NORTH KOREA ๐ฐ๐ต VS PALESTINE ๐ต๐ธ
If you can imagine what a bubble the people of North Korea are in - ruled by their dictatorial supreme leader - what their minds must be like - how lacking in the intellectual skills of modernity they are - how theyโve been denied any contact with critical thinking - a veritable fantasy island separate from the actual reality of the real world - then imagine what the Palestinians in Gaza are like after decades of hardline Islamic fundamentalist rule - living in a bubble of jihad and racism - all their experiences from kindergarten to mosque to media tightly controlled by Hamas - no free press - no free media - taught jihad and racism every day - a dictatorship that daily removes them from the fresh air of truth and critical thought - taught to kill yourself for Allah every day - taught jihad - taught racism - taught kill the Jews - every day - no art in your house other than images of conquered Jews - no music other than songs of killing Jews - all of this pumped into your head every day from birth - taught never to question things and any rare moments of dissent met with lethal force - if you can understand this then you will see that if Kim Jong Un is removed - North Korea will still have a lot of problems to solve with its population - and so will Gaza when Hamas are goneโฆ
Palestinians are not like you
You want to believe they are because youโve been brainwashed into believing everyone and every culture is ultimately the same
But itโs not true
Palestinians are different from you
Not because they are biologically different - but because theyโve been made different
Our hardware is the same but our software is different
Palestinians have been made ignorant
Yes - ignorant
If you live in a dictatorship that brainwashes you and removes critical thinking skills - you are made ignorant
You are taught not to question things or think
Palestinians have been made racist
Theyโve been made violent
You might not like these words - because you are western-centric and lack actual empathy
Empathy isnโt just seeing the love and beauty in others - itโs also being able to accept other people might be very different to you and see the universe in very different ways - some of those ways negative
The Palestinian people donโt think or feel like you because you havenโt grown up in an Islamic fundamentalist dictatorship - denied all critical thinking skills - and brainwashed in jihad to such an extent that you think blowing yourself up and killing and raping people are beautiful things you hope to do again
This is the fundamental problem of the conflict
After Hamas are destroyed there is a multi-generational challenge to deprogram and de-Nazify Palestinians of the worst ideas and worst ways of thinking that exist in the world
There will never be actual peace until this challenge is met openly, honestly and head on.
People are equal but definitely not the same. As an adoptee Iโve always been fascinated with the debate around nature vs nurture. I personally think nurture wins.
10000% true on every level. Thank you Lee!