I am Groot

Oct 7 demonstrated overwhelmingly what Palestinians would do if they had the power to do it.

The UN and most other agencies largely employ Palestinians there. The non-Arab members of NGOs are almost all fellow travelers who, like the people interviewed in the Atlantic article, have no issue with lying to make Israel look worse. I don't know why you ask that. I don't agree. An independent Palestine would be a war waiting to happen. Only it would be far, far worse than the one going on now. Those dumb twats who chant about a 'free palestine' are not talking about a democratic state. They're talking about a theocratic dictatorship similar to Iran. Which is what Hamas promised and what they got elected for. I'm talking about the immigrants who are demonstrating in our streets and threatening Jews and demanding my country cater to their own religious zealotry.

I'm okay with that. We can ship all the protesters over there first, though. No loss to humanity would ensue. By the way, what 'accusations' have I made that are 'unfounded'?

Oh, you are in your own way. Because Hamas told you so. And you trust Hamas. But the numbers coming from Hamas are deeply suspicious in that if the IDF and western intelligence agencies are correct in how many Hamas fighters they've killed EVER OTHER PERSON has been a woman or a child. Do you not find that even slightly suspicious? How about that? You mean they're living like the people in Sudan and Yemen and Syria? Hamas has already rejected a cease fire. By the way, there was a ceasefire in existence when Hamas attacked. What you really are pissed off about is that Israel won't pull back and let Hamas regroup and rearm so they can launch more rape/murder/torture raids into Israel. Right? Oh, you're not? And yet that is the certain result of pulling back. So that must be what you want. How many German civilians died when the Allies insisted on going all the way to Berlin and taking the capital? Should they have backed off to save the civilians? I think the IDF needs to take over all of Gaza. And I don't really give a damn how many Palestinians it kills doing so. They brought it on themselves. And if not born here then deported back to their country of origin. And if they've obtained citizenship it should be stripped from them.

Not even remotely. But your tactics are starting to resemble that of Joseph Goebbels.

As in just move illegally? That's more an Arab thing. And who says there are dozens of countries where they would be safe? Apparently, they're not even safe at elite American universities.

Yes, I'm aware. All those brainless, pampered progressives at elite universities who have never known fear or want and who divide the world into black and white. Into the Oppressed and the Oppressors. They've decided that the Israelis are the latter group because they wear uniforms and have built a successful society, and the Palestinians represent the have-nots, the oppressed, the victims. I love watching blonde college girls out there chanting on behalf of people who would gleefully rape, torture and murder them, and who have no issue ignoring the brutality Hamas has inflicted on girls their own age, or that they promise to keep doing it. Because Palestinians are the Oppressed, you know. And that seems to excuse everything in their tiny minds. If they just bombed the shit out of everything without regard to civilians (as the lefties claim they've been doing )I'm sure it would be over by now.

I am old enough to remember when things worked. Our healthcare system actually worked. Everyone had a family doctor, and there were no long waits at hospitals or for specialists or tests. The streets were safe enough for me to walk through downtown at 1-2AM frequently and never once come across a homeless person or any drug addicts or drunks. Houses were plentiful and could be bought with a reasonable wage. Canada even had a reasonably well-equipped, effective military - more than twice the size it is now. And there weren't the same divisions within our society. Not for the majority of us anyway. I am trying to think of any way Canada is better off now than it was back then, with half the population, and failing. Even the natives might well have been better off then. Not saying it was good. But at least, there was far less family breakdown and violence in their communities. Ignoring some technology improvements all I see is decades of decline since the first Trudeau took power.

The IDF have killed 40 of their own soldiers in friendly fire accidents. When you're using tanks and fighter bombers and drone missiles in a built up urban area full of soldiers stuff happens.

Jews never had any religious issues with loaning money for interest the way Muslims do and Christians used to. That was a big chunk of the problem right there. Nobody likes the banker, especially when you have to pay him back. Early rulers would borrow money from Jewish bankers, then launch religious pogroms against Jews and drive them out so as to not have to pay them back. The Jews were bankers because others couldn't be. Blaming them for what European rulers sometimes did with some of their money is pretty silly and one-sided, IMO. Muslims see themselves as God's ONLY people, and their religious books basically give them free rein to steal from, murder, enslave, and rape anyone who isn't a Muslim. A lot of Christians think Christians are God's chosen people too. China's rulers have long considered China to be the center of the universe and everyone else a 'barbarian'. Jews tend to be pretty Liberal in terms of social values, and as you yourself already point out, are often at the forefront of social change movements. I'm not sure what lack of compassion you believe they're showing currently unless it's to the people who invaded their country and raped, tortured and murdered so many of their fellow citizens. And few sane people can really blame them for that. As compared to whom?

This is not really a legitimate option for most people. On top of having family and friends and your whole life here you can't just pick up and move - legally - to most countries where you might want to live.

Do you want to do away with the landlords entirely? Because that's not likely to produce more rental housing. I know a couple who bought a duplex, lived in one half, fixed up the other, and then rented it out. Eventually, they took out a second mortgage, renovated it to be a triplex, then bought another house to live in. For years they worked at upgrading the triplex, and took care of repairing everything that needed repairing while dealing very fairly with tenants and paying down mortgages. What exactly is wrong with this story? Other than that they just decided to sell it last year because it was becoming too complicated to deal with all the laws and because of a problem tenant they had issues with. They now eschew any involvement in renting as it's too encased in bureaucracy and regulations, and because if a wrong tenant gets in it can take forever to get rid of them. The number one criticism I have seen is it will discourage investment and thus further damage productivity.

The thing is most big problems are complicated and aren't so quick and easy to solve. Which means it takes time - years. No government wants to have the healthcare, or justice, defense, or native administration system in a mess, like a car that's half put together with its parts laid out on the garage floor, when the next election rolls around. Because then the other guy can say "Look at the mess they made of our car! It's half collapsed and its parts are all out on the floor! Elect me and I'll fix it!" And people are such short-term, stupid thinkers they're likely to do just that. Which is why the big, complicated, systemic problems get kicked down the road.