By the time of the second world war’s start, Germany had effectively been able to secure its own autarky (war loot and occupied territories factored in) and wage war independently of Western support for a good few years, though it certainly accepted outside help in some regards (like IBM, as you mentioned). Even before, while it certainly did help, Germany didn’t need material and diplomatic support from the Western Allies to incorporate Austria and Czechoslovakia (thereby giving them the industry to support themselves), only their inaction.
By contrast, Israel’s existence while at war is entirely predicated on Western support. Without it, it would need to mobilize its entire infrastructure, population and industry towards war, which would absolutely kill it as a viable project within a matter of years. The genocide in Gaza and displacement in West Bank and East Jerusalem is effectively as much of a Western undertaking as it is an Israeli one. It’s the same beast with two different faces.
I don’t mean to belittle the evil of mask-off Zionism or fascism, just that its soulless liberal PR team which gaslights all while making a mockery of the very concept of internationalism gets under my skin more often.
By the time of the second world war’s start, Germany had effectively been able to secure its own autarky (war loot and occupied territories factored in) and wage war independently of Western support for a good few years, though it certainly accepted outside help in some regards (like IBM, as you mentioned). Even before, while it certainly did help, Germany didn’t need material and diplomatic support from the Western Allies to incorporate Austria and Czechoslovakia (thereby giving them the industry to support themselves), only their inaction.
By contrast, Israel’s existence while at war is entirely predicated on Western support. Without it, it would need to mobilize its entire infrastructure, population and industry towards war, which would absolutely kill it as a viable project within a matter of years. The genocide in Gaza and displacement in West Bank and East Jerusalem is effectively as much of a Western undertaking as it is an Israeli one. It’s the same beast with two different faces.
I don’t mean to belittle the evil of mask-off Zionism or fascism, just that its soulless liberal PR team which gaslights all while making a mockery of the very concept of internationalism gets under my skin more often.