Friday, December 20, 2024

 

Auschwitz on TikTok

 

The United States of Israel murdered 77 Palestinians last night, a strong rebound from a mediocre score of 25 the previous evening. The highlight of last night’s bounce-back performance was the killing of 15 displaced citizens at two schools turned shelters.

I know this is an awful topic for a season in which we like to think we celebrate peace. But pretending this tax-sponsored carnage isn’t happening doesn’t exactly seem appropriate either. I doubt peace was ever achieved by ignoring violence.

If you can spare five minutes, you might find the interview below to be insightful. The speaker, one Gabor Mate, is an 80-year-old child psychologist I have come to appreciate. I first saw him on the leftist news show Democracy Now -- which I consider the only such program worth watching any more, but that’s just me.

Anyway, Mate has some rather astute observations about the psychology of both the victims and perpetrators of genocide. Just  click on the item below:


 Gabor Mate ‘It’s like we’re watching Auschwitz on TikTok’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFOTBAiTHZA

 

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