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> The goal is not to measure the level of evil in the hearts of <hamas> or <isreali government>. That’s impossible.

The goal of thought experiment wasn't to measure evil or good. It's to determine if the lines between good and evil are that far apart.

If Ukraine was way stronger than Russia, would it try to annex Kursk and other non-Ukraine regions? Would it commit as many atrocities? No. It would be constrained by its desire to join EU. Could it do it if it had 30 more people, more nationalistic populace, and near infinite ammo supply? Probably.

But a litmus test, just tells you rough acidity, not exact pH either.

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If Israel wasn’t an ethnostate that treated Palestinians as second-class citizens (especially in the West Bank, especially in Gaza) would violent Palestinian factions have a political basis? No.

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And if Hamas tactics didn't make every Palestinians into possible threat, the Israel ethno state wouldn't be as repressive. In many

The big issue was world powers of WW2 deciding to just bequeath land to Israel.

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> And if Hamas tactics didn't make every Palestinians into possible threat, the Israel ethno state wouldn't be as repressive.

The Israel ethnostate predates Hamas.

You even call it an ethnostate.

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Small edit. 30 million not 30.