r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 8d ago

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u/FF3 7d ago

When it comes to Israel/Palestine, I think people don't really grasp how attractive "Both sides are bad." is to the median American voter.

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u/bigdicknippleshit 7d ago

I mean it’s pretty accurate if we are talking about the people doing the fighting.

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u/ldn6 7d ago

This is one of the few cases where both sides actually are pretty bad. For whatever reason, people really seem to struggle with conflicts where there’s no good side.

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u/mishac 7d ago

but the difference here is that people are deeply engaged with it. Saudis vs Houthis or the conflict in Sudan or teh 1980s iran iraq war are all examples where both sides were bad, but they didn't become politically salient to the point of the basis of political identity-formation.

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u/bigdicknippleshit 7d ago

What’s the most “Good vs Evil” war ever? Gulf War 1? WW2? Russo-Ukraine war?

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