British courts have upheld the proscription of Palestine Action and sentenced four of its activists as terrorists. A series of abuses of legal process ensured these outcomes were all but predetermined
Nanny State: Joshua Rosenberg on the UK Palestine Action ban and the politics of criminalising dissent! truthaholics.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/nan… When a state calls dissent “terrorism” to protect its own complicity the problem is no longer the protest movement — it is the political system itself🍉
You lost me in the first sentence 'the British government decided'.
All the while social media rails at our government, Labour, Starmer, the influence of the Israel lobby or the courts it protects those who tell the British government what to decide.
Clue- Israel could do nothing without their backing.
This is evidence based conclusion, the legal framework itself has shifted away from traditional British principles of open justice, proportionality, and protection of political dissent.
Outstanding article. The British people are in deep trouble having been deceived and abused by their amoral governments, especially Labour, determined to condone and support even Genocide.
The implications of the new "terrorism" legislation are a threat not just to our freedom of speech and to democracy itself but to the global status, moral and legal reputation of the UK. Disastrous.
Also given that at the very least there is a plausible genocide, according the ICC, in an ongoing case......such actions by the British government amid the plausible genocide, are completely a refutal of its own obligations to act to prevent genocide.
All of this can be considered actions prosecutable at the ICC frankly. It's enabling genocide and protecting perpetrators.
If, as a REAL Christian with REAL Christian values [unlike Christian-Zionism's fake Christians, who have been brainwashed using the ATHEIST Rothschild's Scofield Bible, which falsely favours the Christ-hating ZIONIST Israelis, regardless of how Satanic their behaviour is; which explains Christian-Zionism's aversion to Christian values & submission to the Christ-hating ZIONISTS) I oppose genocide & the ZIONIST Israelis' deliberate slaughter, mutilation, burning, starvation, rape, dog-mauling (&rape), bulldozing & other tortures of the babies, children & other innocent unarmed civilians of Palestine (the indigenous people of Palestine-Israel, as provable by their DNA) and attacks on innocent people in surrounding countries; would the British Government arrest me as a terrorist for my Christianity? I notice that Starmer & people like him attack, persecute & jail the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, for standing up for their Jewish values; for supporting human rights; for opposing genocide; & for opposing the ZIONIST cultists' depraved, sadistic, genocidal, psychopathic behaviour, which they openly delight in & celebrate.
It's a question that has been on my mind. Does Britain have such hatred for REAL Christians and REAL Christian values? Or would this be a hate crime against me for being a REAL Christian, by Starmer & people like him? Just like their hate crimes against the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, who are standing up for their values at protests.
'Under Britain’s draconian Terrorism Act, anyone expressing an opinion, even inadvertently, that might “encourage support” for a proscribed organization can be arrested and potentially faces a jail term of up to 14 years'.
Since nearly 100 groups are proscribed by the UK government, and since expressing support for one of them can be done as simply and easily as replying to an email from a government minister (or anyone else) with the single word "yes", it is obvious that there is no longer any trace of freedom left in this country.
Moreover, apparently the government can proscribe new organisations whenever it wishes, and without making any particularly conspicuous announcement.
Is it still safe to declare one's support for Mumsnet, the Guides, or (risky this) RT? And even if it is safe today, how about tomorrow?
It may have taken nearly 50 years, but 1984 is fast approaching. We'd all better practice seeing varying numbers of fingers...
I've tried searching for the answer to no avail? Does anyone know if the proscription or the sentencing can be appealed, for example, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), to which, I believe, the UK is still a member, though maybe not for much longer.
"In proscribing Palestine Action, Keir Starmer’s Labour government has brought out of the shadows a legal architecture of repression — mostly squirreled away in recent amendments to counter-terrorism laws — that seems to have been prepared for just such a moment as this."
Let's hope they are able to get some traction in the UK. The work that the Hind Rajab Foundation is doing to track down and bring Israeli criminals to justice is one that is vital in the effort to hold Israel accountable. Let us hope they will also turn their sights on the criminal leaders of the countries of the west who are co-perpetrators of these crimes.
Remember even small donations add up. Please donate what you can to the RHF. The sane, civilized & humane world's majority need to unite for a decent future.
