.pe Can I note that Khalid’s book is not offering “opinion”, but a thesis based in evidence. And I did not refer to Khalid so as to use an “influential figure” to support an argument. The argument is FROM Khalid’s work.

@ymishory @appassionato @bookstodon @palestine Those phrases suggest to me a certain narrative, one based in an anti-colonialist perspective, similar to what we see with examinations of other settler-colonial societies (South Africa, Australia etc). And yes, I agree, all historians are telling a story from a certain position. Mr Khalidi’s academic credentials suggest that the content will be somewhat rigorous.

@ymishory @appassionato @bookstodon @palestine The title is not skewed at all. The title and sub-titles are no more than a factual summary of the reality of Paslestine TBH.

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