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anti-republocrat's avatar

Caitlin, one of your best. Until I read it, I thought what was driving all the propaganda about China and Russia was the need to justify constantly increasing military spending. Now I see it's far deeper emotionally for these imperialists.

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Riff McClavin's avatar

There's really nothing to add to your observations today, Caitlin, except a wish for a wider audience.

Driving around yesterday seeing all these flags at half mast was depressing as hell. If I murdered someone I could expect to be sent to prison, but if I could up that number to a million, I'd look forward to a similar sendoff. Our national anthem is in desperate need of a laugh track.

It might be benficial to ponder why the Greeks of old created these gods in the first place, or why people continue to worship their gods today? People have a deep-seated need to answer to authority, as the Milgram experiment so aptly demonstrated. The oligarchs pulling the strings are well aware of this, knowing that thanks to evolutionary hardwiring, their job is already halfway done. So pick a team, get in line, and start yelling.

The marginalizations, media smears, police bullets, and phoney prison lockups are enough to handle the deviant questioners among us. At least for now.

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