"Now if only we could do something with these disappointing people… if only we could transfer them, send them out, send them home. Of course, because of the knots of ThoughtCrime that the “Left” has tied itself in, such ideas can never be expressed. Indeed, they must not be consciously thought. So instead, we have the indecent enthusiasm…
"Now if only we could do something with these disappointing people… if only we could transfer them, send them out, send them home. Of course, because of the knots of ThoughtCrime that the “Left” has tied itself in, such ideas can never be expressed. Indeed, they must not be consciously thought. So instead, we have the indecent enthusiasm of the western “Left” for the expulsion of the Palestinians from Gaza, as a sublimated and unacknowledged substitute."
And in grotesque irony, where do these foolish Europeans think displaced Gazans will GO? Why, straight across the Mediterranean, you fools!!
“So instead, we have the indecent enthusiasm of the western “Left” for the expulsion of the Palestinians from Gaza, as a sublimated and unacknowledged substitute."
And why conflate this attitude with the “Left.” I don’t know anyone on what I consider the “Left” that is in favor of the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza. Rather the
“Left” in the US condemns Israeli ethnic cleansing and genocide, as well as both Democratic and Republican parties for supporting Israel in these atrocities. Take a look at the World Socialist WebSite if you want to get a sense of the Left. Certainly not represented in any US MSM publication.
I had the same thought. The enthusiasm for Israel's final solution for Palestinians is even stronger with conservatives in the US. I think it's also true in the UK.
The real left understand that the "Left" are just courtiers for the capitalist owners that utilize "critical" language and constructs that make them appear to be radical, but this radicalism never extends to issues of political economy as that would point the finger at their paymasters and they would rapidly lose career opportunities and quite possibly their jobs. Gramsci (who the "Left" love to cherry-pick disconnected phrases and concepts from) had that all worked out in a prison cell in the 1920s! By making the lives of the "Left" ever more precarious, the capitalist owners tighten their control over them.
"Now if only we could do something with these disappointing people… if only we could transfer them, send them out, send them home. Of course, because of the knots of ThoughtCrime that the “Left” has tied itself in, such ideas can never be expressed. Indeed, they must not be consciously thought. So instead, we have the indecent enthusiasm of the western “Left” for the expulsion of the Palestinians from Gaza, as a sublimated and unacknowledged substitute."
And in grotesque irony, where do these foolish Europeans think displaced Gazans will GO? Why, straight across the Mediterranean, you fools!!
“So instead, we have the indecent enthusiasm of the western “Left” for the expulsion of the Palestinians from Gaza, as a sublimated and unacknowledged substitute."
And why conflate this attitude with the “Left.” I don’t know anyone on what I consider the “Left” that is in favor of the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza. Rather the
“Left” in the US condemns Israeli ethnic cleansing and genocide, as well as both Democratic and Republican parties for supporting Israel in these atrocities. Take a look at the World Socialist WebSite if you want to get a sense of the Left. Certainly not represented in any US MSM publication.
I had the same thought. The enthusiasm for Israel's final solution for Palestinians is even stronger with conservatives in the US. I think it's also true in the UK.
The real left understand that the "Left" are just courtiers for the capitalist owners that utilize "critical" language and constructs that make them appear to be radical, but this radicalism never extends to issues of political economy as that would point the finger at their paymasters and they would rapidly lose career opportunities and quite possibly their jobs. Gramsci (who the "Left" love to cherry-pick disconnected phrases and concepts from) had that all worked out in a prison cell in the 1920s! By making the lives of the "Left" ever more precarious, the capitalist owners tighten their control over them.