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Mary Wildfire's avatar

There is an element left out of this piece, something Caitlin has highlighted in the past. This is the background, preparatory work done in Hollywood and elsewhere to precondition us to think wars are noble and just, and police are brave heroes defending the public from bad guys. It's not just the more overt and specific propaganda work to persuade the public to ignore or support what the empire does; it's also the conditioning to believe in Good Guys and Bad Guys and the nobility of violence, and American exceptionalism.

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Mike Hampton's avatar

Assange sinned with truth, Snowden betrayed his country by trying to protect his countrymen, Khashoggi was in love with knives, Vietnam started the war, Russia started the war, Serbia started the war... oops... jumped ahead, I think that's next week.

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