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Riff McClavin's avatar

Your sixth topic dealing with Corbyn receiving the Nazi smear (actually the antisemitism smear from pro-Zionism's incredibly tiny toolbox) highlights an overarching problem that enables so much of what's troubling us, and that is a total lack of responsibility.

Assange's railroading by Trump/Biden is probably the best latest example of this.

Rob a liquor store and you're likely to spend time behind bars; murder a million people based on lies and you get a book deal and a flag-draped sendoff.

Not one person went to prison for crashing the economy back in 2009 and not one person in uniform received so much as a wristslap for droning a family to death and then lying about it. And so it goes.

And of course a lack of responsibility is Israel's middle name.

With the democratic party firmly wrapped around a policy of Internet censorship, the gap between actions and responsibility will only grow worse.

One of the first things our parents tried to drum into our heads as children is now glaringly absent from public life -- and it shows. Changing this should be a task we all demand of our representatives regardless of where we stand politically.

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Chris's avatar

Whatever problem dominates our awareness feels like the gravest danger of all. This biological programming was designed for imminent threats. This programming currently makes consensus difficult to achieve—everyone perceives something different.

“The biggest threats are the ones we can’t come back from”, is excellent, clear framing.

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