[Please excuse the following poorly crafted bit of text that follows; I fundamentally agree with your position and this is the kind of writing I do when I am trying to work out why I have both a visceral reaction to this site but cannot look away.]
One of the solid exercises I get from paying attention to this site is
a precise understanding of who the tech-bro class thinks is human (and thus relatable in ways that makes violence against those Others scary)
and those whom they believe to be living in base-biological forms which they themselves could surely never occupy (positions not "really" human and thus naturally the target of things like 'authorized' and 'legitimate' state-violence).
I can't really get my brain into their positions- I generally am opposed to being violent to folks for all reasons, and even if it could be justified ex pos facto, in my understanding violence is never legitimate or authorized.
But the site:
it's kind of like reading a poorly-written epic poem in some kind of horrid and post-modern style:
exegesis of the melted ideas here is work that keeps some of us in touch with what the sociopaths of the tech world think, with their out-sized influence over a world where most of us are simply subject to their fast and violent movement.
However, what is more important than teasing out the aesthetics of the violence they may either like or fear is learning what must be done to avoid being seen as legitimate and human by this class vicious wanna-be capitalists and shitters-out-of toxic technology.
That work seems like a difficult task, but this site provides so much relevant exercise and example.
There used to be a weekly column in the Independent by Robert Fisk, and it frequently discussed life in Lebanon. It sounded amazing, though often rather too war torn.
The Independent seems to have gone to garbage for n recent years, sadly.
Daily reminder that "championing human rights in the middle east" is the easiest thing in the world if you get to determine who is considered "human" and who is considered "cattle".
I would guess Israel as many do not have deeper insights into the general situation there.
Palestinians in Israel in general have full citizenship and rights and as far as I am aware lives relatively well integrated. My experience is from before the mass murdering on 7th October and the following cruel war so things might have changed though.
The West at large continuing to be complicit in Israel's aggression and genocide is a source of great shame to me. Unlike many other atrocities of the past 75 years, this could not have been done without our help.
Let them buy all the defensive weapons they can afford, Iron Dome, etc.
I think US gives them the weapons otherwise, they don't even buy them? No more.
It is insanity to let them just kill whomever they want whenever they want as many as they want
Israel has a right to exist but not kill thousands of innocent people
They also have universal healthcare while US never will because we've spent $21 Trillion since 9/11 on militarization, adding another trillion this year and now have to replace all the tomahawks etc
They're import-reliant. They don't make steel, don't make aluminum, don't have a large chemicals industry, etc. They're very vulnerable to sanctions and trade restrictions.
It frames themselves as under attack, which thereby gives themselves moral justification to attack, and when those attacked attack back they fulfill their justification, and the circle of violence and death perpetuates.
Countries don't have any "right to exist", this very term is thought terminating propaganda created by Israel. Israel does not have a right to exist, countries either are, or aren't. People have a right to live.
And as it stands, Israel is a terrorist nation commiting war crimes and a genocide daily.
"Defensive" weapons also do not exist. If you give Israel weapons, or sell them weapons, you are complicit in their actions.
It's terrorism
Molotov cocktail thrown at Altman's gate? Top post and even dang gets involved to condemn violence as totally evil.
Bombings? [flagged]
[Please excuse the following poorly crafted bit of text that follows; I fundamentally agree with your position and this is the kind of writing I do when I am trying to work out why I have both a visceral reaction to this site but cannot look away.]
One of the solid exercises I get from paying attention to this site is
a precise understanding of who the tech-bro class thinks is human (and thus relatable in ways that makes violence against those Others scary)
and those whom they believe to be living in base-biological forms which they themselves could surely never occupy (positions not "really" human and thus naturally the target of things like 'authorized' and 'legitimate' state-violence).
I can't really get my brain into their positions- I generally am opposed to being violent to folks for all reasons, and even if it could be justified ex pos facto, in my understanding violence is never legitimate or authorized.
