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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

You are leaving out the indoctrination. If you truly despise the enemy and believe you are divinely entitled to do as you please, that helps a lot in not feeling guilt about it.

Edit: I don’t mean he doesn’t realize they are being indoctrinated, he leaves it out of his empathizing if put in that position.

[–] snek@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

just a bunch of indoctrinated teens

But yes, I absolutely agree.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] snek@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ah, I understand.

You're right, choosing prison over killing innocent civilians requires first understanding what is going on, something which indoctrination is meant to hinder. I think what I meant to say is that it's weird not more people have been able to escape this indoctrination and choose prison instead of service. Then again, Israel has been successful at this genocide thanks to their incredible propaganda machine, so I shouldn't underestimate the effect it has on people.

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, i just think it is very difficult for us comparatively free thinking westerners with access to largely uncensored information and freedom of thought, looking at the situation from the outside. I think we often can’t really empathize with how pervasive a concerted propaganda effort like that must be, being literally raised on the kool-aid.

Which isn’t to say we are not indoctrinated ourselves, perhaps more low key

[–] snek@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

us comparatively free thinking westerners

For myself, I grew up with the Islam kool-aid in the Middle East in an Islam-majority country and though the journey was troublesome, I very much managed in the end to shed religion and tradition off my shoulders and unlearn all the crap I was indoctrinated to believe in, including layers of anti-semitism. I felt like I lived in a similar kind of propaganda machine and managed to find my way out. If I can do it, hopefully, anyone can do it given the right opportunities, support, and time.

[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s literally his first sentence…

[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] FoxBJK@midwest.social 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He acknowledged they’re victims. Really don’t understand the point you’re trying to make here.

[–] idiomaddict@feddit.de 4 points 10 months ago

That they can’t know what their thought process would be like, without having been raised in such indoctrination. I think we all wish we’d do the right thing, but statistically few do. Propaganda is not the only explanation, but it’s a pretty good one.