Which is what I'm talking about, too. No. Not as an "anarchist school of thought." You're making that up. He does mention that it's related to 17th an...
Wall Street Journal editorial: Meanwhile Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran saw that Democratic support for Israel in the U.S. has declined. We credited Presid...
Indeed. The list goes on and on: tax cuts, weakening of tax havens, weakening of the SEC, weakening of the IRS, patent laws, roads, police and militar...
You were the one saying you'd like Hamas leaders dead, not me. So you've completely missed the point. The point is a simple one: if you wish the Hamas...
This is meant as a joke, right? Or are you serious? Yes, like the meme you posted, which is what I was using if you deign to read. Hence my mentioning...
Who would "want to internalize it"? That's like asking who would want to internalize the language or religion or stories of one's culture. A very stra...
Your reading comprehension problems aside, that's exactly the point: it doesn't bring about anything of utility. I suggest reading more broadly and mo...
Sorry, but this is what I said: I wasn't looking for a reaction to the Martin Luther King quotation, and certainly not from anyone who doesn't underst...
That's clear, yes. But it's Martin Luther King, not I, who said it. It's been around for decades. Is this really your first encounter with it, or have...
This question is bizarre. You're still missing the point of that quotation. There's nothing individualistic about being poor. There's nothing individu...
I don't think you're understanding that quotation. Martin Luther King isn't saying that being poor is individualistic, he's exposing a common attitude...
Yes, and that's encouraging. That in fact was the hope -- that he could be pushed towards more progressive policies. So far there's only proposals, wh...
Again, I really don't see the paragraph you mentioned as all that eloquent and, frankly, not very impressive. The fact that it resonates -- true, but ...
So's capitalism, for that matter. Capitalism is also responsible for far more deaths, if that's how we want to measure things. But that's not really t...
That's different. If you want slogans and propaganda, there are all kinds out there. Plenty to rival Thatchers. "Things are better together" -- simple...
Yes. First, it’s creating a problem that didn’t exist. Much like welfare queens, it’s a myth created to justify shifting power from the public to the ...
True. If you really want a big-picture view, the development of neoliberalism emerging in the late 70s was simply one expression of a reaction against...
Probably. But it's also complete BS. Then your notion of "socialism" is strange indeed, and scope of history limited. No one said it's the only cause....
Very good point indeed. Still, even accepting this framework, this is a simple choice Israel can make to stop the murdering of innocent people and hel...
In that case, we should consider Bibi an enemy of humanity and should "like" him dead, too. Which is exactly what Israel is doing to Gaza. The fact th...
I'm glad you can take a nuanced for of this. You're right. But notice I didn't say Israeli state, I said Netanyahu's government. By your standards, I ...
Exactly right. Same with Israel and the people they elect. But it's just pure confusion to equate the two, when one is a gigantic bully, funded and ba...
And if you cared about the Irsaeli people, you'd want Netanyahu's government destroyed. Both are carrying out terroristic acts against innocent people...
Let’s briefly recap: Netanyahu, to save himself politically, deliberately provokes the Palestinians during the end of Ramadan by storming Al-Aqsa. Kno...
Yes -- to say nothing of the decades-long brutal occupation. Apologists for Israel are incapable of seeing the reality. Anything Israel does is defens...
Is this meant as a joke, or do you sincerely not see how fatuous this statement is? You've clearly identified with one "side" and so are possibly inca...
Right. Which should provoke some basic questions: why does the US so strongly side with Israel? Why do we vote in lockstep with them? Why do we send b...
Indeed. Notice the rhetoric. If our team does it, it’s self defense. If the other team does it, it’s terrorism. Completely ignoring the power imbalanc...
No, this is simply nonsense. This is a claim used over and over again to justify a brutal occupation. Israel has rejected the international consensus ...
That's simply nonsense. That's like saying Native Americans were genocidal -- so why should the colonists negotiate with them? I suspect you're willfu...
I can't read Hebrew, so I'll have to wait. I also haven't yet heard anything directly from Finkelstein, but I look forward to it. Yeah, and yet we get...
Haven't read the entire thread, but I truly wonder about the timing of all this. Seems to be a nice distraction for Bibi. I wonder if anyone else has ...
I think misinformation is spread through the indoctrination centers (schools) and various media -- that's a huge weapon, yes -- perhaps bigger than la...
Agreed. I think that certainly adds to it, and it's exactly what the plutocrats want -- since they own both parties (this is slightly changing now, ho...
Maybe. If they can somehow get some of these policies passed, I think he’ll continue being popular and even gain some voters. But the likelihood is lo...
Well said. Concern for others, common welfare, the common good, the simple fact that what we do (or don’t do) has real consequences on the world (incl...
I don't think that's fair, actually. The "Left" (if they can be called that) fell right in line with Obama. At first it was borderline cultish, and it...
Science is natural philosophy, and used to be called as such, right through the 19th century. The conception of nature as res extensa, as matter, or a...
I think these questions are in the right direction. My own view is to resist the temptation to engage with the opposition, especially on the Internet ...
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