• Gorilladrums
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    1 year ago

    Who will be ignored next?

    • Sudan
    • Myanmar
    • Armenia
    • Afghanistan
    • Tibet

    These aren’t next, these are already forgotten even though they’re catastrophes. Hell, even Ukraine is being forgotten even though it’s one the biggest wars in 21st century. When India and Pakistan looked like they were about to go to war, this Israel/Palestine war was also pushed to the back of people’s minds.

    I think this is the just the nature of humans. People want to think they’re noble and righteous, but they won’t actually do anything, and the moment a new war starts they’ll move on to that because it’s new and we have short attention spands.

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      1 year ago

      How fast we forgot Syria. Erdogan still bombing Kobane for example.

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        1 year ago

        You are entirely correct. People like to think the war is over, but it’s still very much on going.

      • endlesstlksss@endlesstalk.org
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        1 year ago

        I didn’t forget syria. The fact the west is perfectly content with an ex isis leader just tells you everything you need to know about their moral high ground

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      1 year ago

      I think it’s media bias and sensationalism. It happens when journalism has a profit incentive and is owned by 4 or 5 oligarchs/ultra-wealthy.

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        1 year ago

        I think that’s a contributing factor, but I don’t think it’s the only one. We live in the age of social media where anybody anywhere can post anything at any time. Anybody can be a journalist and post pictures, videos, or give live updates as events are happening. In fact we have a lot of people like this from just about every conflict in the world who give us updates just about everyday. Despite this, things like wars are still treated as trends by people. When the fad gets old, people get bored and move on to the next new thing.

    • endlesstlksss@endlesstalk.org
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      1 year ago

      How is ukraine forgetten we’re constantly told that we should buy more bombs. Meanwhile i can’t see my mum because hospitals are understaffed

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        Ukraine in society’s mind has slipped a lot over the past couple of years. We used to hear about all the terrorist attacks that Russia would commit, and people used to rally support for Ukraine way more passionately. Now, Ukraine is a divisive issue and people only talk about Ukraine when they do a really big and successful military operation.