Traitor Starmer & other UK like-minded traitors; Traitor Trump & his psycho flying monkeys; and all other traitorous Western politicians (including Traitor Biden, the Traitorous Clintons, Traitor Blair) are the greatest threat to civilization, humanity & sanity - and all decent people, the world's majority, will suffer because of this.
These traitorous politicians (& traitorous judges, media, influencers etc) constantly empower & enrich Zionism's fake Jews (of the atheist Herzl/atheist Rothschilds bankers' 1897 cult. This fake Jewish cult has historically always persecuted the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, just as they are now doing to Jewish protesters). Also note that all the reputable Jewish scholars of genocide have called what is happening in Palestine a genocide.
Unlike our traitorous, depraved, sadistic, genocidal, psychopathic politicians, we do not support, enable or participate in the ZIONIST Israelis' deliberate slaughter, mutilation, burning, starvation, rape, dog-mauling (&rape), bulldozing or other tortures of the babies, children & other innocent unarmed civilians of Palestine (the indigenous people of Palestine-Israel, as provable by their DNA - something the Zionist cultists are not) or attacks on other innocent people in surrounding countries. Unlike the Zionist cultists, we do not delight in & psychopathically enjoy these depraved, sadistic behaviours.
We oppose our traitorous politicians passing treasonous laws, that attack, persecute & jail us, their own citizens, for who we are, for our values & our humanity; on the instructions of a foreign enemy government & it's foreign enemy agents, ZIONIST Israel (via ZIONIST Netanyahu; ZIONIST Israel's Knesset; ZIONIST Israel's Mossad; ZIONIST Israel's lobbyists; & the rest of ZIONISM's fake Jews, eg. Mandelson, Epstein, the Kushners, the Ellisons, Steve Witkoff, Miriam Adelson, Antony Blinken, Merrick Garland, Starmer's wife & kids etc.). Traitorous politicians, judges etc., are our enemies. They belong in jail, not in power ruling over us, destroying our institutions & our way of life for a foreign enemy.
Unlike our traitorous politicians, we have not been indoctrinated into ZIONISM's fake Jewish cult (the atheist Herzl/atheist Rothschilds bankers' 1897 cult, an extremely rich & powerful; & extraordinarily evil people, including a history as war mongers & war profiteers. Zionism reflects their depravity. It's only purpose is to further increase the wealth & power of ZIONISM's fake Jews. Zionism does not reflect or promote Judaism. In fact, the Zionists have a long history of persecuting the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors. Despite this persecution, the Zionists use & abuse the REAL Jews' history & suffering to manipulate the world for sympathy & for unearned priviledges; & to build up their cult's power & wealth.*
Stand with the REAL Jews - don't fall for the Zionist scam of falsely conflating Zionism (an atheists' 1897 cult) with Judaism (the centuries old religion). Stand with the REAL Christians (not with Christian-Zionism's fake Christians, with their aversion to Christian values, who submit to the CHRIST-HATING ZIONISTS). Stand with the REAL Muslims (not Al-qaeda & ISIS who act against true Islam). Stand with the decent atheists/agnostics, who know the difference between good & evil, right & wrong. Stand with all other decent people. We are the majority; we are the decent, sane, civilized & humane people of the world. We see the truth & stand for justice. We are horrified, devastated, heartbroken & morally injured by the Zionists' unconscionable behaviours. We are evolved, civilized people, standing against pure evil, the greatest of all crimes, genocide.
*The Zionist cult's fake Jews are antisemites & Nazis (people of the atheist Herzl/atheist Rothschilds bankers' 1897 fake Jewish cult. Who have always persecuted the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors. Who, despite this persecution, use & abuse the REAL Jews' history & suffering to manipulate the rest of the world; & to empower & enrich the ZIONIST fake Jews).
