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by gjsman-1000 927 days ago
Well, look at Gaza. If you are Israel, you hate that it exists (and of course, vice versa).

In 2006, Gaza had the borders closed and was sealed in. Gaza's population was 473,257 people. Instead of giving in, Gaza decided to have a lot of children, resulting in a population of 2.048 million people as of 2020.

Kind of a failure on multiple levels. And now all those people want to kill you for what you did to them. That sucks. Your prime minister who has served for over 16 years is taking the blame with about ~20% popularity. Things need to be fixed.

One day, you wake up, and find out Gaza's planning an attack. And for once, instead of responding forcefully, you decide: What if we did nothing? They attack, we respond with the world behind our backs, and solve this problem.

I'm not saying that what's happened. It just seems plausible.

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This kind of thinking reminds me of Loose Change 9/11 conspiracy about how 9/11 was an inside job. Do you agree that there is parallels in the conspiracy theories?