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Hedges: The Pimps of War
The coterie of neocons and liberal interventionists who orchestrated two decades of military fiascos in the Middle East and who have never been held to account are now stoking a suicidal war with Russia. By Chris Hedges Source: ScheerPost.com The … Continue reading
Posted in corporate news, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, History, media, Media Literacy, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged American Enterprise Institute, Atlantic Council, Brookings Institute, corporate media, Deep State, empire, Foreign Policy Initiative, geopolitics, imperialism, Institute for the Study of War, iraq, Joe Biden, nationalism, NATO, Neocons, Project for the New American Century, propaganda, Pundits, Robert Kagan, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Victoria Nuland, war, War Criminals, war profiteers
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THE ANTI-STATIST: A REBEL FOR OUR TIMES
By Gary Z McGee Source: Waking Times “One man who stopped lying could bring down a tyranny.” ~Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn All flag worshipers have the same unhealthy religion: statism. Flag worship is a nationalist’s false idol. It doesn’t matter if you’re … Continue reading
Posted in anarchism, Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, Philosophy, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, society, Sociology, State Crime
Tagged Authority, conditioning, Conformity, culture, Freedom, Government, Justice, Morality, nationalism, Philosophy, psychology, Responsibility, society, Sociology, Statism
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America is exceptional — in all the wrong ways
By Maj. Danny Sjursen Source: Axis of Logic I was born and raised in an America far more Orwellian than many now remember. Matters have gone so far off the rails since 9/11 that few seem to recall the madness … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, Corporate Crime, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, elites, Empire, Geopolitics, Health, History, Inequality, Militarization, military spending, patriotism, Social Control, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, American exceptionalism, Citizen's United, Donald Trump, elliot abrams, Gun Control, iraq, maj. danny sjursen, nationalism, Orwell, patriotism, Ronald Reagan, Russia
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The Psychology of Fascism
By Robert J. Burrowes The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected it. Some recent studies have reminded us of the characteristics … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Authoritarianism, conditioning, consciousness, corporate news, culture, elites, Health, media, news, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, Spirituality, State Crime, surveillance state, war
Tagged activism, Consciousness, corporate media, Corruption, elites, fascism, fear, How Fascism Works, Jason Stanley, Laurence W. Britt, media, Morality, nationalism, Non-Violence, NSA, police state, Power, Powerlessness, Professor Johan Galtung, propaganda, psychology, Scapegoating, Self-hatred, surveillance state, Violence, Wilhelm Reich
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The Danger Of Patriotism
By Bob Livingston Source: Alt-Market.com My friends, it is frightening how simple we are and how easily we are manipulated simply because we are intellectually lazy. The U.S. establishment has confused cause and effect by and through a flag-waving mania … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, civil liberties, conditioning, culture, education, Empire, freedom of speech, Militarization, patriotism, Philosophy, police state, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, war
Tagged Colin Kaepernick, Democracy, empire, fascism, Freedom, imperialism, Militarism, military-industrial complex, nationalism, Oligarchy, patriotism, Plutocracy, tyranny, US government, war
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Nationalist Propaganda has Many Progressives Demonizing ‘The Russians’
By Robert Barsocchini Source: Washington’s Blog Neocon and neoliberal war propaganda, as exhibited in the Washington Post, New York Times, etc., “has turned much of the liberal/progressive community” in the US “into a pro-New Cold War constituency willing to engage … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, conditioning, corporate news, culture, Deep State, divide and conquer, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, History, Militarization, Neocons, Neoliberalism, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, war
Tagged Cold War, Doomsday Clock, Foreign Policy Journal, Liberals, McCarthyism, nationalism, neocon, neoliberal, Nuclear War, propaganda, Putin, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Trump
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Can We Please Get Rid of the Pledge?
By Mike Whitney Source: CounterPunch The Pledge of Allegiance is not an expression of patriotism. It is a loyalty oath that one normally associates with totalitarian regimes. People who love freedom, should be appalled by the idea our children are … Continue reading
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Tagged Authoritarianism, Conformity, Declaration of Independence, Democracy, Dictatorship, Freedom, Government, Liberty, nationalism, patriotism, Pledge of Allegiance, Totalitarianism, tyranny
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