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Crixcyon's avatar
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The title of this article completely captures the tyranny of government. Never at fault, never working for the citizen...always for its own self preservation at the expense of truth, honesty and morality. They care not who dies or who is murdered in the process.

Feral Finster's avatar

We are ruled by sociopaths. Once you understand this basic fact, everything they do makes perfect sense.

Chuck Nasmith's avatar

National guard may stay deployed in D.C. til 2029! That's special. Free Gaza.

Jon Olsen's avatar

That is the right place to be to make he necessary arrests!

Veronica Baker's avatar

I call them psychopaths but sociopaths will do as well, either makes perfect sense to me.

Feral Finster's avatar

They aren't crazy. Nor are they necessarily stupid (although most are not especially smart in an "IQ test" sense).

Just utterly ruthless, amoral and power-hungry.

Veronica Baker's avatar

Not all psychopaths are crazy, that's just a label that's been tagged on to them to excuse their behaviour. Having said that I agree with your last sentence,

Feral Finster's avatar

Understood, just lots of people think otherwise.

And nowhere is it written that smart people have to win. Song China was incomparably richer and more cultured than the semiliterate Mongols that conquered it. The Mongols, however, were better at organized violence.

Similarly, the British ruled India, not because they were so much smarter and more advanced (in many ways the opposite), but because they were more ruthless, violent and amoral.

JennyStokes's avatar

....................and who is going to take away their licence to kill.'

Bob Dylan

Worth listening to the whole song.

Chuck Nasmith's avatar

Jefferson Airplane "Volunteers" is special!

Jon Olsen's avatar

Or his "Not even Jesus could forgive what you do," and "And I'll stand on your grave till I'm sure that you're dead." Masters of War

Ginnie's avatar
44mEdited

Imagine the gall to say that after attacking Iran, Iran OWED it to white people to keep the straight of Hormuz, which is IRAN TERRITORY, open so that the West can continue transporting more oil through it with which to fuel its jets and bombers so they can continue bombing Iran.

Imagine that logic being spread into the world and now imagine barely anyone questioning it. They all really think Iran owes it to them to be an agent of its own destruction and help them facilitate their war crimes against its sovereign territory. And all for no other reason than because the US just wants to to destroy another country. Iran has done nothing.

That's western liberal morality for you.

Veronica Baker's avatar

It has ever been the same, the people of the Western world always demand obedience and compliance to their demands from countries that are not Western and stamp their feet and shout " it's not fair" when one of those countries fail to comply to their demands.

Jon Olsen's avatar

"Break on through to the other side" The Doors

jamenta's avatar
2hEdited

Tyranny of the current "government" we now have. Not all governments are run like the US government. And civilization and a free society depend on a working uncorrupted government. Ayn Rand was a crackpot.

Yooper=Lee's avatar

Sadly all we ever see are the faces of the puppets. Nobody voted for this, so it's obvious this is a financial machination with many angles. The nation-state is essentially a facade at this point.

Luke's avatar

“That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war.”

No one exemplifies this more than DT. If there was any hope it’s been dashed upon the rocks in the Strait of Hormuz. I have seen montage after montage about “No new wars” along with all the bell and whistles that facilitated them.

George HW Bush was called out once by Clinton. He simply repeated the phrase HW once said “Read My Lips, No New Taxes.” HW was beat over the head with that line for the remainder of the campaign. It became a central focus.

Fast forward to today and what Trump said on the campaign trail. It’s the reason I never thought there would be a war of aggression under Trump. It should be an impeachable offense. It’s still feels strange to me to be so openly misled.

Feral Finster's avatar

"No one exemplifies this more than DT. If there was any hope it’s been dashed upon the rocks in the Strait of Hormuz. I have seen montage after montage about “No new wars” along with all the bell and whistles that facilitated them."

It is especially comic, watching his cult ladle on the excuses.

Luke's avatar

I almost dropped the dime on Kunstler comments. I should’ve copied it dammit lolz. Basically the main reason Iran has had to endure so much bullshit from us over the years; It’s not bombs, not Islam, not terrorists.

There’s one crime they have committed above all else: They refuse to play ball with the ZioBankers. And this is a mortal sin. Any country that defies the order MUST be punished. ESPECIALLY the successful ones. They offer choices and solutions for other nations to follow suit.

Just Sayn's avatar

It is Imperative that people refuse to legitamise government by participating in their voting charade.. They do NOT have a mandate to rule, never have. Only by propaganda and lies are they still in power..refuse to support the Empire and it will collapse.

N. Walker's avatar

“That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war.”

That’s because no matter whom you vote for is usually compromised by that small country who likes wars. Now if we could only elect true Americans… 🤔

AnF's avatar

You act as if 'true americans' haven't engaged in wars and genocides and terrorism since before Israel existed.

ennui_mcgee's avatar

Those sold out sociopaths come directly from America's grassroots. How do you think Trump got to be who he is? He's the most representative POTUS of all time: a selfish, obnoxious, idiotic obese liar. Made in NYC.

CK's avatar

The US Congress still supports all of this.

Herman's avatar

Bolton and Trump may not be on the same page, but they have one thing in common: their unbearable arrogance.

Spunty's avatar

They never learn because they are never in harms way. And none of their own families are either. It's easy to make mistakes when other families' kids are the ones you're sending to get slaughtered.

Mary Wildfire's avatar

And when you're a sociopath, as 100% of these people are, so you don't care in the least about who gets slaughtered, probably in some cases even if it does include your own kids, as long as it doesn't harm any of the people you do care about--those inside your skin.

Only difference between Trump and the last six presidents is that he doesn't even pretend to care.

