As I’m not living in the US and not completely familiar with US politics, the video felt like F.D. was hinting at a lot of recent history that I do not get.
What I think I understand is that he’s mentioning a lot of people on the left are still deeply racist but presenting as antiracist. He also mentions that a lot of white people are onboard with leftist policies until they realized it will also benefit non-white people. The background I’m missing is the part regarding the "bernie bros" and the way they were turning away black people and that older black people as well have a lot of skepticism regarding these policies as they end up getting fucked over it.
Lmao "the pro Palestine movement decided to oppose zionism and not only genocide". Does she think the movement started on the 7th October? Does she think the genocide started on the 8th October ?
Yes Israel as a Jewish state(ie Zionism) is a factually ethno supremacist ideology and thus fascist. we need to oppose it as principled leftists.
This reeks of "The only way" but applied to a genocide. "Yes genocide is bad but there is no other waythat is not doomed, so compromise and allow a bit of genocide please"
I can't take it anymore. "Please think, of the Jewish persons that could feel bad about people denouncing Israel, they are the true victims". No, fuck that think of the people actually being genocided. She would be defending poor Germans in 1944.
Edit: I'm gonna go touch grass I shouldn't be this pissed off about a Zionist YouTuber who I don't even watch. The past year and a half have made me even more fucking mad than usual on this subject.
Even people raising money to financially help palestinian surviving, makes it stupid to say zero lives were saved. Why did she even donate as she says if noone was saved by this action, does this mean she thinks it was only performative?
She's saying "you tried and partly failed, so better not try if you can't guarantee 100% success" I'm so mad at these types of people. No, you learn from what worked and did not and incorporate those lessons in your future actions.
Looking forward to your retrospective. I'm really happy with this primary win for a leftist candidate even if I don't live in the US. It shows our cause is popular among the population and contributes to fighting off pessimism we sometimes see in our spaces.
Thanks. Looked a bit more into it as I was curious. Found this article showing their plan. I'd wish for far more public housing but it's way better than what the liberals or conservatives are proposing.
Thanks! I’ve got all I need to dig deeper now