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The things I've read about happening in Gaza are horrific.

I'm ashamed that my taxes are funding this. It doesn't feel like there's much that can be done to change that. AIPAC has a very serious influence on our government and I worry that its impact is just leading to more deaths and more suffering.

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There is one thing you can do as a tax payer: go on strike. Think of what effect this would have on the federal government's tax revenue as well as the effect on the rich and powerful's incomes if half the country did this.

I bring it up because of this news story:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/dec/11/gaza-israel-...

Your comment is ambiguous. The USA has been a major donor to aid for Gaza.

But I suspect you're referring to aid to Israel.

Same. Then reminds me that the creation of the United States was based on strategic, coordinated genocide and I feel even worse.

It feels like a lot of modern countries are built upon the destruction of previous cultures, in one way or another. Just a shame this one had to be SO violent.

Not an inch of land on this planet isn't soaked with the blood of conquerors and the conquered alike.

I agree with your sentiment, but there are a few places that haven't been bloodily conquered, such as Antarctica.

There's also places like Bermuda that were uninhabited by humans before modern settlement.

What the people did after settling is another question, though...

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