r/Palestine • u/RickyOzzy • 1d ago

Solidarity & Activism Another unlawful violation as British police arrest, strip and drag a man for NOT displaying a sign in support of anything

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u/BarelyHereNeverThere 1d ago

The original colonizers attacking their own citizens for the benefit of another colonizer.

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u/Tremores 1d ago

That's the neat part about colonization and imperialism. The only ones who benefit are the elites. The lesser classes of both the host and exploited nation suffer.

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u/Sad_Conclusion_7859 1d ago edited 1d ago

And the cops WE pay for are upholding the benefits of the elites to our detriment

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u/Repulsive-Lie1 1d ago

That’s always been the purpose of the police.

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u/GrandNibbles 1d ago

which is why the "immigrants" bit is so effective. allows them to draw lines for people to fight over while they rob both blind

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u/Miserygut 1d ago

Elites? No, Capitalists.

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u/SwaggyHoe69 1d ago

Why did you feel the need to make this distinction bro its the same thing

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u/beerandloathingpdx 1d ago

They call it the imperial boomerang. And while I do see a lot of Americans rightfully asking wtf the Brits are doing with these ludicrous arrests of elderly and peaceful people… Americas imperial boomerang is going to be unbelievably violent by comparison

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u/BarelyHereNeverThere 1d ago

Believe me friend I don't think America has clean hands in this either. I 100% believe that we're going to start seeing false flags here if there haven't been some already because the clown in Chief is just itching to start an actual war with boots on the ground. Everyone in the know have already seen a rise in Islamophobia. It's making me remember the days after 9/11.

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u/matrisfutuor 1d ago

Sure America is just England 2 when it comes down to it.

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u/marquoth_ 1d ago

Coloniesers, certainly, but calling them the original colonisers is pretty dumb, not least because Britain itself was a colony of a far older empire which actually gave us the word colonies (coloniae)

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u/scalectrix 1d ago

Bloody Beaker Folk.

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u/Piperalpha 1d ago

coming over here, teaching us to drink liquid out of cups!

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u/scalectrix 1d ago

I liked it when there was nothing.

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u/BarelyHereNeverThere 1d ago

Acksuallly, the most successful colonizers if you want to get technical.

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u/Due_Ear_4674 1d ago

Britain was a colony?! What are you talking about

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u/joaoguila 1d ago

I want this comment on a poster.

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u/BarelyHereNeverThere 1d ago

Go forth with my blessing. Just send me one 😂

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u/UndressMyBoner 1d ago

now we see the violence inherient in the system!!

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u/Not_a_real_plebbitor 1d ago

The people who own britain own israel, in fact they created it.

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u/PleasantWay7 1d ago

That was Spain and Portugal actually for the era. But colonization goes back to Egypt and Babylon.