Microeconomics

The world has gone insane. I'm hoping the real issue here is not antisemitism and it's not anti-Zionism. I'm hoping the real issue is people being committed in a very passionate way to a cause that, I'm just guessing here, they have not studied deeply. I get not liking Israel. I get feeling solidarity with the Palestinian cause. But this video and the smug dismissal remind me of people who chant "from the river to the sea" without knowing the river or the sea being discussed and the implications. If you're going to stop someone from using the bathroom or if you're going to march alongside people with say, ISIS flags, you should know what you're committing to. I'm hoping they just don't realize that it's a little bit more complicated than they think. It's the Yeatsian passionate intensity that makes me the most nervous. An unwillingness to imagine that there is another side or an unwillingness to learn about it. Strong position strongly held makes for a tough life when everyone feels that way. If I'm right, how do we understand it? Is this the result of social media ratcheting up outrage. It feels profoundly unhealthy for a democracy.