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To the extent Israel is a democracy, is it a liberal democracy or a Jewish ethnic/religious democracy?
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Liberal Democracy
Jewish Ethnic/Religious Democracy
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Anonymous 1d

Good question. Forces you to think about this/do some research!

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Anonymous 1d

Israel is 100% a liberal democracy, all western “liberal democracies” are based on imperialism and mass murder of colonized peoples. It created their wealth and keeps their economies and social systems afloat

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

Read Domenico Losurdo’s “A brief history of liberalism”, since its inception liberal democracy has always been about protecting white westerners and their “right” to exploit others. Also recommend Wretched of the Earth and Discourse on Colonialism!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

In fact, I would argue that no state better exemplifies “liberal democracy” than Israel!

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1d

When people talk about liberal democracy, I just think of Amsterdam. That place is super chill. Anyways I think they have been suspending people’s rights in Israel which seems against liberalism, but maybe I misunderstood what it is. Sometimes the meanings change over time.

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Anonymous replying to -> adenosinetriphosphate 1d

Netherlands’ biggest companies are oil, banking, semiconductor conglomerates. They literally stay rich by selling other peoples resources. Semiconductors are mined by child slaves in Africa. The colonized countries were forced to be in debt to the Europeans after colonialism “ended”. The West keeps the Global South in debt traps that keep them poor and as giant sweatshops

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Anonymous replying to -> adenosinetriphosphate 1d

The netherlands would collapse overnight if they didnt have Asia, Africa and South America to exploit. Ps: the durch were not very chill when they were committing mass rape and razing entire villages in Indonesia

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