Countries need enemies
Channel: ItHadToBeSaid
Date: 2023-11-18

CW: war

Why do we have enemies? Who benefits? What are the effects of believing in enemies?

The rest of the series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAA4UIZwCnI&list=PL3waFZldV-Y2TMqWGyJeIG4HSzqp72c5W 

The Psychology of Nationalism by Joshua Searle-White (I suggest accessing this and all other books I cite on this channel for free through Z-Library. You can sign up here: https://singlelogin.me/registration.php)

Doing Harm: How the World’s Largest Psychological Association Lost Its Way in the War on Terror by Roy J. Eidelson

Weaponizing Anthropology by David H. Price

100 Israeli doctors call for the bombing of Gaza’s hospitals: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestine-war-doctors-call-gaza-hospitals-bombed 

Israelis mocking the deaths of Palestinians: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mwcFEpAYkU, https://www.wionews.com/world/israel-hamas-war-social-media-scrambles-to-scrub-spoof-videos-mocking-palestinians-651829; 2014: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/20/israelis-cheer-gaza-bombing

Fifth column: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_column 

Conditional humanity: https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/10/16 

Unconscious racism: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/naked-truth/202006/unconscious-racism 

Humanization: https://www.alfiekohn.org/article/humanization/ 

What I mean by propaganda: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAyR5J0vxqs 

A transcript of this video is available at https://theruleoffreedom.wordpress.com/2023/11/18/countries-need-enemies/