Source: Caitlin Johnstone, Rogue Journalist
by Caitlin Johnstone
“The mass atrocity in Gaza is a genocide, obviously, and is an undisguised ethnic cleansing operation. But it’s also a lot more than that: * It’s an experiment — to see what kinds of abuses the public will accept without causing significant disruption to the imperial status quo. * It’s a psychological operation — to push out the boundaries of what’s normal and acceptable in our minds so that we will consent to even more horrific abuses in the future. * It’s a symptom — of Zionism, of colonialism, of militarism, of capitalism, of western supremacism, of empire-building, of propaganda, of ignorance, of apathy, of delusion, of ego. * It’s a manifestation — of violent racist, supremacist and xenophobic belief systems that have always been there but were previously restrained, meeting with the unwholesome nature of alliances that have long been in place but have been aggressively normalized.” (07/23/25)
https://caitlinjohnstone.com.au/2025/07/23/its-a-genocide-but-its-also-so-much-more-than-that/