| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Israel Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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@[Mazort:45881] "...the now prison-state it's become, are a true reflection of the collective will of the Jewish people." I think we should be wary of anyone attributing "collective will" to whole populations unless it is for positive, uncontentious rhetorical purposes (e.g., "The people of Utopiland have, through their collective will, successfully overcome the challenges of banana fever".) To say a sizeable population, defined by their religion, has a "collective will" to do something you believe is evil verges on racism. You claim to be a Buddhist -are you part of the "collective will" to murder, rape and expel Rohingya people? " The motion to create the current state of Israel was driven by bankers..." ...actually, it was driven by the will of many Jewish people to establish their own state post-World War 2, supported by massive popular support in Western Europe, the USA and allied nations. And the policy of the UK, then occupying Palestine, to withdraw. The USA and USSR both voted to establish Israel, the UK abstained. For historical reasons that are very well understood a small minority of Jewish people became successfully established in banking. The use of 'bankers' as a synonym for 'Jews', the allegation that Jewish people somehow control or disproportionately influence the wider banking system, or that "the banks" collectively conspire to favour some peoples over others (disregarding the fact that banks are in competition with each other, and there are many banks, both state-owned and privately owned, from many nations), are crude, easily falsified racist (and populist) tropes that long pre-date the founding of the state of Israel. Much used by the Nazis. I don't care about your interpretation of Siouxsie and the Banshees' lyrics. And I'm not commenting on Israeli-Palestinian relations, or the merits or otherwise of any religion. I just hate racism, and I believe you are parroting racist beliefs. |
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