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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by yndoendo »

nailer wrote: post #28
artninja1988 wrote: post #2

A reminder that antizionism is not antisemitism

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I recommend _Culture in Nazi Germany_ by Michael K Kater. [0]

The push for a Zionist state started and accelerated in the 1920s to the end of the 1930s. Most of the Jews that moved from Europe to Palestine, which was part of modern day Israel, were by the Zionists. Reason is because the only jobs at the time were farming so people would have to give up their current triad.

Number of these individuals actually supported fascism. Even after WWII the mind set was not that fascism was bad but poorly implemented. That mind set was shared by a number of Germans and Jews that moved to Palestine before Israel became a state.

It was not until the late 1960s that younger culture started to shift that mind set to fascism is bad.

If you think I am wrong about the summation of the book ... read it.

[0] https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300253375/culture-in-naz...

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by nailer »

yndoendo wrote: post #31
nailer wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I recommend _Culture in Nazi Germany_ by Michael K Kater. [0] The push for a Zionist state started and accelerated in the 1920s to the end of the 1930s. Most of the Jews that moved from Europe to Palestine, which was part of modern day Israel, were by the Zionists. Reason is because the only jobs at the time were farming so people would have to give up their current triad. Number of these individuals actually support…

As mentioned, I recommend going directly to the source. The clearest indication of what Zionism is the father of modern Zionism and Israel: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25282/25282-h/25282-h.htm

It's a hundred pages. If someone hasn't read it, or even a summary, they have little knowledge of Zionism. WW2 was far after the modern return of Jews to Israel.

I grew up in a very left leaning, pro terrorism household. I was absolutely wrong about what Zionism was - not a 'God promised me this because I'm special" as I was told but rather "racism means we need a homeland let's all go back to Israel".

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by FunnyUsername »

_menelaus wrote: post #14
halflife wrote: post #9

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Ridiculous. Most of the world has a negative view of Zionism, as they should, and ethnosupremacy in general.

There's nothing supremacist about Zionism, it's just the support of Jewish self-determination. Efforts to twist it into something nefarious are just propaganda with no etymological basis.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by cholantesh »

nailer wrote: post #30
eltondegeneres wrote: post #11

> Masad, 38, has felt obliged to speak out about Gaza ever since, calling out those in tech who, in his view, have supported Israel’s “genocide” of the Palestinian people. This sentence would be better without the scare quotes. Something like "calling out those in tech who support what he views as a genocide."

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As it happens, genocide scholars disagree with you, and in any case, Gaza's population has not increased.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by FunnyUsername »

EtienneDeLyon wrote: post #23
halflife wrote: post #9

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That doesn't make sense. Zionism depends on antisemitism, so true antisemites are by definition pro-Zionist.

There are a couple problems with this view:

- You could say that antisemites are a cause of Zionism, but that doesn't mean they intentionally support it. Not all antisemites are of the "go back to Palestine" type.

- Just as "antisemitism" doesn't actually mean hate of Semetic people, "antizionism" doesn't actually mean opposition to Zionism. Instead it developed into a rather separate hate movement. Many antizionism ostensibly support a 2SS, which would mean they actually support rather than oppose Zionism, but are nonetheless part of the antizionism movement.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by yndoendo »

nailer wrote: post #32
yndoendo wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I recommend _Culture in Nazi Germany_ by Michael K Kater. [0] The push for a Zionist state started and accelerated in the 1920s to the end of the 1930s. Most of the Jews that moved from Europe to Palestine, which was part of modern day Israel, were by the Zionists. Reason is because the only jobs at the time were farming so people would have to give up their current triad. Number of these individuals actually support…

As mentioned, I recommend going directly to the source. The clearest indication of what Zionism is the father of modern Zionism and Israel: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25282/25282-h/25282-h.htm It's a hundred pages. If someone hasn't read it, or even a summary, they have little knowledge of Zionism. WW2 was far after the modern return of Jews to Israel. I grew up in a very left leaning, pro terrorism household. I…

How does having a religious base state prevent bigotry and discrimination? Both are mutually exclusive.

In the world, Jews discriminate against Jews, Christians discriminate against Christians, Muslims discriminate Muslims, ... A religious state can only have one variant of religion that is deemed the right variation even though multiple variations exist.

The closest thing to a non bigot and discriminating state is one that is not built on religion but accepts other people and allows them to exercise their variation of religion.

Earth is the home land of humans not a politically divided territory.

Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by nailer »

yndoendo wrote: post #36
nailer wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As mentioned, I recommend going directly to the source. The clearest indication of what Zionism is the father of modern Zionism and Israel: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25282/25282-h/25282-h.htm It's a hundred pages. If someone hasn't read it, or even a summary, they have little knowledge of Zionism. WW2 was far after the modern return of Jews to Israel. I grew up in a very left leaning, pro terrorism household. I…

How does having a religious base state prevent bigotry and discrimination? Both are mutually exclusive. In the world, Jews discriminate against Jews, Christians discriminate against Christians, Muslims discriminate Muslims, ... A religious state can only have one variant of religion that is deemed the right variation even though multiple variations exist. The closest thing to a non bigot and discriminating state is o…

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Re: Replit founder Amjad Masad isn’t afraid of Silicon Valley

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Post by soldthat »

_menelaus wrote: post #14
halflife wrote: post #9

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Ridiculous. Most of the world has a negative view of Zionism, as they should, and ethnosupremacy in general.

Most of the world has a positive view of self-determination for every other group; Ukrainians, Palestinians, the Irish, etc.
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