In addition to the original Zionists (eg. the Rothschilds) voluntarily cooperating with Hitler & the Nazis to profit from WWII; the original European Zionist migrants in Palestine (eg. terrorist gangs such as the Stern gang) welcomed the Holocaust as a way to encourage European Jews to migrate to Palestine, to build up their Zionist cult's numbers in Palestine. Note that not all European Jews chose to remain in a ZIONIST Israel. The original European Zionists also bombed Jewish sites in Arab & African nations in false flag events, to create false threats & fears in Arab Jews & African Jews, to encourage them to migrate to Palestine, to build up the Zionist cult's numbers. Despite this, the Zionists have always persecuted the Arab Jews & African Jews (who are genetically connected to the Biblical Israelites, as provable by their DNA - something Europe's Zionists, migrants in the Middle East, are not). For instance, between the 1940s-70s the Zionists stole thousands of whitish-looking Arab Jewish babies (eg. Yemeni Jews), because they didn't want Arabs raising Jewish children; and Zionists forcibly sterilised Ethiopian Jewish women because they didn't want their black blood to "contaminate" white Zionist blood; & other abuses. Netanyahu still refuses to apologise for these behaviours.
Currently, the Zionist cult's fake Jews are persecuting the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, for standing up for their Jewish values; for supporting human rights; for opposing apartheid; for opposing genocide; and for opposing the ZIONIST Israelis' deliberate slaughter, mutilation, burning, starvation, rape, dog-mauling (&rape), bulldozing & other tortures of the babies, children, & other innocent unarmed civilians of Palestine (the indigenous people of Palestine-Israel, as provable by their DNA - something Europe's Zionists are not), and attacks on innocent people in surrounding countries.
Zionism's cultists are depraved, sadistic, psychopathic creatures. They are racists, colonizers, apartheid supporters, genocidal, psychopathic, white supremacists, fake Jews, the world's greatest antisemites, & Nazis. This is why Netanyahu & his fellow Zionists have no problem with Elon Musk's Nazi salutes. It is why Zionists, around the world, fund & join extreme far-right organizations with neo-Nazis & Heil Hitler salutes, such as the UK's Tommy Robinson's extreme far-right organization.
Government is now openly & blatantly the fist of the Establishment, it's role: keep the proles in their place.
They've stopped even pretending that this is a democracy, or that we will be allowed to change anything. Our future will be (stale) Bread, & Circuses (on monthly subscription). The incoming restrictions on social media requiring us to identify ourselves "to prove we are adults" will mean every site we access, & every comment we make, will be seen & monitored by them. They will be able to lock down our devices, even cut us off from banking & shopping ("You can still go into your local branch, or pop to your local High Street").
Nothing can now be considered paranoid, or over the top, or conspiracy. This case is meant to intimidate.
it seems that Starmers so called Labour party is doing its best not to be the Labour in anything but name. Cooper starmer and the rest are a disgrace to all humanity and there must be consequences
1. The british political class want to keep America sweet so that America will fight Russia for them.
2 In a british court, law is meaningless. There is only the friend - enemy distinction. The friend is permitted everything and is protected by every law. The enemy is permitted nothing and persecuted by every law.
What happened to Hyde Park Corner? Free speech is doomed in the UK. So is free thought. What would Kier Hardie say about his name sake suppressing traditional liberties and imposing fascism. Screw Kier Starmer. It will be a frosty Friday in Hell before I return to the UK. I think my 3 x gf grandparents in Dorset would be disappointed but would understand.
Regardless, it was Britain's choice "to please the Americans". But equally it could be that the British status quo is perfectly in line with the "Americans", no pleasing necessary. It could be that this was agreed on way back before/during decolonization. Who knows why they are choosing to behave like brutal colonial administrators from the 19th century rather than enlightened members of a 'democracy'. We know so little of the backroom deals at the end of both world wars.
To quote from some research I was doing because I will never fathom any reason for supporting a genocide and its attendant cruelty and depravity, nor criminalizing and punishing those trying to stop it - a feature of colonial empires and colonist settler states. Quote: "Colonialism can be seen as a precursor to fascism, both involve the use of repressive techniques to control populations, with colonialism often influencing the development of fascist ideologies and methods."
This is what they are stopping with their actions. Why would anyone be against this? The UK government are despicable.
https://substack.com/@eyeonpalestine/note/c-278373649?r=bc5xc&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Nanny State: Joshua Rosenberg on the UK Palestine Action ban and the politics of criminalising dissent! truthaholics.wordpress.com/2026/06/20/nan… When a state calls dissent “terrorism” to protect its own complicity the problem is no longer the protest movement — it is the political system itself🍉
You lost me in the first sentence 'the British government decided'.
All the while social media rails at our government, Labour, Starmer, the influence of the Israel lobby or the courts it protects those who tell the British government what to decide.
