The Gulf War Was A Clear Precedent

One Of The Things That Neoliberalism Does Is, It Relies On Flexible Workforces Who Are Hired And Fired At Will And Who Are Basically Disposable Labor. You Can Use Them. You Can Get Rid Of Them. They Have No Rights; They Have No Security. Their Lives And Well-being Are Made And Unmade At The Whim Of Those Who Are Exercising The Calculus. So, Instead Of Looking At The Institution And Objecting To That Kind Of Organization, People Just Go, "i'm A Failure;"; "i'm Not Working Hard Enough"; Or, "i'm Not As Smart As The Next Person."

Indeed, Even If One Believed That Criticisms Of Israel Are By And Large Heard As Anti-semitic (by Jews, Anti-semites, Or People Who Could Be Described As Neither), It Would Become The Responsibility Of All Of Us To Change The Conditions Of Reception So That The Public Might Begin To Distinguish Between Criticism Of Israel And A Hatred Of Jews.

It Seems, Though, That Historically We Have Now Reached A Position In Which Jews Cannot Legitimately Be Understood Always And Only As Presumptive Victims.

We Have To Be Able Track The Ways In Which Fear, For Instance, Is Monopolized By State And Media Institutions, Ways In Which Fear Is Actually Promoted And Distributed As A Way Of Bolstering The Need For Greater Security And Militarization.

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