I find religion often reflects material conditions, so the Catholicism of Cuba looks remarkably different in substance to that of the US or France. I am athiest myself though I was deeply religious in my younger years.

I find that in the West, however, our brand of secularism and the athiesm that resides in the West (1) attempts to obscure ongoing imperialist and settler-colonial relations (2) obscures class relations (3) and is often deeply reactionary compared to many religious folks from the Global South.

I find the West’s athiesm is signficantly represented by the Hitchens, Harris’, and Dawkins’ of this world - I thus often find solidarity easier with religious folks than the patronising empty neutrality of Westerners at large. But I must admit the latter is a disease of being a Westerner and its ongoing genocidal relations with race.

Thanks for the taking the time for the write-up; I was broadly familiar but from a Sunni perspective (which I don’t this was too dissimilar). Starred.

The second anything has even the slightest relation to Iran, it’s treated as more of a threat than zionism.

It was this that prompted me to question whether the intensity of the modern schism was fueled by British and then the USAmerican empires. In my experience historical set backs are often have to be actively stoked materially in the present for that fire to continue to burn, and in the age of Western Hegemony the advantage of amplifying that divison is a tool that I suspect is too lucrative for them not to use.

It’s a bit of a trope to say that Sunni and Shia have been at eachothers throats for 1000s years but frankly speaking it’s not untrue.

Is this level of rivalry being this old actually true? Or has it been manufactured by salafism in the 19th-20th century?

Sushi (Sunni-Shia)

Did not know folks called it that! Haha awesome!

Manifest Destiny literally inspired Lebensraum. Hitler was so impressed by the genocides and segregation of the US he wanted to bring it to the Germany, and the US bourgoisie whole heartedly financed him. Then when the Nazis were too much competion for the US, after being defeated by the Soviets, the US reneged on their deals with Soviet and installed Nazis in power everwhere from NATO to NASA. And used them to commit murder all over the global south who dared resist Western hegemony. Even now far right wing cultures the world over ape US aesthetics (confderate flags in South America for example).

It isn’t hyperbole or metaphorical. That is your cultural heritage. However, you only inherit your ancestors sins if you choose to defend their modern imperialist structures by parroting their propaganda talking points.

Man alive gusano Lebanese are a piece of work.

I think there’s a relative class element to it: as westerners (ie sunnis who are westerners) and also in majority populations where bourgoisie/labour aristocracy would share similar demographics which allows to use propaganda as social license for bigotry.

I thought understanding the disruption of supply lines through syria for the resistance against the genocide would tip the balance but nope that did nowt to convince. I do find, however, anecdotally there is more solidarity in east asian countries (but not western diaspora) between sunnis and shia since the aggression against Iran started. It’s West Asia that there are still blinders on even with the revelation of how obviously these GCC governments are vassal states (like where the fuck is Mufti Menk these days during a fucking genocide lol. Salafism is the westernised islam.)

He has no shame at all.

Almost a requirement to be a Western leader

It’s such a blood boiling display.

Very much so

I have Sunni mates that still don’t fucking get it

I wonder how long it will take to develop anti-hypersonic-missile defense. Or maybe US variants will not materialise in time.

Really insightful share, thank you

Very much agree. Not to denounce some of their bravery but it always feel like what to end? Guilt trip the sociopath into good behaviour?

Thank you once again for all these updates. The aggregation here makes it so much easier!

Would you know what these videos are about?

Loving the psychological warfare, Handala’s posts are so fun to read haha!

Nah. I’m just not white. This ain’t that hard to understand. And you’re more than smart enough to understand what I am saying, or at least look these things up. You’re just too bigoted to agree (well, for now anyway. Your views are not immutable).

You give the impression of submission to Great Man Theory. Furthermore, the people fighting the genocidaires are the good guys.

Trump and the likes of him are more honest and less cowardly than you and your brand of “anti-imperialism”. They are more honest about their fascism, you hide behind your criticism against those who fight the former.

Iran, with all its social conservatism, is infinitely less reactionary than the imperialism-subsidised pseudo-anti-imperialist shit takes of these westerners. The latter? Racist fucking freaks.

In a war against Nazis one could argue that declaration of racism in anti-German sentiment loses its potency especially when we consider the defnition of racism needs a power dynamic to validate the prejudice. We are brought up in Western liberalism but those murderous sentiments should not define the morality of those on the ground fighting the genocidaires. We need not be cautious of others confusing us with fascists/liberals and their ahistorical ZOG.

Western imperialism resorts to pre-capitalism methods

I know we have to sometimes pick our battles but I fucking hate this nonsense, this whole techno-feudalism-this-isn’t-proper-capitalism nonsense. And the more I read Marx the less I can tolerate the likes of proudhonist anti-marxism such as Hudson.

Added: 🤣 I had it new chat order mode and didn’t realise there’s already been a few replies regarding this haha! I will leave it here nonethelesss

This^. A monero address would be good