knowledge and media i was consuming throughout September 2024

Middle East Eye video on "Twi Nice Jewish Boys" podcast

Father of Aiden Clark condemning Trump and Vance for using his son's name to lie about hate crimes and terrorize immigrants.

Queer Jewish woman who sees that every Zionist accusation is a direct confession. So glad to know others who know this exist because it's fucking true and I'm worried about how the human population ignores this. 

We truly live in a dystopia like The Hunger Games. We live in a crazy dystopia where Palestinians make content for social media so they can get enough engagement for TikTok to give them money and/or to spread awareness about their donation links. I think it's horrific that this is happening and I know I'm not alone. It feels worse than The Hunger Games because it's real. We're watching people scream and suffer and be horribly injured and buildings blowing up on the same screen we play Candy Crush on. This is a crazy dystopia because technology's power is unparalleled in history and we've never visualized things clearer. It's crazy because it feels impossible to do anything about it and create material change. It's crazy because what kind of fucking world creates conditions like this for other human beings? The lines of power that exist are more like nets made of barbed wire. It constricts and controls everyone.

Society is okay being in pain for the results we have. The master is fine sacrificing his hand for the power of the whip. What we need to do is make the whip burn him until he drops it. Turn their strengths into weaknesses. Can we use their greed to our advantage? Is it possible to find true anti-capitalists among the wealthy who will charitably give their resources back to the world? 

I think this is a question empathetic people know the answer to without needing to ask. That's why it's so hard to talk to people who don't have empathy because they're so far behind! They need to realize asking that question is important and that the answer is treat yourself the way you want others to treat you/treat everybody with fucking respect.