Veronica Baker's avatar

True enough but don't join the "send Baron" brigade, I checked out a couple of interesting facts and he's an inch over their height limit, they do make exceptions for people with special abilities, being a spoilt brat of Trump's doesn't count.

Joy in HK fiFP's avatar

"imperial status quo" = pathocracy. It's built into the system. That's why no matter whom you vote for, you always get the same outcome, war and more war. The entire ruling class is bankrupt when it comes to any alternatives to war.

Scott Lichtenstein's avatar

Both parties agree on Iran, Gaza pretty much everything so there is no opposition and there will be no revolution, just brain-dead consensus.🤪

William Rice's avatar

When 94 senators receive money from AIPAC we have no opposition party. It a Uniparty for Zionism.

Feral Finster's avatar

Of course democrats and liberals don't oppose the war, they just want different procedures. Democrats and liberals, Front Row Kids to the core, love nerding out over procedural questions.

Helga Fellay's avatar

Why do I get the impression that you have never met a real Democrat nor a real liberal. I am both and have had many friends who are liberal democrats who are as much anti-war as I have been my entire life.

Feral Finster's avatar

Because power attracts sociopaths the way catnip attracts cats.

Ignore the touching rhetoric and pay attention to what they do.

Helga Fellay's avatar

I know that. What does that have to do with my comment??????

Feral Finster's avatar

Because regardless of what you and those like you think, Team D is ruled by sociopaths who could not give the tip of a turd about you or what you think or like or want.

ennui_mcgee's avatar

Tell me what is the difference between a real Democrat and someone merely registered to vote as a Democrat. Go on and make your appeal to purity argument, please.

Helga Fellay's avatar

I don't have the time to deal with dumb questions. Look it up in a dictionary or online

ennui_mcgee's avatar

That was a perfectly straightforward question that you cannot answer. You hopped on here to defend the team uniform you wear like an not fully understanding your team is as warmongering as the MAGA party. I gave you the chance to make your case, but you were a rude bitch so now I'm just gonna call you a fucking moron for not understanding what the fuck you believe in. Thanks for your part in making America a terrible place.

Veronica Baker's avatar

But are those friends in power? That is where a difference may lay.

Stuart Estrine's avatar

“The imperial status quo elevates the worst among us. The least wise. The least insightful. The least compassionate. The least deserving. The least qualified.”

Actually, these degenerates ARE the most qualified, to lead the empire, that is. Their lackeys in the capitalist media, Hollywood and “Christianity” are the enablers of the current iteration of the Crusades. Getting working class people to believe the “other” is plotting to murder and enslave them is the key to maintaining capitalism and its mutant offspring, imperialism.

David's avatar
1hEdited

The "Land of the Free" never existed. Think about 80 years of continued propaganda about all the platitudes given to America, from Leader of the Free World to Arsenal of Democracy. Well, the Free world never existed and you don't live in a Democracy. They have all proven to be fake constructs to lull the public into complacency. We have a public that is indoctrinated into discussing trivia, sports and entertainment and letting the ruling oligarchy go on a rampage to their hearts content. Folks, wake up to the militaristic fascist oligarchy you live under.

Veronica Baker's avatar

I agree, democracy is a word used to justify their warmongering banner, never has existed in the Western world.

Ginnie's avatar
1hEdited

What defeat should they admit to? Their goal is destruction! And they are achieving that. Thousands of innocent people dying in Iran and hospitals and residential buildings being destroyed are war crimes. They dont care, neither do most in the West whose main objection to this war is the price of gas. Well you know what, paying more for gas in exchange to commit war crimes is a small price to pay so everyone really needs to shut the fuck up about gas prices already.

The real victims here are the people or Iran and Lebanon and Syria, and Libya...not western consumers sitting on their fat asses on their cushy chairs with their amazon subscription having to pay more for gas. Fuck that.

The commerce secretary or whoever went live on air and said that consumer prices going up is "not our concern". These are the same people who have made eating too expensive for Americans, who have signed an EO forcing the production of a poison on food crops that they KNOW and ADMITTED creates cancer, these are the people who are perfectly ok that, as a matter of policy, millions of Americans go without healthcare each year and die.

They wanted to destroy Iran and turn it into a failed state so that they can control it and its resources and as far as I cam concerned they are getting there. That people, even their own, will suffer is not a bug but a feature. Either way, they dont care.

Tony Mawdesley's avatar

This is totally a Military Industrial Complex war. Shit tons of munitions needed using up before their sell by date, not to mention a way of re stockpiling with new shit at the taxpayers expense that will make a few people even more obscenely rich. 🎤

Diana van Eyk's avatar

Do we ever need change! The future that lies ahead will have another endless war, poverty across the world and the Epstein class raking in $$$ in war profits. NOT OK!

Chuck Nasmith's avatar

Power to the People.

Chuck Nasmith's avatar

I am right because I am never wrong. Israel and it's supporters are Terrorists. Cancel them.

Mike Coulson's avatar

Insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results!

Paul Gibby's avatar

Bolton's just butt hurt because Trump dissed him. We are ruled by idiots.

Christopher Rixman's avatar

Framing this as Bolton refusing to learn assumes the system punishes bad outcomes.

After Iraq, the architects of the war were not removed from influence, defense spending grew from roughly $300B to over $700B in the following decade, and surveillance authorities expanded under the justification of ongoing threat.

The mechanism is that war outcomes, regardless of success, generate budget expansion, institutional authority, and strategic continuity.

In that context, failure isn’t a disincentive. It still produces what the system rewards.

So accountability wouldn’t just correct decisions, it would interrupt the incentives that keep the cycle intact.