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Malicious Compliance

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[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They aren't going to let you see the unenthusiastic ones.

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They don’t censor foreign internet in Israel. Protesters of the regime can be heard from on the outside, there just aren’t that many of them.

[–] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago

If you’re forced to live in Israel you won’t be publicly voicing your opinions if they’re against the norm. One of the worst insults is “deserter” for those that did not wish to serve and “leftist” if you go against the murder of innocent people. Sadly being one or the other means problems for you down the road when trying to find a job and generally living a life here. It’s a small country, word gets around quickly and you still have to live here if you don’t have any other citizenship.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I didn’t just see one interview. It was dozens of interviews over the last 20 or so years. If it was just one piece, I would probably agree with you (as I have clearly stated multiple times). And I’m sure there are members of the IDF who are not there willingly and do not support its goals.

But I have a preponderance of evidence which supports my position.

My point is, again, that IDF soldiers are far more loyal, willing, and supportive of the socio/geopolitical goals of Zionist Israel than soldiers of the Wehrmacht were supportive of the Nazi Germany.

The identity politics of being a Zionist are far more… all-encompassing then were the identity politics of being a Nazi.

Stop defending Nazis just because you are extremely ignorant of historical facts and contemporaneous attitudes.

[–] paultimate14@lemmy.world 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Your evidence supports that there are members of the IDF who are enthusiastically engaged with what they're doing. I am not debating that- i think you're right.

But it's important to remember this absence of evidence is not evidence of absence. Just because you haven't seen interviews of IDF members objecting to what they are doing does not mean those members do not exist. I would expect the IDF to have systems in place to minimize the external visibility if any such objections, which makes a generalization like that dangerous.

[–] parody@lemmings.world 2 points 17 hours ago

Important point

Genocide is bad and you are right

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

There's been multiple polls that show the vast majority of Israelis are behind the genocide of the Palestinians. To think the IDF thinks anything differently is absurd. These people arguing with you are living in a fantasy world.