This pretty much hits the nail on the head. Many otherwise "decent" people I know probably fall into the liberal camp and if challenged/questioned about not speaking out against GENOCIDE they will tend to obfuscate in their response to a matter that
is not that complicated...slaughtering innocent civilians is ALWAYS A CRIME! Once again, incisive and spot on analysis by Jonathan. 👍
I used to agree with this take. Now it just seems stale. Traditional meanings of conservative and liberal have dissolved. Major realignments are afoot.
Totally agree. I have long thought that 1) neither US or UK are democratic, and 2) so-called democracy is not necessarily the best form of government but that certain types of "dictatorships" may be far more stable and therefore better for the majority of a population. Over the years I have been called a "communist" in the most sneering and derogatory way, by the hard of thinking, but when I look at, for instance, China and Iran , my ideas are not far from on track. I'm only sorry that I won't be around in 50 years time to see who and how they write the history for these turbulent times.
I totally agree with you Susanna. Democracy has arrived to a shameful end being a dictatorship of power, racism and wealth by greedy politicians, it needs to be replaced now before self destruction.
Ah I get the connection but the series has ‘The Complete Idiots Guide to…’ as the title, so again if you weren’t aware of the concept you might interpret it not as intended. No one likes being talked down to, just saying.
This a play on the title of a well-known book series, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to..." It is not meant pejoratively. It means that a complex subject has been reduced to its bare bones to make it accessible to people who aren't experts or don't have a lot of time to invest in understanding the issues.
This pretty much hits the nail on the head. Many otherwise "decent" people I know probably fall into the liberal camp and if challenged/questioned about not speaking out against GENOCIDE they will tend to obfuscate in their response to a matter that
is not that complicated...slaughtering innocent civilians is ALWAYS A CRIME! Once again, incisive and spot on analysis by Jonathan. 👍
I used to agree with this take. Now it just seems stale. Traditional meanings of conservative and liberal have dissolved. Major realignments are afoot.
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Totally agree. I have long thought that 1) neither US or UK are democratic, and 2) so-called democracy is not necessarily the best form of government but that certain types of "dictatorships" may be far more stable and therefore better for the majority of a population. Over the years I have been called a "communist" in the most sneering and derogatory way, by the hard of thinking, but when I look at, for instance, China and Iran , my ideas are not far from on track. I'm only sorry that I won't be around in 50 years time to see who and how they write the history for these turbulent times.
I totally agree with you Susanna. Democracy has arrived to a shameful end being a dictatorship of power, racism and wealth by greedy politicians, it needs to be replaced now before self destruction.
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Jonathan by calling those (possibly millions) who don’t get this or are not aware of how some of these machinations work,
idiots
surely can only serve to further alienate any potential audience .
Ah I get the connection but the series has ‘The Complete Idiots Guide to…’ as the title, so again if you weren’t aware of the concept you might interpret it not as intended. No one likes being talked down to, just saying.
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This a play on the title of a well-known book series, "The Complete Idiot's Guide to..." It is not meant pejoratively. It means that a complex subject has been reduced to its bare bones to make it accessible to people who aren't experts or don't have a lot of time to invest in understanding the issues.
Aka "In a nutshell" that is, for a brain small enough to reside in a nutshell. Thus "idiot".
Genocide will never be normalized
Here my latest work in progress
https://mywisdom.substack.com/p/the-palestinian-holocaust-2023-2025
Thank you for sharing