Crony Capitalism is all over the place. It's especially bad here in Israel and they constantly use "the conflict" to obfuscate what is actually going in and how little choice actually have in their lives from consumer goods to housing. We need to stop fighting in their retarded wars once and for all.
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Excellent insight, Jeff. I respect the hell out of most Israelis--there are a hell of a lot of communities there struggling to be as self-sufficient as possible. But as you say, the government uses their Orwellian endless war to blur the unnecessary controls on economic and civil life. It shocks me the way American conservatives are so quick to demand writing a blank check to the Israeli government (well, not really, but you know what I mean), when it's so contrary to free market principles and harmful to Palestinian Christians, let alone the Muslims and their nonviolent majority.
I agree. I am pleased that you know that many of us here on not onboard with all of this nonesense.