"We don’t really think about all the exploitative imperialist extraction of resources and labor that makes our lifestyles possible". I think about the exploitative relationship we in the "western world" have all the time. I live in an area where the exploited are on one side of the road and the exploiters are on the other side. I try to spend as little time on the exploiters side as possible. I don't think I am the only one thinking like this either. I am disgusted by the people who support Israel's "right to self defense" but I have been fortunate to have been surprised by others who are horrified by the silence of our governments about the genocide in Gaza. I have been fortunate to meet many who see this as another time in history when there is silence and twisted thinking around a genocide. Nobody knows what to do other than go to demos, sign petitions and talk to other people about it. We don't have a lot of power to bring about the instant change many of us would like to see.