As the title states, I don't really get it. In the long term geopolitical scale, what happens there will barely affect the average American (except, well, potential inflation from printing money to send to Israel). In fact, the average American should be concerned more about Ukraine and Russia, as Russia could at any point get enough balls to invade a NATO country, which would drag the US to war and the average American can potentially be drafted Can someone explain to me all these ppl protesting for Israel or for Palestine and how the shit that goes on there concerns them or affects their everyday life? TC:100
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It doesn’t. The generation “protesting” has not experienced a real traumatic event or even unprivileged lifestyles where the government doesn’t provide for them. They’re taught what injustice is. They don’t experience it, and therefore lack perspective to understand what matters from a home-state perspective. Yes, war is awful. Don’t start wars. Palestine = F around Find out example, they don’t get this.
But why does us need to fund for those wars?
“Strategic alliances” we do need allies in the mideast
Most Americans have no real problems in their lives to concern themselves with. So they take on other’s believing they are doing a noble job in meddling with affairs that don’t concern themselves.
The fact is that an average American doesn’t care about either of those two. The ones who are protesting are minority and they’re trying to generate awareness either because they have families and friends there OR they are informed enough to realize that the US is actively participating in both the wars and will be seen as an evil participant when we look back 100 years from now. And it is all funded by our tax dollars. The least we should all do is to reach out to our respective congressperson and petition to stop fueling these wars. Get educated and vote properly at all levels. And help spread the word on the civilians getting killed in the geopolitical power struggle so that the other Americans can do the same.
We are way past voting doing anything to stop this death machine.
They only care since the Jewish people are involved. Nobody ever cares about the other wars going on in the world. There are thousands of muslims (including children) being killed in Yemen but nobody talks about it. Why isn’t anyone protesting to stop those wars?
Interesting point on these American pro-palestanian folks not protesting until Jews are involved. I don't see any protests for the Tibetans being wiped out or even their own Muslim brethren in China where they are being put in "education camps" and Islam is mentioned as a disease.
@Verizon That’s a very stupid comparison. Why would Americans protest against US government for China getting involved in a war or doing genocide? Or do you want Americans to go to China and protest against their government?
The moral plight of a regime client is its currency
Russia can't even defeat Ukraine. Why would it invade a NATO country. Your logic reminds me of the hysteria in the media about how Saddam was a threat to the US. The consequence of that was a 5 trillion dollar war that killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis, many more maimed and tortured, and a destroyed country with created millions of refugees. Western Europe is now "enjoying" a lot more diversity as a result of the Iraq war.
Actually Russia is beating Ukraine even with the hundreds of billions sent to Ukraine.
Depends on your definition of “defeat”. They literally grabbed 18% of Ukrainian territory, lol
Brown people are getting killed as the world ignores the genocide. This puts cooperating countries on a path to disqualify for world leadership. As a new world is built in front of your eyes, it matters if the US will not lead it.
Race baiting the situation does not make it matter more (or less). Gaza f’d around and found out. The “brown” people in Gaza are indoctrinated to irradiate all Jewish people, Americans, Googlers and rainbow flag people. Idk who brain washed you, but even considering the vile place that Gaza is and was, it’s not a “genocide” that’s occurring, it is a war.
No Americans do not care about either side.
These hamas bots are just virtue signaling, mostly privilaged people who got no worries in life and want to push their nose into every social or political issue to self inflate their ego.
@Other "mostly privilaged people who got no worries in life and want to push their nose into every social or political issue" Unlike you, of course, who is totally *not* privileged and cares *so much more* about human life than those that are putting their careers on the line to protest for peace and human life, even if it means getting doxxed, being rejected from med school, or being blacklisted from employers. Self-sacrifice is not something you understand. Even given a million years, you would never be able to wrap your mind around a concept so foreign to you as putting yourself on the line to help others. Don't pretend you aren't on Blind to maximize your wealth as if you're some kind of angel, you selfish piece of shit.