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1. jakozaur · 1791035826 · focus · HN ↗

   So many comments sound apocalyptic when they face inconveniences like inflation. See this recent post by a Polish guy:

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   Meanwhile, the Tigray war in Ethiopia may have killed as many as 600k, yet it barely registered in our public conversation. The same goes for Sudan.

   Attention is a weird beast.

   1. bsoqk · 1791037631 · focus · HN ↗

      We give attention to things that deserve our attention, i.e., things that affect us. The war in Ethiopia scores very low on that list, to the point of almost complete irrelevance.

      1. jayGlow · 1791040012 · focus · HN ↗

         other conflicts that to don&#x27;t have any significant effect get plenty of attention like Ukraine or Palestine. the Russian Ukrainian conflict does have some effect on Europe but Israel Palestine has no tangible effect on the West and people talk about it frequently.

         1. lukan · 1791041622 · focus · HN ↗

            Because of history, how it was founded and people from both sides living in europe?

            Germany as an extreme example has the survival of Israel as state doctrin. So that is a hot topic by definition.

            Then there are many jews living in the west who sends weapons en masse to Israel - and there are also many Palestinian&#x2F;Arabs living in the west. All that directly effects us.

            Ethopia on the other hand is one of few african countries that was not (really) colonized. So there are not so much ties. The strongest is probably reggae and Haile Selassi chanting in songs, but most have no idea who that was. So, people are less interested naturally.

            1. HappyPanacea · 1791043378 · focus · HN ↗

               &gt; Then there are many jews living in the west who sends weapons en masse to Israel

               Individuals in the west can&#x27;t buy and send weapons to other countries.

               1. lukan · 1791044208 · focus · HN ↗

                  But they can lobby their government to send them (or not to).

                  1. pcthrowaway · 1791060435 · focus · HN ↗

                     Speaking as a Jew in the West who is very anti-Israel, I think the weapons being sent to Israel are only partially explained by Jewish pro-Israel lobbies. Zionism happens to go beyond Judaism, and American imperialism, which Israel serves a role in, is a larger project than even that.

                     1. lukan · 1791098710 · focus · HN ↗

                        Sure, there is still a lot of oil in the middle east.

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