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naraburns  nihil supernum  2yr ago (text post)   32224 thread views

Israel-Gaza Megathread #2

This is a refreshed megathread for any posts on the conflict between (so far, and so far as I know) Hamas and the Israeli government, as well as related geopolitics. Culture War thread rules apply.

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Perhaps the greatest political challenge is what to do with surplus young men.

This is the lazy man's politics. It is saving the furniture once the house is already on fire.

The greatest political challenge is not being able to spread the social and political tools we've developed to avoid a surplus of disenfranchisement. I.e. good economic policy. We know capitalism works. We know free trade works. We know universal western or Turkish, or Korean or hell even Russian culture is better than Jihadi culture.

Capitalism can work. Not so sure on the free trade. A level of protectionism is needed because people aren't just fungible objects that will emigrate on the dime to "better work environments". Some would. But on the whole that's a destructive state of affairs.

Imposing Korean culture on Palestine by the sword is heterodox policy suggestion, but I'm here for it.

I endorse this plan.

Rule by the ones with the highest StarCraft MMR?

School from 7 am to midnight?

Hamas hagwon?

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