What my thinking has come to over the last few years is this: People want two things.
- Security
- Opportunity.
So, physical and financial security and the opportunity to that which fulfils you.
What we see in Alice Springs is what happens when very low security is combined with, more or less, zero opportunity. We’re quite happy to take resources from a low income family in the south west of Sydney and redirect them to Kings School.
This is something that we see repeated ad nauseam throughout history and is basically the end game of unrestricted capitalism.
Israel is quite happy to remove the security of the Palestinians and give them no opportunity because their religion says only they themselves matter and all other people are of no concern. (If anyone wants to come at me for religious reasons, fuck off. There are three Abrahamic religions, and all three are daft and we would be better off without them.)
The “my religion good, your religion bad” and “My people good, your people bad” is the basis of most conflict.
To address this current scenario, you have to address why Israel wants to destroy the Gaza Strip. What are their motivations. And it’s all because they’re Jews and the people of the Gaza Strip are Muslim.
Iran’s conflict with Iran is because they’re Shia and Iranians are Sunni.
Greece and Turkey, Christian and Muslim.
India and Pakistan, Hindu and Muslim.
The troubles, Protestant and Catholic.
The Cathar Genocide, renegade Christian sect and Catholics.
St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre Protestant and Catholics.
The CIA and South/Central America democraticaly elected governments, Protestants and Communists.
People just want to get along. They want security and opportunity. They’re not going to persecute you for your religion unless someone decides to influence them that way.
Israel considers Palestinians to be enemies because Israel chose to make them enemies.
