{"id":299841,"date":"2025-07-28T12:00:51","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T11:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=299841"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:14:32","slug":"its-a-genocide-but-its-also-so-much-more-than-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2025\/07\/its-a-genocide-but-its-also-so-much-more-than-that\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a Genocide, but It\u2019s also So Much More Than That"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image by hosnysalah via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s an experiment\u200a\u2014\u200ato see what kinds of abuses the public will accept without causing significant disruption to the imperial status quo. <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

23 Jul 2025\u00a0<\/em>–\u00a0The mass atrocity in Gaza is a genocide<\/a>, obviously, and is an undisguised ethnic cleansing operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s also a lot more than that.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an experiment\u200a<\/strong>\u2014\u200ato see what kinds of abuses the public will accept without causing significant disruption to the imperial status quo.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a psychological operation<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200ato push out the boundaries of what\u2019s normal and acceptable in our minds so that we will consent to even more horrific abuses in the future.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a symptom<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aof Zionism, of colonialism, of militarism, of capitalism, of western supremacism, of empire-building, of propaganda, of ignorance, of apathy, of delusion, of ego.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a manifestation<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aof violent racist, supremacist and xenophobic belief systems that have always been there but were previously restrained, meeting with the unwholesome nature of alliances that have long been in place but have been aggressively normalized.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a mirror\u200a<\/strong>\u2014\u200ashowing us accurately and impartially who we currently are as a civilization.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a disclosure<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200ashowing us what the western empire we live under really is underneath its fake plastic mask of liberal democracy and righteous humanitarianism.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a revelation<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200ashowing us who among us really stands for truth and justice and who has been deceiving us about themselves and their motives this entire time.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a catalyst<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aa galvanizing force and a rallying cry for all who realize that the murderous power structures we live under can no longer be allowed to stand, and a blaring alarm clock opening more and more snoozing eyes to the need for revolutionary change.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a test<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aof who we are as a species and what we are made of, and of whether we can transcend the destructive patterning that is driving humanity to its doom.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a question<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200aasking us what kind of world we want to live in going forward, and what kind of people we want to be.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an invitation<\/strong>\u200a\u2014\u200ato become something better than what we are now.<\/p>\n

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Cartoon by Caitlin Johnstone<\/p><\/div>\n

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Caitlin Johnstone is a rogue journalist, poet, and utopia prepper<\/em>. Contact: <\/em>admin@caitlinjohnstone.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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