Clue- Israel could do nothing without their backing.
This is evidence based conclusion, the legal framework itself has shifted away from traditional British principles of open justice, proportionality, and protection of political dissent.
Outstanding article. The British people are in deep trouble having been deceived and abused by their amoral governments, especially Labour, determined to condone and support even Genocide.
The implications of the new "terrorism" legislation are a threat not just to our freedom of speech and to democracy itself but to the global status, moral and legal reputation of the UK. Disastrous.
Also given that at the very least there is a plausible genocide, according the ICC, in an ongoing case......such actions by the British government amid the plausible genocide, are completely a refutal of its own obligations to act to prevent genocide.
All of this can be considered actions prosecutable at the ICC frankly. It's enabling genocide and protecting perpetrators.
If, as a REAL Christian with REAL Christian values [unlike Christian-Zionism's fake Christians, who have been brainwashed using the ATHEIST Rothschild's Scofield Bible, which falsely favours the Christ-hating ZIONIST Israelis, regardless of how Satanic their behaviour is; which explains Christian-Zionism's aversion to Christian values & submission to the Christ-hating ZIONISTS) I oppose genocide & the ZIONIST Israelis' deliberate slaughter, mutilation, burning, starvation, rape, dog-mauling (&rape), bulldozing & other tortures of the babies, children & other innocent unarmed civilians of Palestine (the indigenous people of Palestine-Israel, as provable by their DNA) and attacks on innocent people in surrounding countries; would the British Government arrest me as a terrorist for my Christianity? I notice that Starmer & people like him attack, persecute & jail the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, for standing up for their Jewish values; for supporting human rights; for opposing genocide; & for opposing the ZIONIST cultists' depraved, sadistic, genocidal, psychopathic behaviour, which they openly delight in & celebrate.
It's a question that has been on my mind. Does Britain have such hatred for REAL Christians and REAL Christian values? Or would this be a hate crime against me for being a REAL Christian, by Starmer & people like him? Just like their hate crimes against the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, who are standing up for their values at protests.
'Under Britain’s draconian Terrorism Act, anyone expressing an opinion, even inadvertently, that might “encourage support” for a proscribed organization can be arrested and potentially faces a jail term of up to 14 years'.
Since nearly 100 groups are proscribed by the UK government, and since expressing support for one of them can be done as simply and easily as replying to an email from a government minister (or anyone else) with the single word "yes", it is obvious that there is no longer any trace of freedom left in this country.
Moreover, apparently the government can proscribe new organisations whenever it wishes, and without making any particularly conspicuous announcement.
Is it still safe to declare one's support for Mumsnet, the Guides, or (risky this) RT? And even if it is safe today, how about tomorrow?
It may have taken nearly 50 years, but 1984 is fast approaching. We'd all better practice seeing varying numbers of fingers...
Seems to me thst the terrorists ARE thd British government. Starmer has said he is a zionist, as such he is a terrorist.
Exactly so!
I've tried searching for the answer to no avail? Does anyone know if the proscription or the sentencing can be appealed, for example, at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), to which, I believe, the UK is still a member, though maybe not for much longer.
"In proscribing Palestine Action, Keir Starmer’s Labour government has brought out of the shadows a legal architecture of repression — mostly squirreled away in recent amendments to counter-terrorism laws — that seems to have been prepared for just such a moment as this."
Indeed, well prepared...in the U£ster laboratory.
Let's hope they are able to get some traction in the UK. The work that the Hind Rajab Foundation is doing to track down and bring Israeli criminals to justice is one that is vital in the effort to hold Israel accountable. Let us hope they will also turn their sights on the criminal leaders of the countries of the west who are co-perpetrators of these crimes.
Find out what they’re doing here:
https://www.hindrajabfoundation.org
The least we can do is donate to help them:
Support the Hind Rajab Foundation
https://donate.stripe.com/cN228hbY5g7jaM84gg
Remember even small donations add up. Please donate what you can to the RHF. The sane, civilized & humane world's majority need to unite for a decent future.
Traitor Starmer & other UK like-minded traitors; Traitor Trump & his psycho flying monkeys; and all other traitorous Western politicians (including Traitor Biden, the Traitorous Clintons, Traitor Blair) are the greatest threat to civilization, humanity & sanity - and all decent people, the world's majority, will suffer because of this.
