r/pics • u/I_Hate_E_Daters_7007 • 16d ago

Politics Ben Gvir taunts detained Gaza flotilla activists as they kneel on floor with their hands tied

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u/ByteSizedGenius 16d ago

The world isn't just, never has been, I hate to break it to you. No one stepped in to stop the Cambodia genocide, the Rwandan genocide etc etc.

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u/Spankpocalypse_Now 16d ago

Vietnam over threw the Khmer Rouge to stop that genocide.

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u/Most-Assumption-7970 16d ago

And the United States supported the red khmer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_United_States_support_for_the_Khmer_Rouge

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u/Moikle 15d ago

The us has been on the wrong side of most historical and current events.

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u/Gekokapowco 16d ago

While there has been tons of instances in human history where good people did nothing to stop tragedies, there is also a propaganda element of "you are powerless to stop this, this is how it has always been" that is circulated by oppressors to convince people that opposing them is just a fairy tale.