RedWizard

This is imperialism folks. Let's take a look at Nigeria's exports:

Ah, petroleum. How is that managed in Nigeria?

Ah I see, a state-owned oil company that is the only entity licensed to operate in the countries petroleum industry.

But sure, "Christian Genocide". That must be it. Obviously, its not. Instead of taking the soft rout through the IMF, imposing austerity and liberalization policies on the country via development loans, they're taking the hard rout of simply blowing the country up until it destabilizes.

Who is the pot and who is the kettle in your view?

Amazing how some things still ring true. Especially that last quote. The parallels between Trump, Nixon, and even Reagan are undeniable.

including the Radical Left Scum

Hey it's me! I'm in this tweet!

Yeah that last paragraph you highlighted is wild by western standards. That's what needs to be done though!

I didn't say they were all good hedge funds.

So you what makes you not a campist?

Most higher ed institutions are just hedge funds at the end of the day.

Why can't you answer that question? Is it because you don't know?

Hmm?

Sorry about your friend. I do not have empathy for fascists, and I won't be asking anyone to have empathy for fascists in this space. The harm the Kirks are still causing far out weighs whatever grief his widow is experiencing.

I'm not sure what you mean. If you didn't get me $5 I wouldn't have been able to buy that gun in your made up situation. Which only aligns with the ideas and goals behind the BDS movement. BDS is exactly what you are describing, and people should join these movements and collectively boycott industries that contribute to the genocide. BDS was one of the most effective weapons of international solidarity against the apartheid state of South Africa. It can be an effective weapon again against the apartheid state of Israel. If you can disrupt the circulation of capital, you can disrupt its goals.

I think the closing of the article lays out the stakes pretty well:

As a result, Israel Diamond Exchange president, Nissim Zuaretz, stated that his industry faces an “existential threat”. “We are slipping backward,” he warned, adding:

My message to the government and the public is clear: it’s now or never… We have a golden opportunity to restore Israel to the center of the global diamond industry, but the window is closing fast. Every day without government action means another diamond dealer lost, another family without income, another piece of our national heritage gone.”

However, if the Israeli government does indeed step in to safeguard its national industry and take a more interventionist approach, it will only further underscore the fact that the purchase of diamonds is inherently funding the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, supercharging blood diamonds into genocide diamonds.