The_Italian_Uncut

Is what's happening in Gaza solely Israel's fault? Or is it also the fault of billions of people who do nothing? Not because they support it. But because silence and inaction make us complicit. The world sees. But it doesn't act. The excuse "what can we mere mortals do?" doesn't work today. Today, social media exposes what mainstream media hides. In the EU, at least 12 countries are blocking protests or arresting pro-Gaza protesters. Why do they do it? Because they only have to arrest 1,000-10,000 people. Would they be able to do it if there were 10-100 MILLION protesters? In which prisons could they put all these people? This is why 4 boats aren't scary. This is why 10,000 protesters aren't scary. So there's a solution to stop everything: we just have to act. But it takes millions of people; four activists, a rant on Instagram, or a like aren't enough. A like is useless. In Genoa, there was a torchlight procession for Gaza involving 40,000 people. As an Italian, I ask: where are the remaining 58,950,000 Italians? Likes on Instagram? Anyone who doesn't act now is complicit. Everyone, no one excluded. Patti Smith said in a song: People Have the Power. It's true. The power is there, you just have to use it. Otherwise, you're complicit.

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There are growing protests in Germany against the war in Gaza. Many are being met with police force.

But they’re not making headlines.

In Italy, 66.3% of people blame the West — led by the US — for the ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. (Source: CENSIS)

So why is this not in the mainstream media?

And why, when we talk about it here, do we get ignored — or worse, downvoted?

Is it because the information is false? Or because it challenges the narrative?

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When I was in school and studying history, I always wondered: "How was it possible for that war to break out, how could that dictatorship have been established? Where were the people? Why did they consent? Why didn't they rebel?" And yet, I don't believe there's a sane person who actually likes wars. In fact, when you think about it, the world is full of governments that claim to want to resolve conflicts diplomatically, yet wars continue to break out. Dictatorships continue to be established. These doubts stayed in my mind until the internet arrived. Then something changed. I started to do my own research, out of curiosity, to uncover things that didn't add up.

That's when I began to understand. If you start digging, you'll find information that you normally don't find in history books. You don't find it in newspapers either. And don't even get me started on TV news.

What does that information say? It says things that everyone else doesn't. That information makes you understand why wars break out and why dictatorships are established. You don't have to do really deep research, because to be honest, the information is there, ready to be read or heard by anyone who has a minimum interest in understanding how things work. That's when you discover that wars are planned decades before they break out by governments and intelligence agencies. That's when you discover that terrorists are funded by the intelligence services of countries that have an interest in destabilizing this or that nation. Why do countries plan wars and destabilize other countries? For economic reasons, of course. That's when Country A, which wants to get its hands on Country B's oil, starts organizing a coup d'état to install a puppet government led by a dictator who can be bribed. In exchange, Country A gets permission to drill and extract oil.

The pattern is always the same. But people don't know it. Why? Because information is controlled by governments. In the past, many people were illiterate. But even those who could read had no alternative sources of information. The press, one way or another, has always been controlled. It's no coincidence that there is a worldwide index on press freedom in various countries. This is precisely because there is an awareness of censorship and information manipulation. Now, in the 1940s, the only sources of information were newspapers and the radio. What wasn't written in newspapers or said on the radio didn't exist. If Country A attacks Country B and the latter defends itself, everyone knows whose fault it is: Country A. Now, imagine that newspapers and radio stations omit to say that Country A attacked Country B. Imagine they only say: "Country B attacked Country A." At this point, for someone reading the newspaper or listening to the radio, whose fault is the war? Country B, of course! Even though in reality, Country B was simply defending itself.

Now it's clear why wars break out and dictatorships are established. What's less clear is why it still happens today, in a world full of information that is an alternative to mainstream propaganda. Well, I understood this too. Today is no different from the 1940s, because even though the system to access correct, undistorted information exists, people don't read and they don't listen. They're too busy with their own affairs. What affairs? Work, school. The kittens on Instagram. Ah, kittens, how cute are they! Who doesn't like them? We can all confess that we never deny a cute kitten a 'like'! Instead, those who talk about war, who talk about censorship, who provide alternative information to the mainstream, are ignored or, worse, mocked. If you say that Country B is defending itself, a comment from the one who "knows" is ready to mock you because come on, it's obvious that Country B is to blame!

So, in the 1940s, wars broke out because people couldn't get informed. Today, however, wars break out because people ignore or, worse, mock. So perhaps—and I say perhaps—before giving a post a negative vote, maybe it would be a good idea to read that post. Maybe it would be a good idea to listen to those words because, who knows, maybe those words are telling the truth, that truth that mainstream channels don't want you to know.

Patti Smith said: "People have the power." And it's true. People have the power. But they have to make the minimal effort to use it.

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