Not sure how this turned into a discussion about iZrael but ok.
If all you took out of that post was the mention of Israel, then that is rather sad, and a strong indicator that you have a serious problem. The point is Jews have done quite well with Israel, like the Chinese with China, and the Japanese with Japan. Rich, successful cultures that retain substantial modern day relevance. Additionally, prior to the creation of the modern state of Israel the Jews consistently found their way into positions of influence in various countries. This is the mark of a successful culture with an intelligent people highly adaptable to their circumstances.
Building the world's largest open air prison, unchecked sense of entitlement, stealing land by force, collective punishment, extermination, all hallmarks of a successful State.
And how did it achieve any so-called success? By leeching off the backs of the American tax payer.
"The world's largest open air prison" and "unchecked sense of entitlement" are symptoms of cultural decadence. All abuses of government power stem from a lack of popular vigilance.
Otherwise this is the classically myopic case of only being able to see one side of the coin, the tyrant. This sort of nonsense coming from someone that later attempts to chide me for analyzing history in a bubble. Laughable. The American tax payer saw substantial benefit from the State over the history of this country's existence, and some of those benefits impact us
today. This is setting aside that the rapacious income tax has not always been a fixture of this country's history, of course, which would render your leeching comment mostly null-and-void prior to its enactment.
The key point is when the leeches no longer provide a benefit in line with what they extract. The government, as it exists now, most definitely sucks up more than it contributes. It has grossly exceeded its primary duties for reasons easily explained by the decadence and apathy of the population. Severe correction is in order.
Americans never settle the West without that successful "State" you obviously hate so much. A very substantial amount of the wealth Americans enjoy today springs from those supposedly misbegotten gains. Hell, without the British State this country never would have had an opportunity to get started in the first place. Of course, I do not doubt that some anarchist out there thinks that anything a State is involved with must necessarily be tainted, and that the world would have been much better off without the involvement of one.
Looking back at posterity all Americans should be thankful for the British Empire giving the settlers an opportunity to get a foothold and defend it. It doesn't happen without them, and if it wasn't them it would have been the French, Spanish, Dutch or God only knows what else. Failure to recognize that is sheer ungratefulness, the sort of myopia I expect from people that can only see tyrants.
Are Americans supposed to
apologize for conquering lands formerly held by the Native Americans? Apologizing for what we benefit from and will not relinquish is ludicrously stupid. To that end I find your comments about "stealing land by force, collective punishment, and extermination" utterly useless.
Successful States are the ones that
do not fall, successful cultures are ones that will outlast a State that
does fall and the most successful rise again. States are composed of the
people that give them power. The American people wanted to expand and so they did. The State supported them, and when the State won battles of conquest it was the American people that benefited. This is the boiled down history of Westward expansion. American settlers repeatedly violated treaties to stake out their own claims, ones opposed by that of the Natives, and when the settlers complained the State supported their own.
Arab nations have been under constant attack since the creation of iZrael. The overthrow of Iran's democratically elected leader via Operation Ajax in 1953 right up to present day with the US led bombardment of Syria resulting in the deaths of 450,000 Syrians and the creation of millions of refugees.
Arab nations had been performing pathetically since the Middle Ages. They had their golden age and then decided to aggressively regress. Even that great bastion of Islamic achievement, the Ottoman Empire, was basically shit despite its longevity.
Persian culture has largely been subverted by the cultural rot that is Islam. Operation Ajax should never have occurred, but if you think the Persians (Iranians) weren't going to have problems with hardline Muslims then you have no understanding of the history of the region. Similarly, Syria would probably still be fighting Muslim militants regardless, the only difference is it would be on a more manageable scale if the US hadn't already screwed around in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The USA should not be screwing around in the region, of course. It serves no purpose and drains resources. This goes back to decadence and apathy, Americans not doing their damn job in getting the government under control.
The rest of your post was deleted as it was useless.
