- 24 Jan 2024 23:19
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You copied and pasted some text.
Did you read the bit about economics? It was in the text you copied and pasted.
Then it is not settler colonialism but instead was exploitative colonialism, if it was colonialism at all.
You are using examples of exploitative colonialism (or perhaps even imperialism) to criticize the theory of settler colonialism.
This can be ignored since it is obviously an incorrect criticism.
Are you going to watch it and tell me what the argument is, and how this video supports the argument?
Sure. I never claimed Hamas wanted to quickly end the war and get the hostages home, so this whataboutism is also a strawman.
Note that you seem to be agreeing that Netanyahu is not actually interested in bringing hostages home and would rather prolong the war.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...
wat0n wrote:I specifically cited what settler colonialism is about.
You copied and pasted some text.
Did you read the bit about economics? It was in the text you copied and pasted.
I already made my argument.
If you want an example of that of assimilation under the settler colonialism framework, the forced conversion to Islam or second class status of the conquered peoples who did not convert under threat of death, including but not limited to ghettoization and being subjected to punitive taxation, was quite similar to how the Spanish conquered most of America.
Then it is not settler colonialism but instead was exploitative colonialism, if it was colonialism at all.
If seen from this perspective, the movement of minorities like Jews, Maronite Christians, Kurds or Assyrians to assert their identity and autonomy would actually be an example of decolonization and so would be the terrorism by the likes of Irgun or Lehi - not all that different from South American indigenistas using whatever means necessary to "decolonize" even though the South American republics have been around for 200+ years now and neither Spain nor Portugal control territory in the continent.
Hence, why I ask: How useful is this analytical approach? It sounds like crap and is indeed crap.
You are using examples of exploitative colonialism (or perhaps even imperialism) to criticize the theory of settler colonialism.
This can be ignored since it is obviously an incorrect criticism.
It seems the forum is trying to embed the video. Here's the URL:Code: Select allhttps://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/11/13/hospital-gaza-al-quds-idf-terrorist-hamas-rpg-launcher-vpx.cnn
Are you going to watch it and tell me what the argument is, and how this video supports the argument?
The same could be said about Hamas making demands it knows Israel won't accept.
Although I can imagine Hamas' leadership in Gaza taking the offer to leave as a way to end the war. Arafat did the same in Lebanon in 1982.
Sure. I never claimed Hamas wanted to quickly end the war and get the hostages home, so this whataboutism is also a strawman.
Note that you seem to be agreeing that Netanyahu is not actually interested in bringing hostages home and would rather prolong the war.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in...