“A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic. — Joseph Stalin”
So, one man, Jamal Khashoggi, gets tortured and killed, but he happens to be a man elites know and like, and suddenly…
Who in the Senate would vote against this? Very few. #SaudiArabia in trouble. No matter who is in MBS pocket in White House. https://t.co/aSPcpIAkyv
— Steve Clemons (@SCClemons) October 12, 2018
Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is engaged in a genocide in Yemen. Of course, the US has been aiding that genocide…
It’s not that Kashoggi’s death isn’t a crime, but that any number of nameless people can be killed, raped, and tortured, and elites don’t care. It’s only when it’s one of them that they care.
Normal people are nothing–less than nothing–to our elites.
But they take care of their own.
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