there’s also an element of sunk cost fallacy. they don’t want to let themselves be deprogrammed because they’ve invested so much in this. somewhere deep in their souls, a lot of them know they’re in the wrong but they can’t listen to that part of themselves because it’s easier to keep going than to have the humility to say they were wrong.
if you’ve ever lost a friend to an MLM, this is the part where they double down on the MLM when it’s going poorly because their upline convinces them the problem isn’t the business model, but their friends and relations. the result is isolating.
this is the thing to understand about the political doctrine of isolationism, too. it’s not about not interfering in other places (such as say… Iran), it’s about threatening violence against all who would oppose efforts to build coalitions with the people the empire is oppressing. it’s not about letting things play out, it’s about intensifying control
antisemitism: jews have no place in this society
zionism: jews have no place in this society
hopefully this helps people see the problem with labeling anti-zionism as antisemitism