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Riff McClavin's avatar

Another brilliant post, Caitlin, worthy of the topic it covers.

Getting fooled is one thing; what we're seeing is the psychological aberration of fooling oneself on a massive scale. In short, too many people don't want the damn light.

I'm a nobody. The ultimate Regular Guy with no special powers of observation or intelligence, yet it's clear to me what a tawdry shit-show our politics has descended to since 9-11, so why does it feel like I'm hanging out on an empty street corner?

Above all else people want their beliefs. People want their team. People want to feel like moral beings. So it's easier going to church and being reassured than it is to squarely encounter the mysteries of life at three in the morning. For instance.

Yes, Assange is brilliantly dragging all this muck into the light. But it looks like in three years or so Americans will once again elect another version of that muck as president and do their best to keep forgetting on purpose.

I hope I'm wrong.

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ErisX's avatar

“Secrets must be exposed when found. Detours must be taken when encountered. And if you are the one who stands at the crossroads or the place of concealment, you must never leave it to another to act in your place.”

- Qui-Gon Jinn.

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