>> In #US, we swing like a pendulum — former is in vogue when #Republicans are in power, latter when #Democrats.
This is captured succinctly in the twin hashtags #SocietiesAreNotStatic and #SocietiesAreNotHomogenous.
Examples abound from US to #Israel, to #Palestine, to #British monarchs, and more.
Down memory lane — New hashtags were born:
#SocietiesAreNotStatic
#SocietiesAreNotHomogenous
Societies are not static. Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes & policies change. Holding a grudge against perceived wrong done to one decades ago will not get one anywhere, especially if the world has changed so much as to be unrecognizable.
⬆️ @DropBear @galad @serge @palestine @israel
I asked my friend #Google, “How is the form of #Zionism that spawned #Israel characterised by #racism and #bloodlust?”
It suggested I look here ➡️ https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/Zionism-is-racism
You are either spewing #Soviet #propaganda or you disagree with this characterization. The only way you can remove any doubt is by citing your own reliable source(s) from where you got this idea.
#SocietiesAreNotStatic
What happened in 1947 is not “evinced” by CURRENT prima facie
⬆️ @vidyarthi
>> It's alright if these are just works of fiction for you but for some, they provide important social and spiritual messages that have shaped the ethos and culture of the subcontinent and beyond for ages.
There is no excuse for #reactionary forces to propel #India backwards by continuing to elevate ethos and culture that are broadly rejected in civilized societies in the modern world (including India)
>> You have some motif about the kindness of Americans. I'm not sure why
IDK if you are an #American but you surely have doubts about our kindness
>> but how can you give over 200 million people who are "Americans" a trait when you don't know them?
Click through hashtags #SocietiesAreNotStatic and #SocietiesAreNotHomogenous. I created those specifically to not have to repeat these oft-discussed points
I too treated you as a clean slate without judging when I gave you links
⬆️ @olireiv
>> Biden is the one who allows the US Navy to do this exercise, coordinating with a far-right government
#SocietiesAreNotStatic. #Milei was not in power last Oct and won't be in power forever (I hope)
#Argentina is a #MajorNonNATOally #MNNA ➡️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_non-NATO_ally
Relations with allies can't be modulated quickly with each change in power.
This is exactly the problem #Biden is also facing with #Israel's #FarRight govt.
As I said, if you detest Milei, you should love Biden 🙂
⬆️ @Nochem
>> In 1990/91, I spent a lot time in Austria… I was shocked as to how many young people believed Austria was the first victim of rhe Nazis… I didn't expect the youth not to know of the 200,000 people at the Heldenplatz cheering on Hitler.
#SocietiesAreNotStatic. For all the havoc it wreaked, #Germany, to its credit, went through a thorough #denazification after the War. (#AfD is threatening that again, btw)
#Austria never went through denazification. So, it is not that surprising.
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#Indian Navy responds to #British vessel attacked by #Houthi Rebels in #GulfOfAden
#Britain once #colonized & ruled #India. #SocietiesAreNotStatic
Wonder if we will ever see #Palestinians forge strong #jointSecurity ties with #Israel to drive #Hamas out of their business of fighting a #permanentStateOfWar in the Middle East #inTheirName 🤔
⬆️ @vidyarthi
I didn't bring up "shaming". You did
#Muslims have lived in India since 10th c. Can't call them foreign.
You keep missing that what some invaders did centuries ago (even if reprehensible) CANNOT be corrected today by other reprehensible means. See #SocietiesAreNotStatic.
You don't need a Time Machine. You need hindsight ability. Use that to project into the future
This is #DragonTeeth because this will grow AGAIN and AGAIN no matter how many times you break it
Pay heed to political shifts and evolving #InternationalDynamics - Part 9
#Britain once #colonized & ruled #India
Now #UK & #India are forging security ties as UK plans to send high-readiness #LittoralResponse Group to #IndianOcean region in 2024 and #CarrierStrike Group in 2025 for joint training.
Deployment of their most advanced naval capabilities portends conflict in the region that is strategically located between #MiddleEast and #FarEast
>> it remains a #moralRequirement to distinguish between the rulers and the ruled
There used to be separation before. See hashtags #SocietiesAreNotStatic & #SocietiesAreNotHomogenous
That separation is no more since reports came out that 90% of ALL Palestinians support #Hamas
18000 #Palestinians died because 90% of Palestinians support Hamas, while supreme Hamas leader #Haniyeh remains #ensconced in #safetyAndLuxury in #Doha ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111484845659495467
#SocietiesAreNotStatic —There are no #permanentEnemies, nor #permanentAllies.
There was a time when #Puritan #America (#English #Protestant, with a disdain toward #monarchy) and #Catholic #France (with an absolute monarchy) were #mortalEnemies.
That changed in Feb 1778 when #US and France agreed to a #perpetualAlliance.
In 2003, #GeorgeWBush threw France under the bus, repudiating #French intelligence regarding absence of #WMDs in #Iraq, and lied his way into an unnecessary & illegal war.
#NorthKorean leader #KimJongUn calls for women to have more children.
If a government can prevent you from #takingItOut, it can force you to put it in.
In a different era, North Korea had forced its people from #puttingItIn.
In the 1970-80s North Korea had implemented #birthControl programs to slow a postwar population growth.
#abortion #abortionRights #reproductiveCare #reproductiveRights
https://apnews.com/article/north-korea-kim-jong-un-birthrate-72d59d0e2c685549ba8cd8734d8a7fe2
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1922: #PointOfNoReturn based on tripartite agreements between #Britain, #France, and #Russia
— #AllenbyDeclaration (independence for #Egypt)
— #PalestineMandate & #ChurchillWhitePaper (birth of #Israel & #Jordan)
— #FrenchMandate (#Syria & #Lebanon)
— #Russian Proclamation of #SovietUnion (taking #Muslim #CentralAsia)
#SocietiesAreNotStatic — Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes & policies change
This is #GeorgeWBush's legacy, of course ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111333654459086890
However, societies are not homogenous ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111424112469362573
Not all of #USA thinks the same way
Societies are not static. Times change. People change. Countries change. Their attitudes & policies change. Holding a grudge against perceived wrong done to one decades ago will not get one anywhere, especially if the world has changed so much as to be unrecognizable.
Societies are not homogenous. Not all of #USA thinks the same way. Not all of #Israel either. And not all of #Palestine same way.
1 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111376788032217265
2 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111377607972413455
3 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111393282111223814
4 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111403048017161754
5 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111429370364003123
6 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111443215314525928
7 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111443409154887393
8 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111497541829106615
9 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111732979463449615
10 ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111794121901229066
#Australia #China #Egypt #Hungary #India #Iran #Israel #Japan #Philippines #Qatar #Russia #SaudiArabia #UAE #UK #Ukraine #US #Turkey #QuadPartnership
#SocietiesAreNotStatic