But the site:
it's kind of like reading a poorly-written epic poem in some kind of horrid and post-modern style:
exegesis of the melted ideas here is work that keeps some of us in touch with what the sociopaths of the tech world think, with their out-sized influence over a world where most of us are simply subject to their fast and violent movement.
However, what is more important than teasing out the aesthetics of the violence they may either like or fear is learning what must be done to avoid being seen as legitimate and human by this class vicious wanna-be capitalists and shitters-out-of toxic technology.
That work seems like a difficult task, but this site provides so much relevant exercise and example.
Took so long to get flagged? I'm surprised...
If the US–Iran front of the war is relevant for hn I don't see why the Israel–Lebanon one wouldn't.
We need these news on HN too.
As usual anything Israel gets flagged.
From tech perspective, technology builders now need to be extra aware how it’s used.
Is releasing the next autonomous algo/library worth it?, if the US department of war with their friends can use that tech to kill more people.
Especially when more and more weapons become autonomous. Targets are chosen based on LLM hallucinations.
In 2026, we are the baddies.
More than tech we need to vote to reign in the Department of War spending. It will be the death of American Empire.
The white cells meant to protect, have become cancerous.
One of the most diverse countries in the world and still very little attention. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Lebanon
There used to be a weekly column in the Independent by Robert Fisk, and it frequently discussed life in Lebanon. It sounded amazing, though often rather too war torn.
The Independent seems to have gone to garbage for n recent years, sadly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Fisk
One religion seems to be missing from this list of “diversity”. Hmmmm…
Buddhism?
Keep going, this should be interesting.
Daily reminder that "championing human rights in the middle east" is the easiest thing in the world if you get to determine who is considered "human" and who is considered "cattle".
"We have democracy for some of our citizens" is not the flex they think it is.
Not sure what country you are referring to, Iran? USA? Israel? Libanon?
I would guess Israel as many do not have deeper insights into the general situation there.
Palestinians in Israel in general have full citizenship and rights and as far as I am aware lives relatively well integrated. My experience is from before the mass murdering on 7th October and the following cruel war so things might have changed though.
The West at large continuing to be complicit in Israel's aggression and genocide is a source of great shame to me. Unlike many other atrocities of the past 75 years, this could not have been done without our help.
Europe can't even get Israel out of Eurovision. Hell, only a few countries boycott the event because of Israel.
Stop Israel's aggression and genocide.
Not letting Israel kill thousands because ... just because is antisemitic!
No more offensive weapons
Let them buy all the defensive weapons they can afford, Iron Dome, etc.
I think US gives them the weapons otherwise, they don't even buy them? No more.
It is insanity to let them just kill whomever they want whenever they want as many as they want
Israel has a right to exist but not kill thousands of innocent people
They also have universal healthcare while US never will because we've spent $21 Trillion since 9/11 on militarization, adding another trillion this year and now have to replace all the tomahawks etc
> right to exist
https://youtu.be/JEoIUoH6kZY
They will just start making their own offensive weapons.
They're import-reliant. They don't make steel, don't make aluminum, don't have a large chemicals industry, etc. They're very vulnerable to sanctions and trade restrictions.
Start? They have a large military sector already with IAI, Elbit etc.
No, just give them nothing. "Right to exist" is a bullshit propaganda term. Doesn't mean anything.
If it were me, we'd go a step further and apply sanctions, just as e.g. Russia and Myanmar are sanctioned.
It frames themselves as under attack, which thereby gives themselves moral justification to attack, and when those attacked attack back they fulfill their justification, and the circle of violence and death perpetuates.
>Israel has a right to exist
Countries don't have any "right to exist", this very term is thought terminating propaganda created by Israel. Israel does not have a right to exist, countries either are, or aren't. People have a right to live.
And as it stands, Israel is a terrorist nation commiting war crimes and a genocide daily.
"Defensive" weapons also do not exist. If you give Israel weapons, or sell them weapons, you are complicit in their actions.
> thought-terminating propaganda
Exactly. I always struggled with this (which is the desired effect) until I heard Francesca Albanese give this exact answer.
There is no right to exist for a country under international law, but there is a right to live for people.