then you realise that terrorism was a direct consequence of US Imperialism.
I wonder how that will be different for the next generation since Osama bin Laden was an anti-imperialist, but ISIS was rooted more in religious fundamentalism.
That step from reading 9/11 as caused by religious fundamentalism versus anti-imperialism is still much easier to make in the context of Israel–Palestine.
There is something to be said for hypercapitalism destroying Arab culture, but these oil states were still made rich from it, and not to mention complicit.
It is just that without Israel–Palestine, I would imagine people becoming either anarchist, or more reactionary instead, rather than anti-imperialist and eventually communist.
What concerns me honestly is that Arab states have shifted dramatically their tactics in untangling the Israel–Palestine situation; normalizing relations with Israel, but also setting up embassies in Palestinian territories.
To what extent might the elites in these Arab states be realizing that having such an obvious case study of imperialism exist nearby is radicalizing their populations against their own governments.
The thing most unclear to me in current global politics is the elites in Arab states, because I cannot tell if they are neoliberal, or have started shifting in a China direction.
Nice thing about autocracies is they can be fixed so easily. The way China is working to stabilize governments in Africa for example, by selling military drones and such, and helping even autocrats consolidate power, I wonder if they are just trying to get an interface to negotiate with and eventually control the situation via diplomacy.
My point is, I can see it going both ways: either Arab states have gone totally nihilistic, or they are finally trying to solve Israel–Palestine diplomatically for humanitarian reasons.
Anyway, admittedly this comment was rather out there; but I really would like to know what others think about all this.
I wonder how that will be different for the next generation since Osama bin Laden was an anti-imperialist, but ISIS was rooted more in religious fundamentalism.
That step from reading 9/11 as caused by religious fundamentalism versus anti-imperialism is still much easier to make in the context of Israel–Palestine.
There is something to be said for hypercapitalism destroying Arab culture, but these oil states were still made rich from it, and not to mention complicit.
It is just that without Israel–Palestine, I would imagine people becoming either anarchist, or more reactionary instead, rather than anti-imperialist and eventually communist.
What concerns me honestly is that Arab states have shifted dramatically their tactics in untangling the Israel–Palestine situation; normalizing relations with Israel, but also setting up embassies in Palestinian territories.
To what extent might the elites in these Arab states be realizing that having such an obvious case study of imperialism exist nearby is radicalizing their populations against their own governments.
The thing most unclear to me in current global politics is the elites in Arab states, because I cannot tell if they are neoliberal, or have started shifting in a China direction.
Nice thing about autocracies is they can be fixed so easily. The way China is working to stabilize governments in Africa for example, by selling military drones and such, and helping even autocrats consolidate power, I wonder if they are just trying to get an interface to negotiate with and eventually control the situation via diplomacy.
My point is, I can see it going both ways: either Arab states have gone totally nihilistic, or they are finally trying to solve Israel–Palestine diplomatically for humanitarian reasons.
Anyway, admittedly this comment was rather out there; but I really would like to know what others think about all this.