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But I heard life was better as a medieval peasant! /s

(I know kids don't know a lot but damn that take bothers the hell out of me.

I don't think you know what apartheid actually was.

What new settlements happened thete in the last year? You are conflating an increase in tensions and conflict with expansion.

The West Bank, where roughly half of Palestineans live was more or less left alone as one of yhr administrations red lines (also, Iran's oil/nuclear facilities.)

With trump incoming, it seems Israel feels they have a green light to expand in the West Bank.

You mean, finance minister Smotrich?

And yes, believe it or not, the Israelis were not the only people on Earth who didn't know about the election of their largest ally and presumably gameplanned for either a Harris or trump victory.

The fact Smotrich held back from saying anything until after the election tells you the election mattered in terms of what happens next.

One of those dumb fucks already responded here.

But Id like to think they're AI instead of just mind numbingly stupid.

The thing is that Harris could be moved by progressives winning primaries and the 2026 midterms at the very least. There is almost no hope of something similar for trump.

That's the silliest damn thing.

Why do you think Israel announced they were annexing the West Bank right after the election?

Ignorant goddamn children spouting off about global politics.

I had someone arguing at me here, with the supreme confidence of the ignorant, that trump and Harris would be the same for Palestineans.

The West Bank says thanks.

The American stock market is hugely weighted by the top 5 or so companies, all of whom if I remember have jumped hugely in value based on ai (nvidia, microsoft, amazon, apple, meta) so if it turns out/investors decide there isn't a way to make ai profitable, those valuations tumble as does the American stock market and likely the world's.

That experience hits too close to home.

I think because we choose the topics we engage with on social media, they're usually ones we're passionate about.

But the size of the online community means most folks are anonymous. So, unlike your friends or even a group of strangers, there's a much lower consequence for jerkiness, rudeness etc in response to views which in your eyes may range from insane to evil.