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One of the most relevant episodes of DS9 to today is "Business as Usual" from season five.

In it, Quark gets into selling weapons, but is overcome by guilt when one of the clients wants to use them to commit a genocide of over 20 million people.

Quark comes to the realization that if he sells weapons to someone planning to commit genocide, with the full knowledge that they're going to use those weapons to commit genocide, then he too is complicit in said genocide.

It's crazy how the greedy profiteer on a Sci fi show from 27 years ago was able to understand this concept but the US government can't after 11 months of Isntreal destroying Gaza :jbhmm:
 

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One of the most relevant episodes of DS9 to today is "Business as Usual" from season five.

In it, Quark gets into selling weapons, but is overcome by guilt when one of the clients wants to use them to commit a genocide of over 20 million people.

Quark comes to the realization that if he sells weapons to someone planning to commit genocide, with the full knowledge that they're going to use those weapons to commit genocide, then he too is complicit in said genocide.

It's crazy how the greedy profiteer on a Sci fi show from 27 years ago was able to understand this concept but the US government can't after 11 months of Isntreal destroying Gaza :jbhmm:

Oh, the government definitely realizes. They're just too terrified of AIPAC and lobbyists to do anything about it.

It's more like if Quark realized he was complicit, but sold them the weapons anyway because he didn't want to endanger his business relationship and/or job.
 

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Makes me think if Kamala was POTUS last November, she’d have imposed an end to the war during the first ceasefire and hostage deal.
 

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IDF threatening to out queer Palestinians if they don't spy on their families isn't news - the IDF explicitly stating they search for "gay" keywords because they want an atmosphere of distrust to weaken Palestine is... textbook colonizer behavior.

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also sending "I heard your daughter got diagnosed with cancer, it'd be a shame if I blocked her from treatment unless you help me" and thinking you're a good person is unhinged.

straight to the Hague and then Hell.

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***isn't NEW, not news


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got a call for three nines

Brutally murder hostages Hamas Crehs

the American they were holding hostage whose parents spoke at the DNCs body was also recovered
 
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