These traitorous politicians (& traitorous judges, media, influencers etc) constantly empower & enrich Zionism's fake Jews (of the atheist Herzl/atheist Rothschilds bankers' 1897 cult. This fake Jewish cult has historically always persecuted the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, just as they are now doing to Jewish protesters). Also note that all the reputable Jewish scholars of genocide have called what is happening in Palestine a genocide.
Unlike our traitorous, depraved, sadistic, genocidal, psychopathic politicians, we do not support, enable or participate in the ZIONIST Israelis' deliberate slaughter, mutilation, burning, starvation, rape, dog-mauling (&rape), bulldozing or other tortures of the babies, children & other innocent unarmed civilians of Palestine (the indigenous people of Palestine-Israel, as provable by their DNA - something the Zionist cultists are not) or attacks on other innocent people in surrounding countries. Unlike the Zionist cultists, we do not delight in & psychopathically enjoy these depraved, sadistic behaviours.
We oppose our traitorous politicians passing treasonous laws, that attack, persecute & jail us, their own citizens, for who we are, for our values & our humanity; on the instructions of a foreign enemy government & it's foreign enemy agents, ZIONIST Israel (via ZIONIST Netanyahu; ZIONIST Israel's Knesset; ZIONIST Israel's Mossad; ZIONIST Israel's lobbyists; & the rest of ZIONISM's fake Jews, eg. Mandelson, Epstein, the Kushners, the Ellisons, Steve Witkoff, Miriam Adelson, Antony Blinken, Merrick Garland, Starmer's wife & kids etc.). Traitorous politicians, judges etc., are our enemies. They belong in jail, not in power ruling over us, destroying our institutions & our way of life for a foreign enemy.
Unlike our traitorous politicians, we have not been indoctrinated into ZIONISM's fake Jewish cult (the atheist Herzl/atheist Rothschilds bankers' 1897 cult, an extremely rich & powerful; & extraordinarily evil people, including a history as war mongers & war profiteers. Zionism reflects their depravity. It's only purpose is to further increase the wealth & power of ZIONISM's fake Jews. Zionism does not reflect or promote Judaism. In fact, the Zionists have a long history of persecuting the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors. Despite this persecution, the Zionists use & abuse the REAL Jews' history & suffering to manipulate the world for sympathy & for unearned priviledges; & to build up their cult's power & wealth.*
Stand with the REAL Jews - don't fall for the Zionist scam of falsely conflating Zionism (an atheists' 1897 cult) with Judaism (the centuries old religion). Stand with the REAL Christians (not with Christian-Zionism's fake Christians, with their aversion to Christian values, who submit to the CHRIST-HATING ZIONISTS). Stand with the REAL Muslims (not Al-qaeda & ISIS who act against true Islam). Stand with the decent atheists/agnostics, who know the difference between good & evil, right & wrong. Stand with all other decent people. We are the majority; we are the decent, sane, civilized & humane people of the world. We see the truth & stand for justice. We are horrified, devastated, heartbroken & morally injured by the Zionists' unconscionable behaviours. We are evolved, civilized people, standing against pure evil, the greatest of all crimes, genocide.
*The Zionist cult's fake Jews are antisemites & Nazis (people of the atheist Herzl/atheist Rothschilds bankers' 1897 fake Jewish cult. Who have always persecuted the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors. Who, despite this persecution, use & abuse the REAL Jews' history & suffering to manipulate the rest of the world; & to empower & enrich the ZIONIST fake Jews).
In addition to the original Zionists (eg. the Rothschilds) voluntarily cooperating with Hitler & the Nazis to profit from WWII; the original European Zionist migrants in Palestine (eg. terrorist gangs such as the Stern gang) welcomed the Holocaust as a way to encourage European Jews to migrate to Palestine, to build up their Zionist cult's numbers in Palestine. Note that not all European Jews chose to remain in a ZIONIST Israel. The original European Zionists also bombed Jewish sites in Arab & African nations in false flag events, to create false threats & fears in Arab Jews & African Jews, to encourage them to migrate to Palestine, to build up the Zionist cult's numbers. Despite this, the Zionists have always persecuted the Arab Jews & African Jews (who are genetically connected to the Biblical Israelites, as provable by their DNA - something Europe's Zionists, migrants in the Middle East, are not). For instance, between the 1940s-70s the Zionists stole thousands of whitish-looking Arab Jewish babies (eg. Yemeni Jews), because they didn't want Arabs raising Jewish children; and Zionists forcibly sterilised Ethiopian Jewish women because they didn't want their black blood to "contaminate" white Zionist blood; & other abuses. Netanyahu still refuses to apologise for these behaviours.
