Genocide in Palestine is inseparable from the profit incentive of capital

Evidence

The merciless fate of the Palestinian people is a magnifying lens that allows us to clearly see the true nature of the socioeconomic system we have constructed. It puts into focus the inverted essence of our society, in which monetary value prevails over all other principles. The ongoing genocide—which the UN commission called a crime against humanity, that of extermination—is inseparable from the economic incentive of higher profits: from buoyant stocks in the weapons industry, to plans for lucrative reconstruction projects, to control over natural resources and commerce in a strategic region. — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 338

Categorization

• DEEPTHINKING: Mattei collapses the usual moral/political framing of genocide into a purely economic logic — the provocation that extermination is not a deviation from but an amplification of the capitalist system’s normal operation.
• XREF: connects to: Withholding revenue transfers forces cuts in public-sector wages for Palestinian workers — Clara E. Mattei, Escape from Capitalism, 320