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Humanizing Them

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HUMANIZING THEM Palestinians are human beings 6 views For too long, too many folks in Western Nations have been using words and phrases that dehumanize the people of Palestine. Just as it would be wrong to conflate the people of Russia with Vladimir Putin, so too, it is also wrong to say things like,  "There's no such thing as Palestinians"  or  "They all voted for Hamas." (Note: counting adult and minor Gazans alive in 2023, less than 1/4 of them voted for Hamas in the last election 19 years ago). // Links to videos of Palestinians: https://x.com/Mo7ammed_jawad6/status/1891209833866473533 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip react to ceasefire agreement https://x.com/OnlinePalEng/status/1888294755899195401 https://x.com/sahouraxo/status/1892709808991830193 https://x.com/GazaMartyrs/status/1890443693301080318 https://x.com/GazaMartyrs/status/1893009582210895973 ...

Libertarian Socialism

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LIBERTARIAN SOCIALISM Libertarian Socialism is incompatible with actual libertarianism by Ben The Emo Ancap    8 views Libertarian Socialism is incompatible with actual libertarian ideology. Socialism fundamentally contradicts the core principles of what libertarianism stands for. Libertarianism, as envisioned by Rothbard and Hayek, promotes a society where individuals have the maximum possible autonomy in their economic and personal lives. Libertarian Socialism attempts to reconcile the liberty of the individual with the collective ethos of socialism. How can anyone have true individual liberty when the economic system is designed to prioritize communal welfare over personal choice? The idea of collective ownership inherently suggests a form of control or governance over property, which is antithetical to the libertarian idea of property rights where ownership is an extension of the individual. The mechanisms needed to manage collective ownership-- whether it be through direc...