Summary
Israeli settlers in the West Bank, emboldened by Trump’s return and a far-right Israeli government, are pushing for formal sovereignty over the territory.
Settlement activity has surged to record levels under Prime Minister Netanyahu, with nearly 6,000 acres designated as state land in 2024 and dozens of new outposts established.
While settlers see this as fulfilling Biblical claims, Palestinians view it as erasing hopes for a future state.
Critics warn annexation could jeopardize regional stability and U.S.-brokered normalization efforts, such as those with Saudi Arabia.
I’m split between this would lead to good things and this will usher in a new McCarthy red scare style period.
Ironically though I think we are inching closer to the Chinese system as the Chinese system inches closer to our own.
A- brutal capitalism with workers rights stripped down as much as possible
B- a system where a small group of elites get to make all of the political decisions
C- a state who cooperates with the largest corporations in order to stay in power and maintain high profits
The difference is China has been slowly liberalizing, giving their people slightly more political and economic freedoms. Meanwhile here in the US we are doing rhe opposite.
It’s almost as if we are both converging towards the same end goal. A sort of convergent evolution headed to the government with the highest fitness. Which unfortunately for us peons isn’t designed for us