Post #1675038

2026-03-18 17:21 UTC

In both societies, the language of democracy operates beside enduring structures of hierarchy. Those shared contradictions shape how each country understands security, territory, and political control. That parallel history does not fully explain the alliance. But it helps explain why the two states often recognize themselves in one another. it. 4/14 Video: Ex-Marine Brian McGinnis is removed as he shouts, “No one wants to fight for Israel.” USA Today. https://youtu.be/tN-aTVkI5W0?si=vzVpgvZa-EkYs1tIA

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@Deglassco@mastodon.social 2026-03-18 17:24

Intellectual Map Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015. Coates, Ta-Nehisi. The Message. New York: One World, 2024. Coates, Ta-Nehisi. We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy. New York: One World, 2017. 5/14

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@Spacehistory@theforkiverse.com 2026-03-18 18:44

@Deglassco These countries are not unique in this regard. One could say of Nigeria, India, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda (just to name a few) that “each proclaimed democratic ideals while simultaneously managing populations excluded from the full promise of those ideals.” In all of these societies, “the language of democracy operates beside enduring structures of hierarchy.” In Nigeria it's the Hausa over the Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo. (1/2)

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@eestileib@tech.lgbt 2026-03-18 20:48

@Deglassco That shared understanding of how to exercise social control is very important for people living in the US to understand. The American political and business classes are foursquare behind the Gaza genocide because it is the dry run for their plan for America. Yes, Schumer. Yes Newsom. They genuinely don't understand why people are angry.

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