Ever since watching this video,I’ve been wondering: why didn't African American slaves just form a union to negotiate better working conditions with their masters? And why didn't the Native Americans simply file a formal complaint when their land was taken away? Surely the colonizers would have listened to some... well-organized feedback. By the way, instead of dumping tea into Boston Harbor, why didn't the American colonists just start a British-themed tea subscription box? That way, they could keep the tea while making a profit. Finally, if Gaza has been free since 2005, why did they waste time on rockets instead of opening at least one McDonald's with a rocket-themed Happy Meal? Clearly, all these groups just lacked a bit of entrepreneurial spirit. If they had been a bit more innovative, history could've been much different. Watch the video (with English captions) and you'll finally see just how many historical tidbits you've managed to miss. #Palestineshow more

Paolo Mieli stands as one of the worst ideologues of settler colonialism in Italian TV. They'll invite him a thousand times but never Francesca Albanese or Lorenzo Kamel. Otto e Mezzo from La7 pretends to be high-brow discussion, but shows incredible racism when covering anything involving non-Europeans - from migration to the ethnic cleansing and genocide in Palestine. It's telling: their ratings aren't even that high, yet like U.S. mainstream media, they never question their dwindling numbers or contested legitimacy. When will they finally include non-European voices in their public sphere? They seem too busy platforming colonial apologists to notice their own irrelevance.

You couldn't have said this better!

NON SA NEANCHE LUI CHE COSA STA DICENDO...

Fa un giro di parole pur di non parlare del blocco su Gaza. Il sottotono coloniale della parte in cui parla dei razzi e di McDonald's andrebbe ricordato nei libri di storia: l'implicazione, che Mieli non dice apertamente, sarebbe che nonostante il fatto che i gazawi fossero liberi, hanno scelto di costruire razzi anziché puntare sullo sviluppo locale. Uno spettatore medio penserebbe "beh ma allora se le cercano" o "ma allora sono proprio intrinsecamente violenti e arretrati". Peccato che Gaza non fosse né libera né indipendente, che lo smantellamento degli insediamenti non avesse implicato la cessazione dell'occupazione (Gaza è sempre parte delle OPT), che su Gaza ci sia un blocco aereo, marittimo e terrestre e che Israele sia rimasta comunque la potenza occupante anche su Gaza.

This is intellectual and moral dishonesty of the highest order: there is NO WAY Gaza was free after 2005.

@enti_ande It is forbidden for an occupying power to transfer its population to the occupied land, by the way! 😂

Gaza before the onslaught: Not only were the borders controlled through land and sea blockades; water, electricity, even the intake of calories per inhabitant was curbed and rationed by Israel. Food, Medicine, fertilisers for agriculture all were hard to import. 90 % of water was also undrinkable. As a result 63% of the population was dependent on foreign aid while 80% lived in poverty. Having had to wait 10 hours simply to buy bread was not unusual. But opening McDonald’s would have done the trick. What a clown!

That’s exactly right. The colonial undertone of those statements can lead listeners to believe that Gazans are inherently incapable of developing a peaceful and prosperous society. This echoes the rhetoric of some Israeli leaders who claim that Gaza could have become like Singapore, blaming Gazans for their current conditions. It’s sickening. By the way, “the internal review of EU aid to Palestine must be done against a backdrop of reports that over 72 percent of foreign aid to Palestine actually ends up benefitting the Israeli economy”😏

Mrs @tara_riva Paolo Mieli is a CAMERATA ✋ who glorifies the Zionist propaganda. One of us, in other words.

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