avatarMuhammad Fakharuddin

Summary

The article discusses the grim reality of ongoing conflicts, particularly between Israel and Hamas, and criticizes the role of the US in perpetuating violence and inequality, while advocating for a conscious resistance against authoritarian regimes and capitalist elites.

Abstract

The author, identifying as a common man, reflects on the transformation of the world in the past three months due to the conflict primarily between Israel and Hamas, resulting in over 20,000 deaths. The piece paints a bleak picture of the USA's involvement, funding a foreign nation while its own citizens face unaffordable healthcare, educational struggles, and homelessness. The article questions the concept of the "free world," highlighting the discrepancy between the ideals of liberal democracies promoting free speech and moral leadership, and the harsh realities of war and civilian suffering. It calls attention to the manipulation of citizens and the failure of the Western world to uphold its values. The author argues for the necessity of a resistance movement to challenge the status quo, stop the Western hegemony, and advocate for a world governed by love, compassion, and justice instead of capitalism and consumerism.

Opinions

  • The author views the USA's financial support of Israel, amidst domestic issues like expensive healthcare and educational challenges, as a misuse of taxpayer money.
  • There is a perceived failure of the "free world" to live up to its ideals, with the USA and its allies not respecting international law or maintaining peace as expected.
  • The media is accused of spreading disinformation and misinformation, serving the interests of those in power rather than presenting the truth about the conflict.
  • The article suggests that Western values such as morality, enlightenment, and democracy are a facade, with the reality being closer to a "land of savages."
  • The author believes that the resistance movement is a response to the lies and false exceptionalism sold by authoritarian regimes, particularly the two-party dictatorship in the US run by capitalists.
  • There is a call to action for the resistance to unite and demand that their tax money be used to improve lives rather than fund destruction and colonization.
  • The author envisions a future where the world is governed by love, compassion, and justice rather than by capitalist elites profiting from war and weapon sales.

The free world has fallen, Long Live the Resistance

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I am a common man, living in a slumber somewhere; minding my business and shepherding my daily chores, and never thought would be writing this 3 months back.

Then something happened, things changed and here we are more than 20,000 deaths ( and counting) in the conflict between Israel ( and its master in the US) and Hamas. Not sure how it will end but one cannot expect Hamas to win; which means savagery will continue with the well-oil war machinery of the US empire which has perfected itself in destruction after orchestrating 80 coups and interventions, with good media propaganda, and confused and divided citizens.

The USA is pumping almost 10 million dollars each day, of its population's hard-earned tax money into a foreign country, that has free health care, subsidized education, and better quality food while its citizens have one of the most expensive medical systems and people struggling to get an education and struggling with homelessness issue.

But yes who cares when citizens are busy fighting and not aware of how they are being manipulated into different boxes and groups?

If one looks up Free World on Wikipedia this is what comes up

The term refers more broadly to all liberal democracies collectively,[3] as opposed to authoritarian regimes such as communist states.[4] It has traditionally primarily been used to refer to the countries allied and aligned with the United States, the European Union, and NATO. The term “leader of the free world” has been used to imply symbolic and moral leadership, and was mostly used during the Cold War about the president of the United States.

What broadly people think of the free world is a set of democracies, that promote free speech, and free thought, considerably have evolved to be moral. Respect International law, help resolve conflict; maintain peace around the world, and generally a source of good.

But wait, as images start to appear of bombs dropping, and sheer brutality of bodies blowing up, babies crying and shaking; when Israel's minister starts to say, “human animals” and we are light, and they are darkness ….

For a common Westerner, with some sense of consciousness, it is horrible, it’s just a why? moment. They start to question, and read the history of this conflict, trying to find any rational motive for all the madness, but fail to do so.

It’s not a movie scene or a video game transpiring in front of our eyes. Palestinians are real, breathing people; they are not different species. They have emotions, memories, and dreams. They are like us and have noses, eyes, and hands. Then why we cannot stop bombing them?

As protests started to erupt around the globe and calls to Congressman; banners and Palestinian flags started to show up to call for a ceasefire; which is as simple as a phone call to Netanyahu; but no there are justifications, disinformation, and misinformation from the people of power; the media house as if they are living in a bubble or blind and deaf or has become the animal they wish they want to be.

For a conscious person, guilt and introspection appear to happen, especially for Westerners, cracks start to appear in all the values that the West has been so proud of morality, enlightenment, progress, ethics, human freedom, free speech, and democracy. Where are they?

As if they do not exist or they exist in a matrix that is giving a false sense of greatness; which has been broken and they are still living in the land of savages where Mongols ride on horseback with a sword. And the dream that we live in an open free society is all a lie, a blatant lie!!

The question remains, do we want to live free in a world closer to truth or die telling lies to ourselves and our children?

the Resistance, are people of consciousness, who have been awakened from a deep sleep and do not want to live with all the lies of false exceptionalism and consumerism (they are sold into) and no longer want to be ruled by authoritarian regimes and the status quo; the head of which is the US; which is a two-party dictatorship run by Capitalist.

But the same authoritarianism in some shape and form is applied in different countries (like Saudia, China, and Russia) to control the masses.

People are no longer willing to live in fear and numbness, which they have been long trained into; now they can see through the deception that Capitalist elites have woven around them and media and government play to their tune to keep the propaganda going. they are all pillars of the same evil axis.

Resistance will need to unite and dismantle and stop the Western hegemony and government from causing more destruction across the world; they cannot let their tax money be served to other countries to cause more destruction and colonization; but demand that money should be spent on improving their lives and help their fellow human being; they cannot let the evil axis continue.

Also, they need to imagine a world, run by Love, Compassion, and Justice, instead of being governed by Capitalist elites, who live a life by selling more weapons and wars to the world.

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