It’s so good that these countries are finally showing a bit of support for the Palestinian people, but unfortunately I think this is a sloppy way to do it that will likely end in failure.

To recognize a state of Palestine, you must define it’s borders. What will those borders be? So far these politicians have refused to say, it is much safer for them to be vague and noncommittal.

Surely it would not be the pre-1948 borders, that would literally wipe Israel off the map.

Ideally it would be post-1967 borders with mutually agreed upon land swaps. According to the UN this is the most just two-state division. But it is also a plan that has been proposed and dismissed for many decades. Israel would need to be forced to accept a plan like this.

One could also consider the horrific possibility that they will use some post-2005 borders, this would make the Palestinian “state” a series of small unconnected bantustans. This would probably end the genocide, but it would also give international approval to the apartheid.

The bottom line is that there is no profitable way to use this gas. You can capture it, pipe it out, then refine it, but you will lose money. You can burn it onsite to generate electricity, but your investment in generators and maintenance will never pay off.

The only way to get oil and gas companies to do the right thing is by government regulation.

Source: my father worked for a startup trying to develop this type of technology in the bakken oilfield. The startup had strong initial investment, but it failed after only a few years.

I think the hottest genre is still “survival/craft”, but there are so many similar looking games, you gotta stand out somehow. Two of the best ways to stand out are combining genres, and having an interesting artsyle.

I would start with the basics of Stardew Valley, people love farming, resources management, upgrading tools and buildings, wooing villagers. But what is lacking in Stardew? I think the battle system and world exploration.

Instead of stardew’s generic 2d Zelda-style battles, I would suggest a card battle system like Slay the Spire. At night players can delve into the card battling cave, looking for new cards, new seeds, farm equipment, etc, always trying to delve deeper for better loot. During the day they work the farm, earning money, crafting new cards and foods that can buff their card battles.

For world exploration, it would depend on your style choices and budget. If you stick with 2d pixel graphics I could see a Zelda style map filled with puzzles and unlocks. If you go bigger with a 3d engine I could see a sprawling Bethesda style map.

As for artsyle, you definitely want to avoid being a Stardew clone. Go a bit darker, both in color and theme, while still creating a game that is suitable for children.

I’ve tried to find opinion data to compare opinions of citizens of 1940s Nazi Germany vs. citizens of modern Zionist Israel, but unfortunately I think there is nothing that comes close to reliable data.

If I had to guess, I would think it’s quite similar. People do not change much. The big difference is that the weapons systems and propaganda systems have advanced considerably.

Zionism is Nazism.

All of the major elements are there:

• Ethnonationalism (Jewish supremacy / Aryan supremacy)
• Expansionism (Attacking regional neighbors / Lebensraum)
• Ethnic cleansing (Genocide of Palestine / the Holocaust)

The one significant difference is that Hitler had totalitarian control, whereas Bibi does not (yet). Netanyahu still has a coalition to appease, and occasionally must make concessions to less-genocidal factions in his government.

I like how she tags Neil DeGrasse Tyson as if the funny haha tv scientist podcast man is out there writing budget proposals for CERN or Fermilab

He used the world’s strongest military to illegally invade, occupy, and slaughter some of the poorest people on the planet.

He played a leading role in multiple coups against democratically elected governments, replacing them with brutal violent dictators.

Millions died due to his war crimes, and he was proud of his work.

But to become a leading capitalist you must exploit hundreds of thousands of people.

This process strips you of most of your humanity and empathy, thus you will likely no longer care about “protecting nature”.

because they support the existence of Israel they have blood on their hands?

Yes.

If “Zionist” means anything at all, it means support for Israel as it currently exists. This means support for Jewish supremacy, support for bombing campaigns against civilians in multiple nations, and support for a literal ongoing genocide. Anyone who lends support to these evils has blood on their hands.

You can try to move goalposts to say Zionist only means “israel has a right to exist”, but this is meaningless in context. I personally believe in a one-state solution where Palestinians have equal rights with Jews; a state where there is no apartheid, ethnic cleansing, nor aggression against neighboring countries. I would be fine with this hypothetical country keeping the name “Israel”. Does this make me a Zionist too? If so, the term is meaningless.

I never mentioned their faith, why are you deciding what it is?

You are right about this, I should have been more clear with my words. I was describing a hypothetical Christian Zionist, not your specific neighbor who might be Jewish, Muslim, or atheist. Whatever their faith may be, I condemn their Zionism.

The genocide would not be possible if it wasn’t for the financial and rhetorical support of Christian Zionists like your neighbor. They may not directly murder anyone, but they do have blood on their hands.

Christian Zionists vastly outnumber Jewish individuals on this planet, and correspondingly, the majority of donations to pro-genocide groups like AIPAC come from Christian Zionists.

People like your neighbor are directly funding the genocide. Why wouldn’t they be culpable?

Or they hang out in the 25mph zone going 74mph. Killing the young girl in the crosswalk gets you two years of paid vacation before finally being fired.

It’s not wasted at all, this is textbook Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein, 2007). This is Steve Bannons’s “flood the zone” strategy that Trump is currently following.

The lies will be believed by dedicated Zionists. Paid Hasbara trolls will be repeating these lies forever.

For most news consumers, the story will come across muddled, confused, and open to personal interpretation. From their low-information perspective, a conclusion of “both sides” seems reasonable.

And for those who are paying attention and have a strong sense of morality, this will be one more battle we will have to repeatedly fight. We will have to expend time and energy to fight this lie, and it is just one of many.

Is “slightly corrupt” the new euphemism for “aiding and abetting an ongoing genocide”?

I went through a medical bankruptcy at age 24, and I have never financially recovered. I have been bedridden twice in my life, and one of those times was due to gross medical negligence. So you’re right, I am desperate for a fleeting sense of power, and one of my goals is to radicalize people against the evil system we suffer under.

Luigi Mangioni is a hero. Instilling fear into the billionaire class is a positive and noble thing, otherwise their power is completely unchecked.

And if you can’t handle pushback, then I suggest you go find a comfy echo chamber, because this ain’t it.

And if you go anywhere outside of the Fediverse, pro-Mangioni voices are removed and banned.

Corporate censorship on other platforms has made the Fediverse into an outlier on this subject, and then sadly people like you capitulate to the narrative that Mangioni is unpopular in those censored spaces.

The Zionist group Betar has been providing the Trump administration with long lists of names of pro-Palestinian protesters that they would like to see deported. Many of the activists that have been kidnapped by ICE were suggested by Betar.

A pro-Israel group says it gave US list of protesters to deport, drawing alarm from students’ supporters - CNN

Even the Anti-Defamation League (aka Apartheid Defense League, a pro-genocide hate group in my opinion) condemns Betar and says they promote “extremist and hateful ideologies”.

It kinda seems like immigrants and anti-war protesters made it to the top of the list this time.

Whenever I see Removed here on .world, I think to myself:

thank you for your service comrade

corner a pedo

And since these are internet vigilante kids with no oversight, they will inevitably corner some non-pedos too.

Put yourself in that situation- a couple teenagers with cameras approach you on the street and start accusing you of some of the sickest crimes imaginable. Even though the accusation is false, this has the potential to ruin your career, your relationships, your entire life.

I’m not sure how anyone would respond, or should respond, but I can definitely see how people might resort to violence when falsely accused of this horrible shit on camera.

Well there was the “first 9/11” or “other 9/11”, which is 9/11/1973, when the US-backed coup violently overthrew the democratically elected government of Chile…