The same people on Bluesky who didn't care about any of the details of the Gaza war or the ceasefire negotiations and just screamed "it's not war, it's genocide" over and over are now incurious about the election results and telling themselves Eisenkot isn't any different from Netanyahu.

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People who think Eisenkot is far more dovish than Netanyahu: * The median Israeli * The genocide caucus (Ben Gvir, etc.) * Arab-Israelis * Palestinians * Most Israeli peace protesters People who think there's no difference: * Western organizations that made excuses for 7.10 ("it wasn't unprovoked")

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LOOK WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU VOTE. Seriously, if there was one group of people who have every reason to feel disenfranchised from the political process it’s Israeli Arabs and now they’re the goddam kingmakers because they voted en masse.

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A guy I knew who has spent most of his adult life organizing for leftist and labor organizations, told me straight to my face "artist was never meant to be a job. You gotta do something else to make money" I did laugh that his artist girlfriend heard him say that and left him like 3 days later

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Japan funds their cultural heritage forms (papermaking, theater, etc.) to preserve them, and we should do that, but also with all forms of art! WPA this shit again, except this time with no bullshit over “Man at the Crossroads”!

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