Calling for a ceasefire in Israel/Palestine is a liberal position. The radical position is to call for supporting the Palestinian resistance until there is an end to Israeli apartheid.

HexbearGPT [comrade/them] · 1 年前

Calling for a ceasefire in Israel/Palestine is a liberal position. The radical position is to call for supporting the Palestinian resistance until there is an end to Israeli apartheid.

usernamesaredifficul [he/him] · 1 年前

Even the Japanese in WW2 were convinced to stop in the face of overwhelming violence when, before, they had elements in power saying they'd rather be exterminated than give up.

I heard they actually were just insisting the soviets be at the treaty negotiations so they didn't have to negotiate two peaces

WhatDoYouMeanPodcast [comrade/them] · 1 年前

I'm ready to believe that. A source would still be nice.

I would also put forward that overwhelming force, even without an atomic bomb, was enough to convince people who beforehand would have preferred that the island be exterminated.