It occurs to me what might be the reason why western authorities are reacting so brutally to protests against genocide in Gaza.
I doubt it's specifically some strategic need to keep Israel as an ally.
I think they're UNEASY that significant popular opinion suddenly objects to tens of thousands of brown people dying far away, if only in this one case.
They weren't expecting that to happen.
Their climate change strategy kind of hinges on us not caring about that.
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