The thuggish approach to human well-being?

Posted on September 7 2026

Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and special envoy to the Middle East, said this over the weekend:

Gaza has not worked for a very, very long time. It was basically built by NGOs and terrorists, and it's been a dystopian place for a long time.

As author Michael Rosen noted on Twitter:

This is hardly any different from 19th century British Lords and generals discussing what to do about Sudan, India, or Africa. Every word is predicated on the assumption that it's a westerner's right to talk like this.

I agree. That is what is happening, and that is the attitude on display.

How come we reached this point?

Has four decades of neoliberalism so degraded our humanity that Kushner and those blocking refugees from landing at Portsmouth share the same thuggish approach to human well-being?

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