He had meetings with those two shortly before his stumble, in hindsight AOC may have tried to pressure him to follow her lead as she was about to make a move concerning Israel, and what a move it was, complete capitulation that blew up in her face

The first thing Zohran did after winning the primary was give a speech before the New York DSA and affirm his socialism; compared to the positive reception he received from DSA and the toxic mess of AOC, it doesn't take a brilliant politician to figure which direction the winds blowing, Israel is fuckin toxic and Americans right and left are fed up with the cult of zionism even if they don't particularly care for Palestine

Zohran who has infinitely better political instincts than either Sanders or AOC, has a front row seat to the consequences of surrender, I doubt anyone is gonna splash red paint on Zohran's door in the near future

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[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 54 points 6 days ago (2 children)

It’s interesting that a holocaust with a higher death rate and a higher starvation rate than Auschwitz that is being live-streamed throughout the world 24/7 would be unpopular. You’d think some Democrats would have a focus group or something.

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 19 points 6 days ago

I thought their focus group was those two moderate Zionists in Schumer's head.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 14 points 6 days ago (2 children)

a higher death rate and a higher starvation rate than Auschwitz

You've got to post some numbers to back up that up because most counts have well over 50-90% dead at Auschwitz. Are you talking about deaths over time here or what?

[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/auschwitz-and-shoah/the-number-of-victims/

It took five years. We’re not yet to year 2. I’m talking deaths per day. Estimated death/missing rates forthcoming. My post was vague. “Starvation rate” should be “feeds its prisoners fewer calories per day than Auschwitz.”

[–] Pentacat@hexbear.net 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

This study of food distribution sites (by an Israeli academic using IDF population estimates) has been passed around as showing 377,000 missing in Gaza.

https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi%3A10.7910%2FDVN%2FQB75LB

Some “debunking” articles note the inexact population count and IDF errors in counting. The best one I saw said the number is “at most” 200,000 fewer, which would make it 177,000 Gazans missing. A French tv station went this route. I thought “well, I don’t care anymore since it’s only 177,000 people.”

Here’s some recent deaths information.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)00812-8/fulltext

This is all pretty inexact. We’ll find out after it’s over. I’m hoping Israel doesn’t get the 5 years to show us their commitment.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

Even the debunkers have it at "half the rate of Auschwitz". Oh gee I guess its not a real genocide then.

[–] Lussy@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

has been passed around as showing 377,000 missing in Gaza.

This is since 2023 if I’m not mistaken