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Vin LoPresti's avatar

As an American close to the end of his life, I hate the ethos of America, one that underpins a government that's lied to me and my loved ones almost constantly throughout my long life. They lied about commies in the 50s, they lied about radical voices in the 60s (particularly Black voices) They lied about the Asian menace. Of course they lied about Vietnam, but the lying about racism and wars is foundational to the entire premise and actualization of US empire. And so on, the examples too numerous to count. Unfortunately, my hatred of the mendacious amorality and injustices of that empire and its corrupt leaders can't fail to extend to American voters. Brainwashed by a reality that's like a giant advertising billboard, they allow themselves to be led, sheep-like, to the voting booth to choose between red or blue sociopaths, the entire color contest part of that PR distraction. In other words, I hate the stupidity of John Q. ill-informed fellow citizen, who daily behaves in a manner that validates the proposition that Americans are the most propagandized / brainwashed people in the history of the world. Sorry, fellow Americans, but in your unwillingness to thoroughly make use of the billions of neurons in your head without reference to something a rich capitalist said you should think makes me entirely effing crazy. So sure, I hate the ruling-elite corporate psychopaths and their corrupt pols most of all. But to the populace as a whole, I also feel the need to say: You suck, fellow citizens.

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Justin Good, Ph. D.'s avatar

100% Caitlin Johnstone! Your observations and moral clarity are a breath of fresh sanity. Thank You.

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