“how can the descendants of people who experienced a genocide turn around and do a genocide themselves?”
Well, because people don’t generally take actions motivated by sympathy or even a consistent moral commitment, for one. But more to the point, when a nation of people participates in a genocide they do it because they personally materially benefit from that genocide. They get land, homes, oil, coastlines, military power, historic artifacts, crops, a displaced and readily exploitable workforce, stronger political representation, and enlivening propaganda for the comfortable way of life that all this violence has made possible. nations commit genocide because it is good for them. people support genocide because it makes their life better and more comfortable.
past generational suffering does not ennoble people. and most people do not do things based on some abstract idea of what is good or right, or even out of empathy for what others might be going through. people do things that they benefit from. and if you are a member of a settler colonial state you benefit from settler colonialism. 99% of people within that category will happily be a party to it.
i feel like people dont think im serious when i say “death to America” but like my ultimate dream is for the USA to no longer exist like of course i dont respect politicians or cops or the law i dont want a “better America” i quite literally do not want the entity known as the United States of America to outlive me
These are large African Catfish. Reason there is large plastic sheet over them? Because they learnt to bump the tank and knock food into the water. Now, if they hear/smell food, they will pop their heads up like so.
i think “it takes a village” shouldn’t be just “to raise a child”. we should understand it takes a village to do literally everything we do. all day every day. without our communities we would not have drinking water or electricity or clean streets or food or shelter or anything. we cannot do any thing alone. we just can’t. and with that comes the fact that you are not alone. you already have a community, seek to be an active part of it, you will feel better. reach out and thank them, they’re happy to have you too. i promise. it takes a village to live.
