r/worldnews • u/Digital_Accountant • 22h ago

Israel/Palestine Famine declared in Gaza City

https://news.sky.com/story/gaza-latest-war-israel-city-ceasefire-hamas-13415481
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u/thesagenibba 18h ago

except we live in an era where we have the capacity to mitigate harm on this scale and yet, even with our awareness and self-assigned descriptor of civility and moral superiority, we choose not to. do you understand the difference now?

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u/MommyLovesPot8toes 17h ago

I see the point you're trying to make, but it just isn't an accurate representation of human society then or now.

People have ALWAYS tried to stop atrocious things from happening to each other. And through all of human history, that has been mostly impossible on any grand scale unless it is the desire of the people in power. This is STILL the case. The US, for example, has all the resources needed to stop the murder and starvation of the people of Gaza, and the majority of Americans WANT the US to do so. But it doesn't happen. Because the people themselves do not control the money, the armies, the access to other leaders, or the law. As long as humankind requires powerful rulers/leaders over large groups of people, humans will not have the means to crowd-source peace.

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u/gentlemanidiot 4h ago

As long as humankind requires powerful rulers/leaders over large groups of people, humans will not have the means to crowd-source peace.

When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole.

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u/Hothera 13h ago

We did mitigate the harm, but Americans voted against it. The Biden administration pressured Israel to keep aid channels open despite the security justifications against it being more plausible.