Saying that we can learn from the Shoah ‘implies that […] there was something wrong that the Holocaust needed to correct’
Saying that we can learn from the Shoah ‘implies that […] there was something wrong that the Holocaust needed to correct’
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The statement that there is nothing to learn from the Shoah is a fairly common one in that subcommunity. Examples:
THERE IS NO LESSON FOR JEWS TO LEARN FROM THE HOLOCAUST. WE WERE VICTIMS, NOT STUDENTS
When we talk about learning from the Shoah, we are not saying that it was some sort of educational course, but a mistake. I trust that even you, Herzlians, can agree that massacring innocents is a mistake… on second thoughts, given your axiom that a terrorist using a human shield is somehow a licence to exterminate entire populations, maybe not.
Studying the Shoah’s causes can help us identify the grounds for future annihilation campaigns. Some of the Shoah’s causes included
- The White and gentile petty bourgeoisie’s need to forcibly eliminate competition,
- The Fascist bourgeoisie’s need for cheap labour,
- The Fascist bourgeoisie’s desire for more land and
- Capitalist greed in general.
While I am unsure if the first two causes are equally applicable to the Nakba, there can be no doubt that Herzlians crave more land and that many capitalists and getting fine profits from the weapons, vehicles, uniforms, munitions and other junk that they market to the settlers as well as their army. One can also add Bibi’s quest to avoid trial, but I doubt that that is the main reason for the Nakba today.
Finally, Jews needing their own state is most certainly not a logical conclusion to derive from any extermination campaign. Many Herzlians, in fact, opposed resisting the Axis; they had little interest in aiding ordinary Jews, a tendency that reappeared later in South America as a Herzlian régime did nothing to help the thousands of Jews that Argentine neofascists tormented and slaughtered.
The October 7th incident alone only reconfirmed that Zionism fails to protect Jews. It’s time to give up on Herzl’s dream.