u/False-End2157

On the prevalance of subtle Zionist propaganda in science fiction and fantasy

I'm sure we're familiar with a reoccuring trope in science fiction and fantasy: a fictional setting having people - mutants, psychics, mages, or a myriad of other names - born with special or supernatural abilities that put them well above the "common man," but are despised and persecuted by ordinary people because of it, not out of legitimate concerns about how their destructive their abilities may be, but simply out of narrow-minded bigotry or pseudo-class envy. Such anti-"superior" sentiment is made out to be irrational bigotry no matter how much destruction is inflicted by the superiors on the world. Thus, many "superiors" feel that they have no choice but to segregate themselves away from "mundane" society, or even found their own nation as a refuge from the murderous hordes of ordinary humans who will hate them no matter what. Bonus points if the superiors are actually a higher stage of human evolution and the ordinary humans are just evolutionary dead-enders holding back progress!

This trope was quite common in classic "golden age" science fiction, but the most prominent example of this trope in mass media are the mutants from Marvel's X-Men. In it, mutants are a distinct subspecies of humanity who are born with their powers and are despised by unpowered humans. Some mutants - represented by Professor X - seek to assimilate into broader human society, while others - namely Magneto - feel that humanity is irrevokably hostile towards them and wish to segregate thmselves from humanity, or even invert the hierarchy and use their powers to dominate non-mutants. The twist? The creator of the X-Men, Chris Claremont, said that he took heavy inspiration from Israel and Zionism when conceiving the series. Professor X and Magneto were stated to be based on David Ben-Gurion and Menachim Begin, with Professor X representing "liberal Zionism" and Magneto representing Likud-style revisionist Zionism.

In light of this, it's clear that the trope of "persecuted superiors" are just a thinly-veiled analogy of how Zionists see Jews: an innately special or chosen people who are cursed to be irrationally despised by the gentiles just for being different or better than them. The Holocaust was not a culmination of anti-communist conspiracy theories and centuries of genocidal imperialism, but simply arose from the irrational hatred of gentiles towards a people more successful than them. This also conveniently serves as anti-communist propaganda in its demonization of the masses and portrayal of antisemitism as being motivated by left-wing egalitarianism. After all, communism is often accused of being motivated by envy towards the successful rather than opposition to exploitation and inherently injust systems.

I also can't help but see shades of Zionism in culturally leftist identitarianism as a whole. Identity politics often completely eschews material analysis and concludes that certain groups are destined to be oppressed by ordinary people just for existing, and that these groups are eternal victims who must be worshipped and can do no wrong.

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u/False-End2157 — 24 days ago

On the Phenomenon of "Stonewall Christianity"

Recently I've read Malcom Kyeyune's thought-provoking article on "Nuremberg Christianity" - the "civic religion" of the collective West post-WW2 that takes Christianity and puts Anne Frank in place of Christ, the Nazis instead of the Devil, and the Holocaust instead of the cruxifiction. I personally find the existence of "Nuremberg Christianity" to explain perfectly well how Zionism was able to get entrenched into the public, and why the alt-right had appeal. Some contrarians, denying the Holocaust or embracing fascism isn't an expression of hate, but rather rebellion against moral authority.

However, this makes me wonder if a new kind of secular Christianity exists among the modern cultural left - "Stonewall Christianity." Just like Nuremberg Christianity, this secular religion inserts a real-life group into the role of Christ: in this case, the LGBTQ+ community. Like the Jews for Nuremberg Christianity, their suffering is what redeems mankind. "Queerness" is not just a personal matter, but an arbiter of moral righteousness, and cultural conservativism or cisheteronormativity is cast as a secular Satan. Why else do so many cultural leftists make this issue their absolute red line above all else, while are willing to throw every other issue under the bus for its sake? Apostasy from Stonewall Christianity is seen as not a political disagreement, but as a rejection of their fundamental worldview.

I wonder if part of the conflict we see in the modern progressive community over Zionism and Judaism is just competition between Nuremberg and Stonewall Christianity. I personally suspect that the only reason cultural leftists support Palestine is that they are able to cast Palestinians as sacrificial lambs. Were the Palestinian resistance to triumph and enact socially conservative policies, I fear many progressives would return to becoming viciously anti-Palestinian, as they often have been historically.

u/False-End2157 — 1 month ago

DNI Gabbard releases documents she claims as evidence that COVID was a lab leak, and that Dr. Fauci had funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan and lied to Congress about COVID's true origins

Frankly, I'm still taking this with a grain of salt. These documents seem curated to demonize China and reduce the US' possible culpability to just Fauci. I'm not a epidemiologist or medical practicioner so I would like to see someone with expertise in those fields review the documents before I draw any conclusions.

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u/False-End2157 — 2 months ago