Now we, as a nation, have to look at it square in the
eyes. No more denial, we tortured some
folks. Sorry Mr. President but we
brutally tortured many people, many innocent people and for what?
Now we must decide who we are as a nation. Now we must admit we are not the world’s
“Good Guys”. We, all of us, are
responsible for this horrendous blight on our national soul. We all stood by as a cabal took control of our
government. They manipulated our
election process and had it authorized by a corrupted Supreme Court. This coup was accomplished without any noticeable
resistance from our elected representatives.
Many representatives approved and most of the rest acquiesced. Few spoke out.
The public isn’t without blame but having
been treated as lemmings for decades they/we went right off the cliff like good
little authoritarians.
The “News” Media,
or more like the propaganda arm of the new Reich, instead of fulfilling their
democratic function of keeping our government honest, put on a parade for the
new Reich, willing shills for the new Corporatism, or dare I use the “F” word,
Fascism? Now I know you’re saying to
yourself, no, no not in my America
If you still are hiding in your denial bubble, I
suggest you read: They
Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45, by Milton Mayer, if you haven’t already.
So what will we do about it? We will growl and shake our heads and then
scoot off to catch that sale on imported backscratchers at Walmart. We are a country of authoritarians that
blindly support our leaders and rationalize away clear violations of our
Constitution. And there are far too many
of us that, not only accept the yoke of corporate slavery, but outwardly are
antagonistic toward those that are fighting the creeping fog of fascism.
*I don’t have a source this quote.
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