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History lives in the present (lemmy.zip)

submitted 1 year ago by balderdash9 to c/[email protected]

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Context (for those who don't know): Israel and Palestine

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

If you just state it's religious, you open up space for "Muslim bad", or "Christian bad" arguments. Which lead to nonsense and prosecution to specific peoples

If you use imperialism concepts, everything fits well together, and it leads to structural criticism of capitalism, and prosecution (to use the same word) against oppressive ideas and power structures, not against specific peoples.

But I can agree that imperialistic forces oppress religions that are not the same as theirs, if that's what you meant.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Because all things point to "capitalism bad" for the lemmy FOSS nerd social studies undergrad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Are social studies undergrads often fans of FOSS lol?