GenZ & Millenials seems to ignore certain things older generations take for granted... and how that may be explained by the phenomenon of 'woke culture' and the phenomenon of cognitive dissonance
Message transmitted to the world by what appears to be most young generation Americans: Anything ‘edgy’ is cool. If a mentally unstable person knifes you on the street, it’s your own fault as a class oppressor, and all people not seeing things exactly the left’s way need to be treated as colonizers and destroyed. And sorry Israel about your murdered children, you are invaders and deserve what you get. Group think makes most this young class blind to even looking at other viewpoints and reading history as objectively as possible (admittedly this is not easy as history is written by the winners).
It’s like Gad Saad describes it, a mind virus. And the older adult left wing applauds it by their inaction to correct it.
When I was Gen Z age, I was young and ignorant, but Millennials are getting to be old enough to know better. By the time I was 30, I had realized Hamas & Hezbollah for what they were: terrorist groups. I used to be sympathetic, but the 2nd intifada cured me of that. I hope some do pay attention, but I wonder if they'll understand how putrid their "anti-racism" values they were inculcated with are.
My heart bleeds for Israel, no surprise to see pro hamas everywhere: UK, France, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Poland! yes!.. we are conquered by Islam, the moderates as usual stay silent, and the radical crazy minority kills: after Israel, one dead in France a teacher stabbed to death, (2 injured), and 2 Swedes dead in Belgium.....
The difference between the response of the $20 group and the $1 group is "effort justification cognitive dissonance". That's some truly viciously anchored stuff, and I see so much of it today in so many areas.
something the pro-Israel folks tend to forget about hamas, aside from the fact that they were (s)elected way back in 2005 and haven't allowed another election since then:
"How the West—and Israel Itself—Inadvertently Funded Hamas" (wall street journal)
Message transmitted to the world by what appears to be most young generation Americans: Anything ‘edgy’ is cool. If a mentally unstable person knifes you on the street, it’s your own fault as a class oppressor, and all people not seeing things exactly the left’s way need to be treated as colonizers and destroyed. And sorry Israel about your murdered children, you are invaders and deserve what you get. Group think makes most this young class blind to even looking at other viewpoints and reading history as objectively as possible (admittedly this is not easy as history is written by the winners).
It’s like Gad Saad describes it, a mind virus. And the older adult left wing applauds it by their inaction to correct it.
When I was Gen Z age, I was young and ignorant, but Millennials are getting to be old enough to know better. By the time I was 30, I had realized Hamas & Hezbollah for what they were: terrorist groups. I used to be sympathetic, but the 2nd intifada cured me of that. I hope some do pay attention, but I wonder if they'll understand how putrid their "anti-racism" values they were inculcated with are.
My heart bleeds for Israel, no surprise to see pro hamas everywhere: UK, France, Sweden, Germany, Italy, Poland! yes!.. we are conquered by Islam, the moderates as usual stay silent, and the radical crazy minority kills: after Israel, one dead in France a teacher stabbed to death, (2 injured), and 2 Swedes dead in Belgium.....
The difference between the response of the $20 group and the $1 group is "effort justification cognitive dissonance". That's some truly viciously anchored stuff, and I see so much of it today in so many areas.
Again, terrific piece. I want to pass along a YouTube I have found particularly informative: https://youtube.com/@Travelingisraelinfo
This article helps me understand
Your writing is stellar. And your thesis impeccable.
something the pro-Israel folks tend to forget about hamas, aside from the fact that they were (s)elected way back in 2005 and haven't allowed another election since then:
"How the West—and Israel Itself—Inadvertently Funded Hamas" (wall street journal)
https://archive.ph/8bv1X (archive due to paywall)
all 3 involved governments (us, israel, hamas) have stated genocidal intent against the civilians on other side of the containment fence.