• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Would their fates have been any different if the PA and hamas were united in hamas’ goals?

    Would Jews that tried to fight back against Hitler have saved any Jewish lives?

    In the Jim Crow example, at least the racist politicians had a significant opposition to their policies in the Reconstruction Era, leaving realistic alternative options. We cannot say the same with your other two examples.

    The world is simply uglier than always being able to defeat bad things by outright fighting them. Sometimes you have to scheme and manipulate, the situation the Palestinians have been in. Sometimes you just have to flee and admit the battle is lost, so you survive to fight another day, the situation the Jews under Hitler were in.