I think this last year or so has been a turning point though. AIPAC-funding is starting to become a toxic asset, particularly from the perspective of younger voters.
Not my words, but quoting a comment I saw elsewhere:
Your saying this is a perfect demonstration of the centrist dems not learning anything from losing the last election. No more genocide = no more zionists. Either the dems kick AIPAC dominance out of the party or the democratic party ceases to exist. Thats the choice for centrists. The dems arent winning another election otherwise. They cant win without the left and the left wont accept genocide.
We’ll ride this right into extinction if we have to. Try us.
And I’m starting to see more of this laid out in plain language. Younger voters might have lower turnout, but they are the future voters. And if I was a betting man, they’ll come out to vote for Zohran Mamdani.
Amazing that the young ones will have to teach their parents morality but actually I’m not that suprised. I feel many of us will be looking back at the direction boomers and their parents took the world post WW2 and shake our heads.
The first time I took a deep dive into the Israeli-Palestinian ‘conflict’ was in 2012 and it took all of half an hour to come to the conclusion that Netanyahu has a bloodlust reminiscent of Hitler. It felt shitty to realize that Western propaganda had me believing a lie my entire life (granted I was in my early 20s). But that feeling was soon overcome with an even worse feeling of unease as you realize how many people just accept this genocide as the status quo.
I’m so glad Gen Z is seeing through all this. It was much easier to pull the wool over peoples eyes (in a way) in the pre social media age because news was always curated for us. There’s a lot of bullshit out there on the internet don’t get me wrong.
But it’s hard to argue with pictures of dead children (even though some folk still try).
No AIPAC funded Democrat has endorsed him. Including many prominent voices in the party.
I think this last year or so has been a turning point though. AIPAC-funding is starting to become a toxic asset, particularly from the perspective of younger voters.
Not my words, but quoting a comment I saw elsewhere:
And I’m starting to see more of this laid out in plain language. Younger voters might have lower turnout, but they are the future voters. And if I was a betting man, they’ll come out to vote for Zohran Mamdani.
Amazing that the young ones will have to teach their parents morality but actually I’m not that suprised. I feel many of us will be looking back at the direction boomers and their parents took the world post WW2 and shake our heads.
The first time I took a deep dive into the Israeli-Palestinian ‘conflict’ was in 2012 and it took all of half an hour to come to the conclusion that Netanyahu has a bloodlust reminiscent of Hitler. It felt shitty to realize that Western propaganda had me believing a lie my entire life (granted I was in my early 20s). But that feeling was soon overcome with an even worse feeling of unease as you realize how many people just accept this genocide as the status quo.
I’m so glad Gen Z is seeing through all this. It was much easier to pull the wool over peoples eyes (in a way) in the pre social media age because news was always curated for us. There’s a lot of bullshit out there on the internet don’t get me wrong.
But it’s hard to argue with pictures of dead children (even though some folk still try).