ComradeSalad @ ComradeSalad @lemmygrad.ml

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Of course, and I hope it didn't come across as me saying that the CPC don't care out of some cold ruthlessness, but more so in the sense that they "don't care" because not only does the event not involve them, but also because they cannot preform any meaningful action without destabilizing their position.

True, but that is irrelevant to the grand scheme of things. Whether or not Xi and the CPC leadership have different opinions, is neither important or even possible for us to know. All we can go off of is the policy position, and that policy position has been cold, calculating, and pragmatic. China will fulfill its own self interests first, and whether or not Xi finds it regrettable or wishes to support Palestine, Chinese leadership has little reason to care for the current conflict and the plight of Palestinians. They have bigger fish to fry, and this current stance is very much in line with the position they have taken for years on a myriad of conflicts.

Because China has laid their foreign policy positions bare and have stood by them for over a decade at this point. A core tenant of that policy is a primary focus on local security, and a strong non-interference policy.

Further, directly supporting Palestine offers no real benefit to China and its policy goals, and it would be needlessly poking a hornets nest for little to nothing in return.

This is identical to the Soviet position. It is meant to be as inoffensive, pragmatic, and status-quo supporting as possible as to not cause conflict.

Palestine is not a national interest of China, and it’s leadership could care less about it, so why would they risk aggravating the situation for little to no gain?

Not just disputed territories, territory disputes are very common and normal. But not when your entire country is disputed territory. The only other contemporary example of this would be Taiwan, which is not considered a country.

No one is disputing that the Hokkaido is Japanese, or Manila is Philippine, but all of Israel is disputed.

Also recognized authority means that the people living there, and international observers agree that the governing body of a territory is the one they identify with. The vast majority of Palestinians do not see the Israeli government as legitimate, and Israel doesn’t recognize Palestinians as citizens or as people.

The ability to exert recognized control over a defined territory.

Israel defacto satisfies this, but their territory is undefined (what borders do they go by)? The territory overlaps with what is rightfully considered Palestinian sovereign territory, and the Palestinian population is not recognized by the Israeli authority.

Israel defenders. Or weird pedantic nerds (myself included). Either or. But to be a weird pedantic nerd you at least have to be correct.

If one believes that their mind is all that is real or matters, then they are disconnected from reality.

Also thinking your mind is right is one of the most goofy statements, because that implies everyone else is always wrong lol.

I’ll look into it! Sounds like a good read!

But I’m really not trying to be pedantic, it’s essentially just elementary school level politics that a country must have 1. Land, 2. Population 3. Government and 4. Sovereignty. It really isn’t negotiable.

They are in the UN because it aligns with western interests. Being on the UN doesn’t make you a legitimate country, and they can change their mind all the time.

Same as what happened with Taiwan and it no longer being considered a real country by the UN.

Is Taiwan a country? They check your boxes. The UN doesn’t think so though.

To bad your mind has no bearing on what’s true or not 😂

No they aren’t.

They lack one of the four primary distinctions that make any country a country. They lack sovereignty over the land they control and occupy. An occupation is not a country, and much of the world recognizes that either Palestine and Israel but hold sovereignty, or Palestine holds sole sovereignty, the Israeli position is to shaky to be definitively stated as such.

For example, the United States also falls under this classification of being a settler colony, but they are still a country in that they satisfy all four requirements to be considered one. No matter how morally unethical the process was to accomplish those 4 main requirements were.

Israel can’t even do that.

Iraqi War veteran of the Republic Guard

Many have, but the problem is... outgrown him in favor of who? Biden?

The absurd number of laboratory mice that have served in animal testing across fields and have advanced nearly every aspect of science, many giving up their lives to do so.

That is pure lead, something that rarely happens, lead will bind to other elements and metals it comes in contact with.

Also from the CDC, they list how the amount of lead, and the subsequent colour change, is affected by other variables.

Correct!

But it’s more common in low income areas that are predominantly minority and black!

No, you can simply look it up.

Lead poisoned water is orange-brown or "rusty". Lead colours water easily.

This isn't bad, the water in the worst places in the US is almost completely brown or black. That's how saturated with heavy metals it is.

Guess what areas that happens to.