I'm constantly impressed that we are a civilisation that can look down from space and see this kind of barbarism.
Visible from space, Sudan's bloodied sands expose a massacre of thousands
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#32I'm constantly impressed that we are a civilisation that can look down from space and see this kind of barbarism.
Having a foot in both the future and the past. Or at least I wish it were in the past.
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#33I'm constantly impressed that we are a civilisation that can look down from space and see this kind of barbarism.
Yes, the ISS as a sadistic Christof
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#35I'm constantly impressed that we are a civilisation that can look down from space and see this kind of barbarism.
“The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
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#36I'm constantly impressed that we are a civilisation that can look down from space and see this kind of barbarism.
"Visible from space" used to mean "by astronauts". If high-resolution sensors are allowed, then the term applies to things like a tree and a car, and doesn't signify much.
Well, maybe it signifies that nobody wants to go and take photos in person.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
Whataboutism fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism
The silence from the west on what's going on in Sudan is deafening. It's a completely fair question to ask why, when people are so vocal for Palestine? Why not Sudan? Throwing out "whataboutism" every time someone dares ask a question like this is a fallacy in itself, intending to distract from the question of why genocide in places like Sudan are so thoroughly and utterly ignored and even buried.
> It's a completely fair question to ask why, when people are so vocal for Palestine? Why not Sudan?
The simple truth is a lot of, if not most, such vocalised outrage in any country is nine parts vanity. Remember #StopKony? About as effective for the people being harmed as students at Columbia barricading themselves into a building.
I’m not sure I condemn moral vanity. It is a genuine intellectual exercise. But it’s one that doesn’t particularly benefit from repeat unless one seeks to become a student of atrocity, and one that has strong viral effects.
What about the minority who actually try to help those harmed, e.g. by fundraising for victims or volunteering? They’re far and few in between. Moreover, their efforts benefit from economies of scale.
As a result, in any community, the people actually being helpful will tend to pick their battles. And the people flipping out for fun will cluster around whatever is trendy to flip out about in public.
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#38> When we go to see the Emirates, what number on our to-do list do you think Sudan is? It is not on our to-do list. What we have to do is keep the Emirates onside with Israel and onside against Iran. https://www.patreon.com/posts/radio-war-nerd-131258413
> What we have to do is keep the Emirates onside with Israel and onside against Iran
This is so incredibly dumb.
The UAE is a spigot of oil and money. (Secondarily, a massive buyer of American goods, services, weapons and financial assets.) Sudan isn’t on our to-do list because it doesn’t directly affect American voters. Oil prices and capital do.
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#39> ...the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accused of backing the RSF with supplies and mercenaries... And also helping to launder Hemedti's gold via Dubai. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/conflict-resources/ex...
How come dubai hasn’t experienced any sanctions yet? They’ve been laundering everything for ages, esp Russian oil. How are they so immune to this?
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#40> ...the United Arab Emirates (UAE) accused of backing the RSF with supplies and mercenaries... And also helping to launder Hemedti's gold via Dubai. https://globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/conflict-resources/ex...
How come dubai hasn’t experienced any sanctions yet? They’ve been laundering everything for ages, esp Russian oil. How are they so immune to this?
> How come dubai hasn’t experienced any sanctions yet?
The UAE has crafted itself as a new Switzerland. (Qatar is trying to copy, but clumsily.)
They buy American weapons and financial assets, making them influential. They’ve also established themselves as a logistics hub in an important logistics channel to the West and Asia. (They also pitch their balancing effect on Saudi Arabia skillfully.)