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All smartphones can be infected, and surveilled/controlled without pressing/downloading anything malicious. Israeli "security" companies (NSO among others) have been selling this malware for many years, to intelligence depts. Around the globe. Probably what got Khashoggi back when.
https://bdsmovement.net/Global-Day-Action-Against-Spyware (I don't have any dog in the Palestine/Israel conflict, and am very poorly informed on the matter).
I somehow struggle to believe that you can possibly be poorly informed on the most livestreamed genocide in the history of humanity
And we instantly switch to political bullshit. I also have no fucking clue about the Palestine situation. Yeah, I hear people mention it, and I find stuff about it while going over completely unrelated stuff, and I choose to remain ignorant in the topic because I refuse to add more stress to my life unless there is no other option. You choose to care/follow the topic? Good for you, enjoy OT, I don't.
Imagine calling a genocide simply political bullshit, lol. How privileged you must be.
I'm so proud of you
Lmao
I am privileged, with a will that allows me to remain away from bullshit if I choose to without caring if anyone gets offended by choices I make that happen to mine to make anyway.
I feel sorry for the crowd that has to ne policing anything different than what they think because their lives are so empty they have nothing to fill them with so that is all they can try.
That's a very sad way to live, so yeah, I guess I am privileged to not live like that.
I feel sorry for most of the people in your life. Willful ignorance and selfishness sounds like they're a running theme in your existence.
I upvoted you for one simple reason, you're onto something, in my opinion. While I don't think I'm selfish, because I do care and help when and where I can, I am extremely mindful of my self-preservation. Those things happening around the world which I mostly don't get (honestly, it's So complicated that I see no reason to even look that way) are super exhausting emotionally, as well as mentally taxing. Never mind what we're seeing here where everyone seems to have an opinion about me, my life and those that are part of it, without stopping to think if I have reasons for those choices or if I'm just a selfish prick that actually enjoys watching the world burn. Judgment has been passed on me already, as well as on anyone mildly in agreement with me. Think about it, does all that sound like a healthy way to spend time, risking more stress, potential emotional and/or mental consequences of any level? I honestly don't think so. If I can do something for someone, as long as it is not the least not detrimental to any part of my life, finances, family etc, I absolutely will, otherwise, I'm content with living my life to its fullest until it ends ignoring as much detrimental stuff as humanly possible. If that makes me look like the bad guy, I'm just thankful that none of the people that think so have any power to male my life better or worse.
Thank you for engaging in some self reflection, I really appreciate your response. Eventually world events, due to how interconnected we all are, will affect you. You might as well try and get as informed as you can (ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power) before its on your door step. Think of how happy the Germans who ignored the holocaust were, until their country was literally firebombed into submission.
Have a good weekend.
Our ability to think twice about an ongoing genocide is exactly the privilege being pointed out.
This comment makes me think you might not be aware of that, but I get you probably feel attacked by people's reactions. Just know that everyone giving backlash is thinking that if you were well informed on the matter, you would think very differently.
I guess, you may be right. In my defense, I have mentioned in all my comments that I am not well informed.
talk about a sad way to live, how cold can one be.
Go barn somewhere else.
Not the same person. I don't read the news, and I try not to watch genocides. I'm poorly informed about most politics and pretty happy about it to be honest. Sounds like they should probably stop genociding, that's usually a bad thing to do. But I'm not going to pretend I know what's actually happening over there or that I can do anything about it.
… Jesus Christ dude 🤮
You got a problem, mate? Or you just going to be passive aggressive via emoji?
The problem is your disgusting privilege.
Nice username by the way. Bonus points for irony
What are you on about lol
All I hear is personal attacks. How is it disgusting privilege to just live my life? Your life would be exactly the same if you didn't open the news. It's just the news cycle preying on your sense of injustice and impotent rage for clicks and money. There's literally nothing you can do to stop a country on the other side of the world from doing stuff. And being snarky and hostile to neutral parties isn't going to gather you any more support or sympathy.
I support your right to declare ignorance! Your defence of it is incorrect.
There is not "literally nothing" you can do to resist genocide in another part of the world.
In this case, there's the opportunity to pressure your legislators into international action. There is the individual personal responsibility to avoid funding the genocide through purchases, and in business as well. Then there are activists who can help one be more effective.
The implication that none of this works is fatalism that is blind to the push and pull of history. Get out and push, if you can. If you can't, then at least learn what you can about why others care so much--before joining the conversation about it.
No offence, but I don't feel like this thread is the right place for any kind of rational discussion. You can use your imagination for what the mod removed comments contained
nobody gives a fuck about neutral parties lmao. You’re admitting you’re willfully ignorant of important facts, then adding “should probably stop genociding” like yeah, “probably”, dude.
You act like you don’t wanna take shit seriously and then expect people to take you seriously, you must be very dense
Truly enlightened state of mind. I wonder why you bother thinking down into the realm of us sheep, you must really be interested in social issues “on both sides”, huh?
Petulant whining. I'm sure you aren't, but are you familiar with how apartheid in South Africa was addressed? You aren't powerless to affect change, unless you plug your ears and ignore it.
I'm conflicted whether I should up vote or down vote your comment
Downvote
Dude is oblivious to a genocide and has no sides on the matter
This is as evil as one can be
Yeah, not being against genocide is pretty damn evil.
How the fuck did you come to that conclusion??!
Time and place, this wasn't it. Bibi needs to face the ICC and Israel are commiting genocide.
But don't forget that Hamas are a terrorist organization, and the Palestinian state oppress their own people by social control.
Does that validate oppression and crimes against gumanity,? Of course not.
Are you happy?
When you grow up, you will realize the world is not l Black and white.
Would you call the Warsaw ghetto uprising a terrorist organization?
This ain't it chief
Nice straw man, though
Hahaha, explain to me what you think a straw man is.
What I did was called "comparison". It's used to help explain a situation using a similar historical event. The events I compared are one to one.
Hamas has many problems but that's all they have. Israel helped to create Hamas.
There, your so beloved nuanced take. But one that doesn't disarm the oppresed people being systematically erased by evil colonizers and their critical supporters like you.
So Israel is a terrorist country, and the resistance group that formed to fight it is.. Also a terrorist organization??
Congrats, your rhetoric outpaced both the Zionists and Hitler. Being okay with genociding a whole region, that's 500 million people
Your cynicism is another form of evil.
what a crying baby crying about downvotes
Lemmy's free. Go ahead and do both lul
exactly, upvote with one account and downvote with another. lol