The girl’s mother and her sister were also murdered in the same attack on Khan Younis.
Reminds me of this photo from 20 years ago.
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What are you supposed to do when evil wins and your country funds it?
It's a question I've been asking myself more everyday.
I want out
Fight the state untill you're forced to leave
“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, you are a comrade of mine.”
From an absolutist point of view, with a lack of revolution, consciousness, or even interest from the country to affect anything materially, the answer would be suicide.
I don’t see that as a solution though. It may help in the slightest because you no longer pay taxes and contribute to a genocidal society, but then the enemy also faces one less threat against its existence which is greater than some dollars lost. The enemy doesn’t deserve to relax. The wretched of the earth also loses a voice within a hostile nation who can speak for them if they’re murdered by said nation.
The immediate goal is to not become a passive dissident, going through the motions of life shaking your head, but also not let the powerlessness consume you. We have seen so some of the largest protests since 2020, and like 2020, most material things have not changed because the American psyche refuses to resist genocide proportionally. This is not something you can change on your own.
The next steps? I don’t know. Being consciously angry is not enough. At the end of the day, it doesn’t stop genocide and patting one’s back for it is insulting. I hate that fascists spew the “good times make weak men” shit because ultimately it’s true. What else do you call it? The liberals will have vague “solidarity,” but then those who are strong enough to speak up are slandered and murdered, and those who are strong enough to kill and die for a better future are demonized.