r/NewsAndPolitics • u/_II_I_I__I__I_I_II_ United States • Oct 12 '24

Social Commentary Jason Hickel explains why a liberated Palestine threatens global capitalism: 'A liberated Palestine means a liberated Middle East. A liberated Middle East means capitalism really faces a crisis[...] & they're unleashing the full violence of their extraordinary power to ensure it doesn't.'

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u/Archarchery Oct 13 '24

I’m very skeptical that capitalism is the thing keeping the Palestinians from being liberated, they are quite simply prevented from having a state by Zionist interests who want to seize and ethnically cleanse their land to expand Israel.

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u/Far-Leave2556 Oct 13 '24 edited Oct 13 '24

I don't agree with other replies to your very reasonable comment. The global north is NOT really gaining anything from their support for isn'treal rather they are risking a perfectly advantageous setup they worked so hard for.

The core premise holds tho. The people behind the project Israel and project Unites States, the ones controlling the global finance, their power comes from capitalism. Therefore it is also capitalism that is the biggest obstacle for Palestinian liberation.

Take the the US elections for example. They could set up this hideous two party farce and make people believe it is a democracy because capitalism allows them to control every single media channel in the world