Hii I’ve been avoiding Instagram and all social media because of all the pro-genocide conversations happening over there. Please remember it’s okay to unplug if you need to. Today I’m sharing my feelings about the genocide currently happening in Palestine. Onto the news…
The Israeli minister of defense, Yoav Gallant, said there would be a total blockade of Gaza, cutting off access to food, electricity, and fuel. Then he referred to the Palestinians living in Gaza as human animals. Now I don’t know if you all know this but food is essential for human survival. So Yoav literally went on TV to declare genocide as casually as Jay-Z announced one of his retirements.
Unlike Jay-Z who never retires despite saying he was going to, Israel is committing genocide after saying it would commit genocide. Israel is murdering civilians in Gaza and not letting them escape. If only Israel would be more like Jay-Z. As an anti-capitalist human I’d never thought I’d be telling anyone to be more like Jay-Z, but here I am.
Of course Joe Biden, or should I call him genocide supporter in chief, proclaimed unwavering support for the genocide because the US government is covering the tab for the genocide. The US is like that one toxic friend who will beat you up for not letting their friend beat you up. Which means if you live in the United States of America and you go to a job that you don’t like and you pay taxes with that job, you are suffering to pay for genocide.
No, the genocide didn’t just start this week. It’s been going on for a while. So this whole time you’ve been working (if it’s after 1951) your paycheck has been paying for brunch and genocide.
I’m talking about the 3.8 billion dollars in military aid the US gives to Israel annually to commit genocide daily. It’s absolutely on brand for the United States of America to pay for genocide and not pay for universal health care for its own citizens. This country was founded on murder not healing.
The United States has always been pro-genocide because it wouldn’t exist without genocide. Just like I’m pro-nap because I wouldn't exist without naps. Naps are good which makes my existence good but genocide is very bad which makes the United States existence bad. Bad meaning it’s a tyrannical white supremacist state that will do anything to control land for the purpose of enriching white men.
The United States doesn’t support Israel because it cares about people having a right to defend themselves. If the United States cared about people being able to defend themselves, it would get rid of itself.
The existence of a friend in the Middle East makes it so much easier for the US to carry out its hobby of causing mayhem in the Middle East for profit. Even Joe Biden said it himself. If Israel didn’t exist, the US would have to create an Israel to support US interests in the region. Yes that is actual footage of the president of the United States of America saying genocide is good if we get what we want out of it. Okay, he didn’t say that word for word, but I’m pretty good at analyzing the meaning behind words, I had a really good English teacher in the 12th grade.
That’s it for the news, but don’t go yet
Learn more about the US funding of Israel’s military.
In the midst of all the pro-genocide content on Instagram I found the following video. It was nice seeing someone not actively endorsing genocide on my feed. Please enjoy.
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May I link to this piece in a post on LinkedIn, Marcela?
Thank you, Marcela. Agree completely. And the video is excellent too--thanks for sharing it.