LeninWeave [none/use name, any]

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  • I remember being a kid and wondering why certain groups like these are supposed to be saved by us but we didn’t care as much about terrorism or genocide in Africa like Rwanda

    We are allowed to care about Kurdish people because it’s useful for the white nazi class.

    That’s actually really the reason Americans care about Rwanda as well, I think. Kagame is their imperial ally in the region, the narrative of him ending the Rwandan genocide is useful for that. Rwanda is also used to sell the idea of interventionism, they always like to pretend everything could have been solved easily with more western involvement (as if they were just passive observers and have no other responsibility for the genocide). When you look at how it’s discussed in the west IMO it becomes clear that for western governments it’s really just a political tool to justify imperialism and no one actually cares about it.

    “I hear you’re interested in genocide,” the American said. “Do you know what genocide is?” I asked him to tell me. “A cheese sandwich.” he said. “Write it down. Genocide is a cheese sandwich.” I asked him how he figured that. “What does anyone care about a cheese sandwich?” he said. “Genocide, genocide, genocide. Cheese sandwich, cheese sandwich, cheese sandwich. Who gives a shit? Crimes against humanity? Where’s humanity? Who’s humanity? You? Me? Did you see a crime commited against you? Hey, just a million Rwandans. Did you ever hear about the Genocide Convention?” I said I had. “That convention,” the American at the bar said, “makes a nice wrapping for a cheese sandwich.”

    • Philip Gourevitch, an American journalist, recounting a conversation at a bar with an American intelligence officer.