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The clear distinction here is that Russia could resettle literally everyone, whereas Jordan absolutely couldn't. If the Palestinians were displaced into Jordan they'd be an impoverished refugee class, separated from friends and family, no employment prospects, and be totally reliant on humanitarian aid. I think Russia actually could handle the resettlement without the same material limitations.
It would come at the cost of being dispossessed from their land, but they'd be alive and healthy and their families would be whole.
Resettlement seems worth it, to me. But ultimately you raise the most important point with:
The people have decided they'd rather face death and dismemberment and loss of their families than be dispossessed of their land. I fundamentally don't understand that, but I can try to respect it. Personally I don't think it was worth it and I wish they had chosen differently because I think fewer people would have died, but this is what they chose and I have no choice but to support it.
Besides, it looks like Russia actually did make the best strategic choice. They might just win this thing.
No, that's no difference. You could add Egypt, Syria, etc. Point is, you want to solve the "problem" by exiling undesirable people from the country ruled by nazis. 3rd Reich, Israel, Ukraine, it's the same situation. You want to explicitly appease nazis, i don't know how much more straight i have to say this since you apparently does understand that not every resettlement is equal and the same, but you keep ignoring the base issue here in favour of liberal "nonviolence" and pacifism which ends up actually feeding the nazis.
You can't, though, because that means splitting up families and communities and scattering them across several countries and continents. Plus, even if they were split up, those countries would still struggle to provide them with jobs and housing, they'd still be reliant on humanitarian assistance and be relegated to an underclass of permanent refugees.
This is still very clearly distinct from Russia, where no one would need to be separated because they'd all be in the same country. It really isn't the same situation.
Please don't put words into my mouth, I am not a liberal passivist.
What I think is that fewer people, overall, would have died or been injured or lost family or endured economic hardship by being resettled. I think avoiding war is good, not because violence is inherently bad, but because it has lead to more suffering for people who don't deserve it. Russia could have absorbed everyone into its economy, they'd have had jobs and housing and all the necessities of modern life. I just think they'd have been better off by giving up the land to move farther East than staying to fight.
Make no mistake, I try to respect their decision to stay and fight for their land. I just can't understand it. Land just seems unimportant to me when there are other options (which is distinct from the Palestinians, for the reasons I explained). I am a postmodern subject that has been so thoroughly alienated from land that I can't even imagine caring about it.
But this doesn't come from some obsession with nonviolence or passivism. I still critically support Russia in their struggle against US/NATO imperialism, after all.
It's a moot point anyway, because it looks like the invasion is paying off. This is why I'm not in charge of anything.