Not to simplify your points and overall message because I really appreciate your words and thoughts, but game theory would do a lot to explain point 4 pretty tidily. The fucked up thing about that, though is that the hate and division is so entrenched that the fact that these people have to deal with one another all the time, has no effect in how they treat each other.
Then again, this gets into some anthropological territory of how culture begats culture, and a culture of violence can never be anything else (me adlibbing here on theoretical anthro), but I digress… The people that perpetrate the attacks are so far removed from the rank and file and every day experiences, and have so much to gain from continuing it, that why on Earth would they stop? To rational and reasonable people, it seems absurd, but so does how the Fossil Fuel industry persists in plunging us into extinction, so it all bears out, if you ask me.
I completely agree. Hamas’ leadership isn’t based in Gaza. Attacks on Gaza don’t affect them because they’re living in luxury (in Qatar IIRC). Meanwhile, they’ve cancelled all elections so the Palestinians can’t just choose a new government.
And this applies to the outside influence as well. Iranians and evangelical Christians don’t need to live with the chaos they help to thrive. They get to sit back, thousands of miles away, safe from any consequences. Since they don’t suffer any consequences, why would they stop? And if they don’t stop, it makes it that much harder to achieve peace.
Not to simplify your points and overall message because I really appreciate your words and thoughts, but game theory would do a lot to explain point 4 pretty tidily. The fucked up thing about that, though is that the hate and division is so entrenched that the fact that these people have to deal with one another all the time, has no effect in how they treat each other.
Then again, this gets into some anthropological territory of how culture begats culture, and a culture of violence can never be anything else (me adlibbing here on theoretical anthro), but I digress… The people that perpetrate the attacks are so far removed from the rank and file and every day experiences, and have so much to gain from continuing it, that why on Earth would they stop? To rational and reasonable people, it seems absurd, but so does how the Fossil Fuel industry persists in plunging us into extinction, so it all bears out, if you ask me.
I completely agree. Hamas’ leadership isn’t based in Gaza. Attacks on Gaza don’t affect them because they’re living in luxury (in Qatar IIRC). Meanwhile, they’ve cancelled all elections so the Palestinians can’t just choose a new government.
And this applies to the outside influence as well. Iranians and evangelical Christians don’t need to live with the chaos they help to thrive. They get to sit back, thousands of miles away, safe from any consequences. Since they don’t suffer any consequences, why would they stop? And if they don’t stop, it makes it that much harder to achieve peace.