Fair point. Such a change of course would likely mean less genocide (although the existence of nuclear weapons makes this somewhat less than guaranteed).
That said, a less secure Israel might lose a large chunk of it's population and industry. Many Israelis have dual citizenships that make leaving fairly easy. Israel as we know it could very well collapse.
The US sees the existence of Israel as strategically important. The constant flow of weapons and other resources into it is clear evidence of this (if the words of it's leaders somehow wasn't).
Before the US it was the UK and for a time even Nazi Germany, albeit before Israel formally existed.
If the US knew that Israel could fill it's strategic role without further investment it would transfer those resources to another project. That's ample evidence that Israel requires these resources.
The US didn't create a state governed and populated by radicals, but they required it.
You make a good point. Nationalism in socialist projects still deserves scrutiny.
Fascist and fascist adjacent nationalism tends to define the "nation" in a way that excludes and endangers entire demographics who often wield little power to begin with.
I'd argue that nationalism itself isn't inherently bad though. Many anti-colonial movements are nationalist, and AES countries have nationalist traits.
I believe Stalin's "Marxism and the National Question" wrestles with this but I am yet to read it.
I feel that. I wish I could be smug about dropping a childhood fascination for political reasons but it was never really interesting.
If you really wanted capitalism gone, getting rid of humans is a lasting solution. The tricky part is getting the humans on board with the plan.
It's probably a lot easier to convince the humans to just do communism.
Unionise, strikes, mutual aid, and other forms of collective action that leverage the power of a group of people to their benefit.
Fights though? Where did you get that from?
If the only thing you know about Bolsheviks is that they are spooky skeletons, you might be convinced.
Hey now, just because we're communists doesn't mean we can't have a dozen different brands of the same joke.
A three letter agency employee has just learnt about the process of elimination.
(Athel for short)
Sure, that's a take.
You can conclude from there that all forms of exploitation are fine because consent didn't exist anyway, or you can leave it in the trash.
Philosophical gymnastics divorced from grounded materialism that leave us with "nothing is real, everything is permitted" nonsense don't have utility in Marxist discussion.
Sorry about the sass, I think it's a topic that sets me off.