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[–] 27 points 2 years ago*

"When education is not liberating, the dream of the opressed is to become the oppressor"

~ Paulo Freire

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Why is Dale Earnhardt so frequently used in memes like this? Is it for some inscrutable Internet Reason, or is he actually a pretty pro-worker guy?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Is that the car driver?? I've been wondering this too...

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I asked this a little while back, so I'll pass along the answer: because Nascar is typically not associated with these leftist political leanings, and by association of new ideas with familiar imagery you might gently help someone become more open to considering these notions in good faith instead of a knee jerk reaction against it.

    It's honestly pretty clever, and if it helps these ideas find new homes in communities they weren't always welcome in then I'd say it's worth it.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I’m not even a NASCAR fan but RAISE HELL PRAISE DALE

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago*

    Is this how we win over the Trump crowd? Attributing various philosophy quotes to Dale Earnhard. Cuz if so, I would love it. We can make bumper stickers and everything.

    "From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs - Dale Earnhardt"

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    These have gotten much better. 🙂

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (12 children)

    Okay, so can someone please give me an unbiased truth of who's the good guy and who's the bad guy between Israel and palestine? Every bit of news and meme and comment I see has opposing perspectives. What is the truth here?

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Palestinians and Israelis are for the most part good people, Hamas and Israel (the State) are both bad guys. With Israel's reaction more and more Palestinians will join Hamas (just like killing hundreds of thousands in the middle East didn't solve anything after 3000 Americans died on 9/11 and it even made things worse) and the more people join Hamas and attack Israelis, the more of them are ready to join Israel's army.

    In the end no one wins.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Except all Israelis have to serve in the IDF or they face jail time. The only Jews in Israel that don't have to serve are the ultra orthodox Jews who are the ones that are the most devout Zionists. The situation over there is extraordinarily fucked.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

    They have their mandatory military service but as far as I know there's no conscription draft at the moment (but I might be mistaken on that).

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Mandatory military service = Conscription

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago* (2 children)

    No, one is required service for a set amount of time no matter if the country is at peace or at war, the other is when people that aren't in service get called to take part in a war effort.

    Turns out in English I should have used "draft" instead

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 2 years ago

    Its all about the power dynamics, Israel has all the power and can end the conflict at anytime and seek peace. They are also an ethnostate where nonjews are second class citizens. There needs to be a 2 state solution where Palestinians have independence and freedom from the yok of the Israelis or a 1 state solution where both sides have equal political liberties. The Hamas attack happened because of the stranglehold Israel has over the Palestinian people and the Israeli response was to strangle even harder. I dont support Hamas, but Israel has actively supported them by refusing to allow Palestinians the agency to be their own state and continueing to steal their land in the West Bank with Illegal Settlements. Israel has murdered a magnitude more Palestinians than than Hamas killed on their attack. Israel had also been treating Palestinians horribly for decades before this attack and its only gotten worse.

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