The problem isn’t just that we are ruled by tyrants, it’s that our minds are full of propaganda and cultural mind viruses which cause us to consent to it.
Russophobia and an uncritical emphasis
on Trump has been used to scaremonger an annoyingly large percentage of
American progressives from focusing on wanting change to focusing on
wanting things to go back to how they used to be. Wanting things to go
back to how they used to be is wanting the conditions which created
Trump.
Patriotism is like the blue pill in The Matrix. You take it and you get to feel good about your country, but you don’t get to know the truth about it.
If
everyone suddenly deeply understood on a gut level exactly how horrific
war is, all military actions the US and its allies are currently
engaged in would be forced to end due to popular revolt.
Under-discussed:
secretive government agencies provide support to Silicon Valley
corporations, support which they could easily have threatened to give to
those corporations’ competitors instead if certain agreements weren’t
made.
Anyone who says Russia is about
to invade Ukraine or the Baltic states is either lying or ignorant. A
nation with an economy the size of Spain which has been gutting its
military budget is not gearing up for World War Three.
Russia’s
military personality is a lot like the personality of the stereotypical
Russian military veteran: stoic and reserved when left unprovoked, but
willing and able to put you in a wheelchair if you invade his personal
space. It should be treated accordingly.........https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2018/12/11/assorted-thoughts-on-politics-humanity-and-the-world/
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