We live in a global autocracy
We must fight against it
Hii, I hope you are staying healthy given all the ailments floating around. Today I’m sharing my feelings about the ceasefire announcement. Onto the news…
News that made me say we live in a global autocracy
The occupying state of Israel’s cabinet has approved a ceasefire with Hamas slated to begin on January 19th. I saw footage on Instagram of Gazans celebrating the ceasefire announcement while reading posts that the occupying state was still killing Palestinians also on Instagram. I smiled at the joy and cried at the unimaginable pain of displaced terrified people. I know the ceasefire is a relief for people who have been consistently bombed for 15 months. I’m happy the dread of immediate annihilation will be ameliorated for many.
I still can’t shake off the grief of knowing that we live in a world where the will of a few can trample the will of billions.
Most of us cried and screamed against this genocide. We marched the streets. We posted on Instagram. Some of us shut down factories, blocked weapons shipments, boycotted our favorite sodas, broke the windows of the enablers of genocide, but the murdering didn’t stop. I’ve never been a soda lover but I remember someone complaining that every soft drink in the store was manufactured by genociders. Coke’s slogan might as well be “taste the genocide”. Actually, capitalism’s slogan should be “taste the genocide”.
Despite the global outcry, the mass slaughter of Palestinians continued because the capitalist class wanted it to continue. The weapons manufacturers who run our government made their billions. For over a year, Palestinians documented their own genocide, and the whole world watched. The majority of the world as indicated by the UN resolutions for a ceasefire wanted the slaughter to stop. Yet, the US blocked calls for ceasefire and humanitarian assistance. As a final fuck you to the Palestinians, Joe Biden planned an 8 billion dollar weapon sale to Israel right as he is leaving office. Despite the fact that most Americans are against the genocide.
The genocide in Gaza, Congo, and Sudan is a stark reminder that we the people live in a global autocracy fueled by our blood. We don’t get to decide our own destinies. We don’t even get to decide how we communicate with each other because tech bros like Mark Zuckerberg who enjoy fascism and ugly outfits as a pastime stand between us. We are wage slaves whose labor is used to murder people we’ve never met so terrible people like Elon Musk can get jaw surgery. I don’t know if Elon actually had jaw surgery but it upsets me to know that we as a collective paid for a billionaire to feel better about his face.
I don’t want to live in a world run by blood. I want to live in a world run by love. A world where loving and taking care of each other takes precedence over anything else. I see glimpses of that world when we do mutual aid or I see journalists in Gaza risking their lives to tell their stories. We have to fight for this world. We have to fight for a world where we get to make decisions for what’s best for our communities, not the ruling class, not politicians who serve the ruling class, not the state. Let’s not let the martyrs' deaths be in vain.
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