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On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice by Adam Kirsch

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settler colonialism is best understood not as a historical concept but as an ideology,

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“Sooner or later, the realization arrives: the child discovers the immaturity of the parent, and the parent the maturity of his child.”
― David Bezmozgis, The Betrayers

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“There’s no point in arguing with a fanatic man, as there would be no point in arguing with an intellectual, intellectual just being a nicer word than fanatic.”
― Tuvia Tenenbom, Catch The Jew!: Eye-opening education - You will never look at Israel the same way again

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“It was as if she had once been almost smothered and then allowed to live only if she limited her vocabulary and breathed hardly at all.”
― Edith Pearlman, Honeydew: Stories

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“Unbridled commerce isn’t generally pretty, but it’s always forward-thinking.”
― Richard Ford, The Lay of the Land

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