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   "You do you" is Eu-gen-ics. (beadsland@disabled.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:17:09 JST "You do you" is Eu-gen-ics.

   The Israeli government knows their window is poised to close.

   They're only gonna accelerate the carnage from here.

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     Not so sure about that.

     A 47 can mean countries presently sitting on their hands getting actively involved just to perform on the world stage their opposition to the color orange.

     Meanwhile, a 47 might readily halt arms shipments if he believes it will energize his base as a demonstration that he's the one in charge, not them.

     White liberals (including those vehemently in support of Israel now) will get far more aggressive in their disruptive direct action, again cause orange.

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     Biggest fear is that a 47 might follow lead of a right-wing populist elsewhere (and/or a right-wing populist elsewhere might be inspired by 47 in Oval), who's done the math to realize that rather than tamp down antisemitism with jingoist Islamaphobia, the tides of global public opinion have turned sufficiently to make it politically advantageous to instead unleash that antisemitism full force.

     At which point, we go from weapons sales to Israel to weapons deployed against Israel.

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     Patrick (patrickoftheg@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:17:09 JST Patrick

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     @beadsland That's a kind of optimism that I don't think realistically exists on the ground; I think they know they have four more years they can keep on doing this, without batting an eye, no matter who in America wins the election cycle.

     And it's in Bibi's best interest to keep this thing going as long as he humanly can, only slowing it down if he can get another conflict going.

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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 06:24:52 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     @beadsland @PatrickoftheG

     Basically, OG neo-Nazism exploits ZioNazism to make a play for White Alt-Right Populism that goes after "Zionist" conspiracies for "wokeness" and "cultural Marxism" to win over the less privileged mid Whites.

     It's very possible that this variant could even become the "swing vote" bloc courted by both major parties, or even a minor third party on its own.

     This is the main reason why the antiracist/antifascist Left needs to consolidate and defend their own.

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     AnthonyJK-Admin (anthonyjk@mastodon.redgarterclub.com)'s status on Tuesday, 28-May-2024 08:05:53 JST AnthonyJK-Admin

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     @beadsland @PatrickoftheG

     Excellent and fair point.

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     @AnthonyJK @PatrickoftheG

     Disinclined to analogize apartheid state in question with 1940s Europe, as manifest destiny settler colonialism goes further back than that, and the German lawyers modeled their approach on the breaking of treaties with indigenous peoples, Jim Crow, and Progressives' eugenics of then contemporary U.S., but otherwise, yeah.