17-11-2018, 12:05 AM
I should also add--many everyday Americans just plain swallow what the media and the National Security State puts out there. They can't be blamed because they are largely uneducated, especially about political and historical theory and the finer points of that.
But what is the mind-state of very smart people who are fans of the National Security State? Putin is likely a huge fan of the Russian model of government. But who else in Russia would be a fan of that? A few rich oligarchs maybe, but not even MOST oligarchs but rather, a lucky few! Does anybody in Russia sleep all that well at night? I have to doubt that.
So why are so many well-educated Americans disappearing down this KGB-like rat hole? Where do they think all this would lead? Do you come out of a rat-hole into the beautiful sunshine of a heaven-like America? Not likely.
Again quoting scripture: "He who sows the wind reaps hurricanes." I don't see how chaos in government ever leads to anything better that WORSE AND WORSE CHAOS. America is not IMHO immune to Stalinist-Hitlerite chaos. Why not emulate Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Australia rather than Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines and Indonesia? We have a choice, after all.
James Lateer
But what is the mind-state of very smart people who are fans of the National Security State? Putin is likely a huge fan of the Russian model of government. But who else in Russia would be a fan of that? A few rich oligarchs maybe, but not even MOST oligarchs but rather, a lucky few! Does anybody in Russia sleep all that well at night? I have to doubt that.
So why are so many well-educated Americans disappearing down this KGB-like rat hole? Where do they think all this would lead? Do you come out of a rat-hole into the beautiful sunshine of a heaven-like America? Not likely.
Again quoting scripture: "He who sows the wind reaps hurricanes." I don't see how chaos in government ever leads to anything better that WORSE AND WORSE CHAOS. America is not IMHO immune to Stalinist-Hitlerite chaos. Why not emulate Sweden, Switzerland, Canada and Australia rather than Argentina, Brazil, the Philippines and Indonesia? We have a choice, after all.
James Lateer