hypercracker [he/him]

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  • hypercracker [he/him]@hexbear.nettohistory@hexbear.netGoddamn
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    16 days ago

    The Jakarta Method and If We Burn managed to balance event recitation & analysis fairly well. They both probably trace the outer limit of how many discrete events can be covered & analyzed in a single book - fewer than 10 I’d say, obviously with all of them having a series of important sub-events. Also emphasizing the salient features of each event to differentiate them in the mind.


  • It’s a good book but suffers from the same problem as Late Victorian Holocausts which is that the endless parade of horrors that all so resemble each other compact into a vague unspecific “they did bad things” impression. Unfortunate that our brains cannot actually handle all the discrete events, each one which shattered the worlds and permanently ended or changed the course of dozens of lives, but it is what it is.


  • Watching the video we have bernie outline his position which is that:

    • Hamas invaded israel on October 7th which was a horrific terrorist attack
    • Hamas is a terrorist organization which must be destroyed
    • israel has a right to defend itself and responded as any government would
    • However, the right-wing racist Netanyahu government turned this just campaign into a war against Palestine generally
    • US taxpayer dollars are being spent on bombs to send to the right-wing racist Netanyahu regime
    • US is not a neutral broker in the peace agreement, supports israel
    • Congress does not reflect the opinion of the american people on sending arms to israel
    • Money in politics explains this, superpacs, citizens united, etc.
    • The path to removing money from politics is to pass legislation doing so (lol)

    I guess it’s great that he hasn’t changed in the past four years but man I have.