Currently, the Zionist cult's fake Jews are persecuting the REAL Jews, including the REAL Holocaust survivors, for standing up for their Jewish values; for supporting human rights; for opposing apartheid; for opposing genocide; and for opposing the ZIONIST Israelis' deliberate slaughter, mutilation, burning, starvation, rape, dog-mauling (&rape), bulldozing & other tortures of the babies, children, & other innocent unarmed civilians of Palestine (the indigenous people of Palestine-Israel, as provable by their DNA - something Europe's Zionists are not), and attacks on innocent people in surrounding countries.
Zionism's cultists are depraved, sadistic, psychopathic creatures. They are racists, colonizers, apartheid supporters, genocidal, psychopathic, white supremacists, fake Jews, the world's greatest antisemites, & Nazis. This is why Netanyahu & his fellow Zionists have no problem with Elon Musk's Nazi salutes. It is why Zionists, around the world, fund & join extreme far-right organizations with neo-Nazis & Heil Hitler salutes, such as the UK's Tommy Robinson's extreme far-right organization.
Government is now openly & blatantly the fist of the Establishment, it's role: keep the proles in their place.
They've stopped even pretending that this is a democracy, or that we will be allowed to change anything. Our future will be (stale) Bread, & Circuses (on monthly subscription). The incoming restrictions on social media requiring us to identify ourselves "to prove we are adults" will mean every site we access, & every comment we make, will be seen & monitored by them. They will be able to lock down our devices, even cut us off from banking & shopping ("You can still go into your local branch, or pop to your local High Street").
Nothing can now be considered paranoid, or over the top, or conspiracy. This case is meant to intimidate.
Throw in the digital panopticon and stir well for our Orwellian dark age on steroids.
Can they get you for just supporting the people who support Palestine Action?
It’s only one thought crime removed.
Ok not gonna chance it - so “I support the people who support the people who support Palestine Action.”
There, that ought to be safe enough for now.
it seems that Starmers so called Labour party is doing its best not to be the Labour in anything but name. Cooper starmer and the rest are a disgrace to all humanity and there must be consequences
It has been New £abour since Tory B£iar, Maggot Hatcher's self-declared 'finest achievement'.
1. The british political class want to keep America sweet so that America will fight Russia for them.
2 In a british court, law is meaningless. There is only the friend - enemy distinction. The friend is permitted everything and is protected by every law. The enemy is permitted nothing and persecuted by every law.
That is all.
#2 exactly the same in the US although I might change friend to wealthy and enemy to poor.
No argument from me.
#2 exactly the same in the US although I might change friend to wealthy and enemy to poor.
What happened to Hyde Park Corner? Free speech is doomed in the UK. So is free thought. What would Kier Hardie say about his name sake suppressing traditional liberties and imposing fascism. Screw Kier Starmer. It will be a frosty Friday in Hell before I return to the UK. I think my 3 x gf grandparents in Dorset would be disappointed but would understand.
What happened is that britain does whatever will please the Americans.
Regardless, it was Britain's choice "to please the Americans". But equally it could be that the British status quo is perfectly in line with the "Americans", no pleasing necessary. It could be that this was agreed on way back before/during decolonization. Who knows why they are choosing to behave like brutal colonial administrators from the 19th century rather than enlightened members of a 'democracy'. We know so little of the backroom deals at the end of both world wars.
To quote from some research I was doing because I will never fathom any reason for supporting a genocide and its attendant cruelty and depravity, nor criminalizing and punishing those trying to stop it - a feature of colonial empires and colonist settler states. Quote: "Colonialism can be seen as a precursor to fascism, both involve the use of repressive techniques to control populations, with colonialism often influencing the development of fascist ideologies and methods."
Ever met a dog?
Not hundreds, thousands, millions of them at the same time on the same wave-length.
Much like dogs, humans are pack animals.